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Originally posted by 1sd
I have a story...Thanks CT4 for bringing this to the top.
This may be a little graphic, but I think it fits in context to what we are speaking about.
A good friend of mine is going through something RIGHT now because of some foul dude. She was never promiscuous, and this guy that she slept with was like the first since she'd broke up with her boyfriend of 5 years. Anyway, she slept with dude, they "used" a condom, but immediately after sex she didn't feel right. He went to the bathroom, and didn't act like anything was wrong. She went to the bathroom and wiped, she was experiencing discomfort but figured it was just because she'd been celibate for so long. Anyway, when she got home she used the restroom again and when she looked in the toilet there were peices of the condom in the toilet. Evidently the condom broke and he didn't bother to say anything. She called him and told him and he was like, "Don't worry, I'm straight". Now two years later, she went to the doc a few weeks ago and got an abnormal pap, and come to find out she was infected with HPV, which is incurable. She is so distraught because she feels like it's so unfair...and it is, but this goes to show you it only takes once and there are more things out there besides HIV! (and of course the bastid is nowhere to be found  )
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In undergrad we had a health program and one of the topics covered was HPV. I don't recall the statistics, but I believe this was the fastest spreading STD among females. Many people believe that using condoms can protect against HPV and this is untrue. Skin to skin contact can spread the virus if one is having an outbreak. Also, it can take anywhere from a few weeks to years for the symptoms to actually show. Therefore, it's hard to trace as to whom someone may have gotten it from. People may have the virus and don't know until an outbreak happens. So a woman/man can get tested regularly for STD's and this virus can go undetected.