Hi,

Thanks for your query.

HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) is a viral infection and all viral infections and all viral infections are highly transmittable.

There are more than 100 types of HPV and high risk HPV comprise of a few bunch of the sexually transmittable HPV’s.

These can be easily transmitted with unprotected sex of any kind be it vaginal, rectal or oral.

Once infected the person becomes a new host and can transfer to others.

High risk HPV can lead to cancerous growths in a few infected patients.

Hope I have answered your query. Please accept my answer in case you do not have further queries.

Regards

Rohit Batra

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Dear Kodeman,
Thanks for getting back.
I would like to reassure you that if you don’t have any lesions at present, there is no need for you to worry about the infection.
You can get tested for Human Papilloma Virus in a good laboratory but you would need to tell them that you’d like to get tested for the type of HPV infection you have, (if any) as most people would be infected by some kind of HPV which is not significant in most cases.
Regards
Dr.Rohit Batra

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Dear,

Thanks for your follow up query.

As told earlier there are many types of HPV and only a few can cause malignancy in later life.

Few even don’t cause any visible skin lesions while others can cause papular lesions- verruca plana, or common warts on face, body etc. which are harmless.

Few subtypes of HPV mostly related to genital area might have a malignant potential.

Regards

Dr. Rohit Batra

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