hi, I have been told that I got the HPV , however, I am so concern about how I got it because I have not had sex since i got divorced (4 years ago)my last year test was clear but the recent one showed that I am carrying the virus. Could the HPV lay dormant for 4 years?! because as I said before my last year test was clear.Or could the HPV be transmitted without sexual intercourse?Is jacuzzi or viginal douche can cause or transmit the HPV ? Thanks
Hello, You have been diagnosed with HPV does not mean that you have been infected with HPV recently. HPV can stay inactive or dormant in out bodies for many years without being detected in symptoms or in reports. So it is possible that you may have been infected with the virus 4 or even more than 4 years ago. The main route of transmission of HPV is via sexual intercourse with infected person only. The other routes of transmission like through shared objects or sharing jacuzzi have very rare possibilities of transmission of disease. A person can transmit HPV if he/she touches own genitalia and then touches other objects or hands of people and other people touch objects and then their genitalia. This possibility is also rare, though. One more fact just for your knowledge about transmission of HPV