After my first smear test last year my result came back positive for HPV. I was pretty upset and felt like it was something to be ashamed of but with time and the help of friends and nurses I have realised it isn’t. My life has been completely unaffected by HPV (fortunately) and I now don’t think about it much. My partner, whom I have been with for 3 years, has also been great about everything.
About 6 months ago, my partner noticed what appeared to be genital warts and went to a walk in clinic about these. He told the doctor that he saw that I have HPV, and they attributed the warts to my diagnosis. I have never had any sort of warts or lesions down below.
On my next smear test, I mentioned this to my nurse and she told me that she didn’t know of any link between HPV causing partner to develop warts. We both forgot it but I was left feeling a bit of guilt, that I was perhaps the one who had caused this.
Now, whenever my partner develops a coldsore etc I feel like it is because of me and my diagnosis. Please can someone tell me if it is and if there is something I need to stop doing/do more of? I feel there is a lot that I still don’t understand about my HPV diagnosis. Will it ever go away?