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My boyfriend of 2 years was diagnosed with HPV and went to the doctor to have warts removed on him. the doctor put that acid on him and they dried up,this was about a month ago. Is it okay if we have sex without a condom? he told me that the doctor told him i cant get warts. is this true??
I highly doubt that's true. If he has genital warts, then he has HPV. By having sex without condoms you risk getting HPV and either contracting his genital warts or cervical cancer cells. Here's a website http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/human-papillomavirus.cfm#q that says you might want to still use condoms and be safe. Unfortunately HPV doesn't seem to be gotten rid of that quickly and easily. Maybe ask him to have a follow-up visit to his doctor to see if he thinks it's safe for you two to have sex without condoms.
And one other thing, if he had warts, then I suggest you get tested for HPV ASAP before it could spread and become a problem for you too.
HPV is a virus which has both high risk and low risk strains. Warts are low risk whereas high risk strains can go on to produce cancer not only of the cervix, but vagina, vulva and anus. There is no commercially available test to check men for high risk HPV therefore since he has had a positive diagnosis even though it was for low risk strains you should have the HPV test performed as you may have contracted both high and low risk from your boyfriend. Transmission does NOT require intercourse only skin to skin contact.
As for his doctor, it is an abomination that day after day doctors put women at risk by providing false medical information as was done by telling your boyfriend you cannot get warts, you can get far more than that. This is blatantly false and I would strongly urge your boyfriend to call this doctor out on his ignorance before he puts even one more patient at risk.
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