am i obligated to tell them?

Question:

i found out i have noncancerous HPV today. its contagious and the genital warts kind... i want to know if i am obligated to tell my previous sex partners? The one person in particular is one of my best friends... i feel beyond guilty for not tellin him... what do u think?

Answers:

HPV is a given when you're sexually active, unless you marry your virgin high-school sweetheart! People unwilling to accept the risk of getting HPV should just not have sex, because that's about the only way to avoid it.

I wouldn't tell them just for the sheer fact that it's embarrassing. Just look forward. You don't have to embarrass yourself by telling people that you have hpv. If people are irresponsible enough to get infected then it's their problem. Who ever you infected knows by now that they have it whether by their partners (if their immune system is good enough to keep the warts away) or by having the symptoms and it's up to them to protect themselves and their partners. It's probably not the most honest thing for you to do but you have to look out for yourself. You don't have to wear the scarlet letter and let everyone know that you are carrying a disease. HPV takes a toll on you psychologically and you don't need to further the damage by making yourself a marked woman.

Don't tell your future partners either, then claim they gave it to you, they will have to call their previous partners and if you get to listen it will be funny.

Your not obligated (please read the rest before jumping to conclusions), but you should tell your partners, specially if you feel guilty about not telling them. Telling them would be the right thing to do. There may be no way of telling for sure how long you have had HPV.

Matters how long you had it, and the last time you slept with him. If you got it around the time you were infected and slept with him then yes. Cause he too could spread it. Basically try and stop the spread as quickly as possible.Yes, absolutely, you are morally obligated to tell them. Cancerous or not, you definitely need to tell any partners who have been exposed. Thus they can prevent the spread of this disease further.Definitely tell them! If it is early enough they might still do something against it, but if you wait it might be too late.Yes you are obligated to tell them.

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