Molluscum And the Internet (trying to Find Some Sanity) Posted: 06-25-06 18:46pm
Hello all, im writing this to get others
opinions on the information available
through the internet on molluscum. Ive
been doing alot of research on this
disease and I am comming up with very
contradictory information.
First I will start off with my story:
in june 2005 I had a drunken one night
stand with a friend of mine due to a
recently broken heart. 2 months later I
meet a new girl and we started a casual
sexual relationship which lasted about a
month. In december 2005 I met up again
with the new girl and things got a little
more serious. Before we started having
sex again she told me that she was
recently diagnosed with hpv (cervical
cancer type). I searched and searched for
a place to test me for hpv but could not
find one that tests men. A few weeks into
my search I recieved a phone call from the
girl with which I had my one night stand
and she told me that she also has hpv of
the same type. I at this point assumed I
had to have it (since both of my last
partners did) and started to have sex with
my current girlfriend. Now that we are
six months into our relationship she has
just been diagnosed with molluscum. She
said she noticed them in may, but thought
they could have been shaving bumps. She
has just 2 bumps just at the top of her
pubic hair. I had no signs of molluscum
at all. Aftet doing some research I
realized that I had it about 2 years ago.
This im pretty sure about. If I did get
it sexually back then I got it from a
woman who showed no signs (she was
completly shaven). Now im a kinda
paranoid person cause ive been burned in
the past really badly. The first thing I
thought was that she cheated on me. I
obviosly freaked out. She is insisting
that she didnt and I believe her, sorta.
Looking back on the relationship im not
seeing any signs that she did. And I know
that my paranoia can be rather delusional.
I can say I most likely have othello
syndrome (i start therapy tommorrow). I
always have, yet ive never found evidence
of her being unfaithfull. According to
her when she went to see her gynocologist
he said that she could have gotten it
anywhere (sharing clothes, non-genital
contact, ect) and that it is, in his
opinion, way more contagious that
currently beleived and it simply likes the
genital area cause it likes moisture.
Also he said that because I had it in the
past im most likely immune. Just a few
days ago I noticed one bump just below the
top of my pubic hair.
Now depending on where you do your
research you can find a variety of things.
There is a certain std forum where the
doctor who runs it insists that it does
not spread by things like towels and that
it is a std 100% of the time in adults.
Then again there is another forum where I
find people who have no idea where they
got it as they have either been faithful
or have had no sexual contact at all. One
peice of info missing is where their
molluscum is located. Though a few have
stated that is was in fact genital. I
must say this is really driving me insane.
A few have stated that thier partner had
it a long time ago (like me) but no longer
did and they are wondering how they got
it. Anyone willing to help me find some
peice of mind would be absolutly
wonderful....................Thanx
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