Al
If you reread my initial post here, it indicates that there isn't any concern about increased cancer between the same sexual partners. The statement that
even if both have
HPV there is no increased risk implies that there is no increased risk if only one partner has it
I periodically raise the issue of sex, because posters mistakenly think
HPV is somehow like HIV or AIDS or even syphilis or gonorrhea. It's not like most sexually transmitted viruses or bacteria, where if one infected person has it, then the partner usually gets the same symptoms and disease. People don't just process syphilis instead both get it and both need to be treated. Instead most people process
HPV right out of their system. Don't forget that just having
HPV doesn't mean getting cancer.
It's sad to see some posters (not you) in the past try and "blame" their partner for cancer. Unfortunately, it's our own bodies that have betrayed us.
I never heard of any study or scintilla of data remotely suggesting that an oral cancer patient would end up "reinfecting" themselves through a "carrier sexual partner" and causing a recurrence in one or a cancer in the other.
Unless all 8,000 plus OCF members are celibate, if having sex with your monogamous partner whether or not he/she has
HPV, caused a recurrence or cancer at all, we would have lots and lots of couples posting here together as cancer patients.
Almost every study done has a lot less than a 16,000 patient data base for it's conclusions. Yet no one such post ever. The closest thing is AnaD's post about a couple in her town, but they could have both been smokers or drinkers and
HPV may not be involved at all. Or they both may have had multiple sex partners before settling down so it'd be coincidence not causal.
IMO this is a "pink" or imaginary elephant in the room
Of all the things that have a basis in fact to worry about, sex with your partner is not one of them. With today's tabloid TV shows, you can be sure that if it were, there would be "shocking" interviews and even a reality TV show.
Just like it's hard to find data and studies on unicorns, I don't expect to see such studies or data.
Charm
