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Originally Posted by squirrelyburt
Question? So if you were married for 16 years and you got this does this mean your husband cheated on you? Is sexual contact the only way you can get it?
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This would probably be a better question to ask your Dr. I found several sites that said the incubation period was 3 mo to 6 years, and one that said the incubation period could be 12 years.
One question would be, how was it discovered that he has it?? If he suddenly had a number of warts cropping up I would doubt that it was completely dormant for 16 years. Please note this is my opinion and logic. Some strains cause MANY warts. Some strains cause no warts. The strains that cause no warts can remain in a person's system much longer without detection. But a strain that causes a lot of warts would in theory cause a number of warts at first infection before going dormant if the infected person's immune system does not completely overcome the virus. Also, is the person's immune system hampered in any way, Are they often sick, showing a less health immune system? If they are rarely sick then I'd doubt that they had the virus just living dormant for that long. So putting these aspects together - dormant virus due to impared immune system, and non-wart causing virus being present - if these are not true of the infected person then I'd say the likelyhood of them having cheated is pretty high.
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