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    Does the HPV test only detect certain strains or can it find all HPV?

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    Is there only one HPV test?
    I found out there are over 100 types of HPV. Can the HPV test detect all of these types or only some? If there is any HPV present at all of any type will this test definitively find it?

    Weird things have happened & I desperately need advice! In childhood had warts on feet which spread to hand. Didn't have hand wart removed till late teens. In this time developed tiny lumps on vulva, mildly itchy/sore which spread & itch/soreness increased. Vagina started feeling more lumpy/sore over yrs. All happened yrs before sexually active. After mutual oral sex partner & I got sore lumps in mouth. Has happened with others & my current partner got similar lumps on penis after sex with me. Have seen many Dr's, all said different things but mostly dismissive. Have had to resort to numbing cream as lubricant with sex! Felt tiny lump near cervix which was dismissed. Now just found out low grade abnormality on pap smear. I have been chronically immuno-suppressed. Any advice?
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