I have rrp (throat warts) too. Listen to the above poster. I never heard of this disease & was a virgin when I met my boyfriend (supposedly he was too -- huh!!). No one is safe from this disease, and I'm suffering because of someone elses discrections.

Papillomas come in all shapes and sizes. An experienced physician can often make an excellent preliminary diagnosis with an indirect laryngoscopy (light and mirror) but a definitive diagnosis requires a biopsy. It is also possible to subject the excised tissue to further tests in order to determine the genetic HPV subtype. See similar questions...

Children with epilepsy have a higher rate of learning disorders than the general public. However, most children with epilepsy don't have learning problems. See similar questions...

By observation and finally by biopsy, Observation MUST be in a physician's office or in the operating room, where the papillomas often present in a recognizable form. Note, however, that a biopsy (at least initially) is necessary to confirm the diagnosis. See similar questions...

The incidence of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis is spread fairly evenly between children and adults. Physicians who treat Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis estimate that between .005-.01% of people in the United States have this disease. The low estimate is 10 patients in a million (Steinberg). Other estimates range between 5,000-25,000 people. See similar questions...

Not casually, and not even through intimate contact. You cannot catch RRP from another person who has it. There are a number of letters from RRP physicians and researchers corroborating this statement. Physicians who work in major treatment centers for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis agree that most people are not susceptible to catching the HPV virus in their respiratory tract. It simply doesn't get a foothold, nor can it. See similar questions...

Smoking, like any drug habit, works back to front. Normally we do something because we enjoy it, but with smoking we do it because we don't enjoy the effects of not doing it. After we put a cigarette out, the nicotine level in our body starts to fall and we begin to feel the withdrawal effects. When we smoke the next cigarette, the withdrawal effects stop. See similar questions...