Q: How will stress affect my HPV infection?
A: Stress can weaken your immune system and can increase your chances of getting a recurrence by allowing the reactivation of an old HPV infection which may have been dormant.

Q: How will stress affect my chances of acquiring a new HPV infection?
A: Stress depresses your immunity and decreases your resistance to infections, which will make you more likely to acquire a new HPV infection rom a strain to which you previously had not been exposed.