Natural immunity is where your body remembers a virus from when you had it naturally in the past. Scientists also think it is affected by your natural immunity. Some studies show it may be harder for you to get rid of HPV as you get older. Scientists think lots of things might affect how your body fights HPV. It might be possible for you to get HPV again - it could be an HPV type your body has cleared before, or a new type. Call our Helpline on 08, join our online Forum to speak with others, or use our Ask the Expert service. We are here to support you, no matter how you are feeling. This means it may be possible for you to get the same HPV type again, or a type which you haven’t had before. We are also unsure how much natural immunity to one HPV type might protect you from another type. When you are infected with a virus naturally and your body remembers it, this is called ‘natural immunity’.īecause we are all different, some people have lower natural immunity to HPV than others. This means that if you get that virus again, your immune system can destroy it quickly before it causes any problems. Sometimes when your body gets rid of a virus, it can remember it too. If you have had one type of HPV, it is less likely you will be infected with that type again. But you could get a type you have not had. This may be the same HPV type your body had before. It might be possible for you to get HPV again.
