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confused and scared about HPV
I had an abnormal pap smear in January. I just found out the results yesterday and i'm freaking out a little bit. I was told the results showed I had mildly abnormal cells but nothing was mentioned about HPV. When I went to pick up the test results so i could take them to a gynecologist Feb 22 the paper said I had abnormal cells and HPV. I had an STD screening and I didnt test positive for any STD's so how do i have HPV? I'm so confused and I cant bare the thought of having given HPV to another person. I dont know if im contagious dont know what i have and its already driving me crazy. I cant stop crying and i cant stop shaking. I just hope someone can shed some light on this subject for me. I dont understand why no one mentioned the HPV and I dont understand if I have genital warts or what. Someone please help me!
thanks..I just didn't understand the whole dormant thing. I know i can be exposed to new strains and that will always be a risk regardless but I just wanted to know if it became dormant and I found a person that didn't have it that i wasn't going to give it to him.
my doc and the docs have stated that the body can clear itself of the HPV virus in 6-12 mos.it lies dormant then.But there are more than 40 strains of this and if i got sexual with someone again,i could get another strain from them since men don't know they have it unless they have genital warts!So for me right now remaining celibate is a good thing for i'm not one to have sex just for fun.If i ever meet someone someday who is worthwhile...I will insist on testing for them for i don't want another std.Don't want another LEEP..and meeting someone worthwhile at my age is a very hard find.
in younger wome n with no prior history they'll watch the HPV to see if it will go away on its own with paps...many times it will so follow ur docs advice and just take it from there.
i have a question that maybe you can answer for me. Is it possible with no future exposure to HPV that you can be free of the disease? I have read many websites and they say things like your own body can cure you of the disease sometimes in as little as 2 months and more often 2 years. Has your doctor told you that this is a possibility or are these websites giving false hope?
so should i have something more than a pap done? my doc said that i didn't need anything more than that. but i am not sure i am still confused by the whole thing, and i do still have a whole **** load of mixed emotions running threw my head
i had CIN 1.Had cryo surgery for this.went back for followup pap and 6 mos.later was told u got high risk hpv!had colp on this...then LEEP...recent pap clean of hpv cells on cervix....have to go every 4 mos. now for a year.......til 12-17-08 to be sure they don't return but one thing in my favor...a BIG thing is that i haven't had sex since 9-06 and no xposure to another strain of hpv.
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