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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!
i was under the impression that the thin prep was the hpv test....i was told the thin prep will pick up hpv....and the hybrid capture must be a new one.they are developing new things with this constantly which is good!Calm down dear..I know how u feel.....it will work out for the best of ur health!
Hi again,
I just want to give you a little more info, There are alot of myths about HPV, and whose right and whose wrong, only your doctor can actually give you the right answers, also webmd has a good site for HPV try it!
There are different strains of HPV and genital warts is one, and yes that can be passed to males, but the HPV its self can only be given to a women by a male, and that is how we get it. at this time there is not any testing for males. Just having HPV does not mean that you will get warts and in most cases warts are not passed on, I do know that there is more studies of this, and Im sure soon we will all hear differently. Most HPV is not even detected or do some women ever have symptoms, while others don't find out til their 70's.
They have came out with a new pap test and it can detect HPV, along with chalmydia and gonorrhea, they are thin prep and sure path, both are liquid based paps and for women over 30 should always be checked for HPV, and women under 30 they do reflex to HPV meaning that if something shows then they actually do the HPV test.
No HPV does not always show up on abnormal cells, ABN cells can be from a variety of things, and usually when they say they need to repeat your pap because they didn't have enough cells to check it, that what it means, the doctor didn't get enough cells on the brush for the lab to accurately do the test. This usually freaks people out, but you should not be alarmed. HPV is a virus, and like any other virus it can go away, or it can lay dorment for years without any symptoms. That is why we have paps it comes from the word Papilloma re: Human Papillomavirus HPV. Also as I mentioned yesterday girls and women 9-26 yrs old should get the gardisil injection as this can help prevent HPV.
I hope this has helped you, Im sorry that you are so confused and scared, and I know being 30 and just learning all of this can be overwhelming, just remember the sooner things are caught the better, and be sure to ask your doctor questions, take a list in with you, so that you can be sure that everything is answered.
I just want to give you a little more info, There are alot of myths about HPV, and whose right and whose wrong, only your doctor can actually give you the right answers, also webmd has a good site for HPV try it!
There are different strains of HPV and genital warts is one, and yes that can be passed to males, but the HPV its self can only be given to a women by a male, and that is how we get it. at this time there is not any testing for males. Just having HPV does not mean that you will get warts and in most cases warts are not passed on, I do know that there is more studies of this, and Im sure soon we will all hear differently. Most HPV is not even detected or do some women ever have symptoms, while others don't find out til their 70's.
They have came out with a new pap test and it can detect HPV, along with chalmydia and gonorrhea, they are thin prep and sure path, both are liquid based paps and for women over 30 should always be checked for HPV, and women under 30 they do reflex to HPV meaning that if something shows then they actually do the HPV test.
No HPV does not always show up on abnormal cells, ABN cells can be from a variety of things, and usually when they say they need to repeat your pap because they didn't have enough cells to check it, that what it means, the doctor didn't get enough cells on the brush for the lab to accurately do the test. This usually freaks people out, but you should not be alarmed. HPV is a virus, and like any other virus it can go away, or it can lay dorment for years without any symptoms. That is why we have paps it comes from the word Papilloma re: Human Papillomavirus HPV. Also as I mentioned yesterday girls and women 9-26 yrs old should get the gardisil injection as this can help prevent HPV.
I hope this has helped you, Im sorry that you are so confused and scared, and I know being 30 and just learning all of this can be overwhelming, just remember the sooner things are caught the better, and be sure to ask your doctor questions, take a list in with you, so that you can be sure that everything is answered.
I agree with all adam 10b has 2 say.I am 52..i reacted so strongly to this and most likely due to x boyfriend yelling he didn't give this to me...was a really an a-hole about it...we had a bad parting of the ways which i know intensified my reaction.I always went to the doctor with my list of questions....and after a year has passed and my pap is clear..i am a much saner woman!Also choosing celibacy again until i feel good about any future partner..at 52 i won't go thru this again!
before december of 07 i didn't know very much on the hpv. i have been with my husband for 4 years and on march 4th we will be married for a year. i went to the doctor because i didn't have a period for two months and i was scared i was prego. but i got a pap smear done so i could get birth control (iud) a cupple weeks later they called me and told me that my pap was normal and that i had high risk hpv. but i had no cancerus cells at the time. they wanted me to come back in 6 months and get another pap done. when i herd this i was devestated. i cried for weeks i was hurt and i felt betrayed and ect. then when i calmed down i did a lot of reserch on hpv. yes you can pass hpv on to any sexual partner that you have sex with, yes only males are the ones you can get it from. but however there are diffrent ways you can get it from and i am not sure if all the sites i have been to but i have come to a conclution that they are really unsure of how you can spread the hpv. one web site said it can be stored under your fingernails, and one said you can get hpv threw skin to skin contact. and others say you could get it by sharing your underware, bath towles and washcloths ect. yes the hpv can be dormat in your system for up to 8 years. so you could of had it and it was undetected. i was shocked because i had a pap done not to long before that because i had a baby back in 2007. so when i got my 6 week check up they said it was normal and there was nothing there and then in december i got another one and it came back positive for high risk hpv. and yes the gardilil can prevent you from getting certain types of high risk hpv it dosen't prevent all types and it isn't a cure it just helps prevent you from getting it. also if you go to the doctor and ask what you can do to help you fight hpv they only thing you can really do is boost your immune system and your immune system can fight it off unless its to far advanced. you should go and get vtamins you can, like you want to get something with high antioxidants, omega-3's. try and get the emergen-c and drink that you also might want to get a malti-vitamin and also a prenatal vitamins are good and the doctor also said they are finding new things in walnuts and she said to eat about 8-10 walnuts a day ( also good for lowering your cholesterol) also if you smoke your twice as more likely for your high risk hpv to turn into cervical cancer, so if you smoke you might want to consider quiting. i just wish i knew what the symptoms of the hpv is other than genital warts. and i wish i knew what the symptoms are for it turning into cancer. i know that i went from having no periods from october to the begining of december and then i had two periods in december and january. i hope this has helped some of you out with your questions.
www.ashastd.org is reccomended as a very credible source of info on HPV by the doctors here under the Experts Forum...STD.Browse the archives as well for their responses to people posting with HPV.There is a lot of misinformation out there as well.HPV left untreated for years develops in2 cervical cancer.Early detection and treatment nips this off the cervix...literally!:))
I called yesterday to try and get a sooner appointment and they actually tried to change my appointment to a later date. When i told the woman that i was freaked out about the HPV and that no one had told me about it when i got the results of my pap test about it she actually said.."its just a virus" It may be just a virus to her, but it's way more than that to me. I was able to find a doctor that will take me sooner (valentines day of all days) So hopefully i'll have some answers and calm down. Just knowing that i'll find out something the coming week has calmed me down a lot. I'm still hopeful that the test was completely wrong even though you all keep telling me its not possible.
What bothers me is all ppl talk about it like its no big deal. They act like the only time you need to worry is if you actually have signs of warts and to my understanding thats not the case. The fact HPV can be dormant doesnt change the fact it can still be spread, but for some reason ppl think telling me that will make me feel better. It doesnt.
Thanks for all the information y'all =)
What bothers me is all ppl talk about it like its no big deal. They act like the only time you need to worry is if you actually have signs of warts and to my understanding thats not the case. The fact HPV can be dormant doesnt change the fact it can still be spread, but for some reason ppl think telling me that will make me feel better. It doesnt.
Thanks for all the information y'all =)
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