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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 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!
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 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!
well here's the thing. I went to that site you mentioned and noticed the two different tests that are done. one for the Pap smear (ThinPrep) and a separate one for HPV ( Hybrid Capture II) My papers say I only had the ThinPrep test. so im more confused now than I was before. How can i be positive for something that according to their paperwork they never tested me for? Lord have mercy if Feb 22 doesn't hurry up and get here i'm going to go nuts
u can give hpv to a male...both types of the virus that cause warts and otherwise.u can have abnormal cells and not hpv...thin prep pap tests show hpv cells.this is a tricky virus which can show anytime.crappy of nurse not to inform u verbally of the hpv.i was celibate for 10 years got in2 a rels. and foolishly did not use condoms.also foolishly b-lieved x when he told me no sex 4 3 years.i had CIN 1 first then 6 mos. later high risk HPV 2 colps and a LEEP surgery 8-07.Pap test came up normal 12-17 yipppee!bad cells gone from cervix but virus lies dormant.good website www.ashastd.org for hpv!
Hi Tina...well I should say that I am 30 years old. I have never had an abnormal pap before and I've only slept with 2 men my entire life. ( i know numbers dont mean a thing here but im just saying) I want to understand something..are you saying that even if i have HPV i cant pass it on to a male partner? I've always thought it was highly contagious and easily transmittable from person to person no matter the sex so i'm confused by that. I have never had any signs of warts at all thats why i'm thrown for a loop. I also am wondering if the test results always come back positive for HPV when you show abnormal cells. Does anyone know the answer to that?
Also I had a pap done in October last year and it came back normal but they said they needed another sample because they didnt feel they had enough to do a good test. I know things happen quickly but how is it that i was ok three months earlier?
I really just wish the nurse that told me about the abnormal results had mentioned the HPV to me before i got home and read it on the paper by myself. Oddly the abnormal cells results dont bother me anymore. Its the thought of having HPV for the rest of my life and always having to worry
Also I had a pap done in October last year and it came back normal but they said they needed another sample because they didnt feel they had enough to do a good test. I know things happen quickly but how is it that i was ok three months earlier?
I really just wish the nurse that told me about the abnormal results had mentioned the HPV to me before i got home and read it on the paper by myself. Oddly the abnormal cells results dont bother me anymore. Its the thought of having HPV for the rest of my life and always having to worry
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