Pap test and HPV infection Posted: 04-17-08 02:24am
I had my first pap smear on the 7th of
March. My doctor called me a week later
and told me I have LGSIL. He said it
wasn't anything to worry about, but I
needed to get a colposcopy. I got my
colposcopy on the 14th of April, and my
new doctor told me I have HPV. I've only
ever had sex with my husband, and he
swears I'm the only person he's ever slept
with as well. Could my doctor have just
assumed I had HPV? Why wouldn't my doctor
who did the pap have told me? And is there
any other way to contract HPV other than
fooling around?
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Vaginal Health Answer A3964 Posted: 04-22-08 10:14am
A Pap-test can’t confirm presence of an
HPV-infection. A Pap-test can only assume
the presence of an HPV-infection according
to the cell changes (dysplasia) that can
be caused by HPV. To prove an
HPV-infection a DNA-HPV-test is usually
required. Not all HPV-types can cause
dysplasia and cervical cancer. Certain
types of HPV (16, 18, 31 and 45) are
associated with great risk for developing
cervical cancer.
Genital types of HPV are usually spread
through sexual contact. Since the HPV can
stand alive in an outer environment, it is
possible to get an HPV-infection by
indirect contact with contaminated objects
like clothes, sex-tools, other body parts
(fingers) etc.
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