If a person has gential warts, will their
pap smear come back showing hpv
automatically?
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Sparkles412
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 65 Location: NY
No! Posted: 11-17-03 00:11am
If you have a pap done and the results
show that it is abnormal then they will
test for hpv. But only if it is
abnormal, then they will want you to have
further examinations anyway!
Not everyone that has genital warts will
have hpv!!!
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Lele80
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 4
I Have Heard Differently Posted: 11-18-03 17:41pm
Actually I have read online that any kind
of warts come from a virus called human
papillomavirus. All warts come from hpv,
even hand warts. But there are 100's of
types of hpv. Only some are genital and
sexually transmitted. Although most
reamin highly contaigous. For most types
though, if you have an abnormal pap
result, your doctor will schedule you for
a followup appointment for something
called a colposcopy and they can usually
tell from looking at the displasia if you
have one of the sexually transmitted
versions of hpv. It is important to find
out what exactly is going on so that if
you do have hpv you dont transmit it to
your sexual partner. And for women some
forms of the hpv, especially on the cervix
are highly correlated with cervical
cancer. Remember, even if you dont have
visible warts (which actually most people
with hpv do not exhibit visible warts) you
can still transmit and the virus to
others. Hpv is a skin disease, so it only
takes genital to genital contact (that
means you dont even have to have sex, the
virus can be on a man's testicle's or his
inner thighs and if your genitals touch
the infected area you will most likely
contract the virus).
