I Just Got a Pap And Got Results Please Help!!! Posted: 08-19-06 12:17pm
What do these terms mean?
Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
mild dysplasia
hpv associated cellular changes
is this bad????
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midnightrain
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Aug 2006 Posts: 5 Location: US
Re: I Just Got a Pap And Got Results Please Help!!! Posted: 08-20-06 01:04am
motaygon00
wrote:
what do these terms mean?
Low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion
mild dysplasia
hpv associated cellular changes
is this
bad????
i think you should ask your doctor about
this. It sounds like you have been
infected with hpv, which is a common std
that may cause health problems. However,
the pap smear is meant to identify these,
so it's working like it should.
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ccris123
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 01 Sep 2006 Posts: 58 Location: Kentucky
Re:pap Posted: 09-01-06 00:29am
Low grade or mild dysplasia is usually a
"wait and watch" situation. In some women
it goes away on it's own because the
immune system defeats it. Hpv is one of
the most commonly contracted std there is.
It means there are a few changes on your
cervix. Sometimes the docs will do a
colposcopy (they take a scope and look)
and may scrape a little bit of tissue to
biopsy. Otherwise, they repeat your pap
every 6 months or so. Just went through
all this myself, except for I didn't have
hpv and I had carcinoma in situ, which
meant I had a bad form of dysplasia.
Usually, there's nothing to worry about.
Hope this helps.
