Am i going to die from this?!
Question: I had a pap come back with epithelial abnormality, high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, encompassing moderate and severe dysplasia and cis cin 2 and cin 3
I am so scared. this means I have cancer doesn't it? Did this get passed to me from my partner?
Answers: I had a pap come back with epithelial abnormality, high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion, encompassing moderate and severe dysplasia and cis cin 2 and cin 3
I am so scared. this means I have cancer doesn't it? Did this get passed to me from my partner?
Hi. i went thru this exact thing last february. i was totally totally terrified. i had the leep procedure done to remove the precancerous cells. these are precancer. when they remove the cells for you they will test them and make sure the margin is removed, meaning the area around the bad cells. I have had two pap tests since then, and they havent come back, so now i will be tested yearly. i had the EXACT same thing, cis cin 2 and cin 3. it doesnt mean you have cancer, it means, IF LEFT UNTREATED it can turn to cancer. please get these removed or taken care of and get checked regularly after that as scheduled. IT IS A huge relief to me. i just got my good pap test back yesterday. i had to carry this hysteria around for a year myself. its not cancer. what did the dr. recommend you have done?
You can't get cancer from a sex partner!! The only cancer causing STD you can get from someone is genital warts. That's why they have a vaccine for it (HPV vaccine).
I'm sure that your doc has suggested follow up testing. Go to those appts and don't flake out on them. More than likely it's nothing. I've had abnormal paps before and all my follow up tests have come back negative.
Breathe...relax and go to your follow up appts!
Carcinoma in situ is the alternate name for CIN 3. Technically, this is a form of cancer. HOWEVER, if you are between CIN 2 and CIN 3 it is very likely that it is not invasive cancer. It means that the top layer of cells is cancerous. Since it's just on the surface, that means the doctor can do a procedure to remove the cells (LEEP, LOOP).
Once the cells are removed you'll need to get regular PAP smears (every 6 months or so) to confirm that the remaining cells are okay. After a year or two of clean PAP smears you can go back to one per year and your chances of developing cervical cancer are the same as someone who never had dysplasia.
As far as getting it from a partner... cervical dysplasia is related to HPV (a virus) which is a sexually transmitted disease. However, some people are born affected. HPV has many strains - some cause genital warts, some cause cervical cancer. There's no real way to know how you developed the dysplasia. But, the most important thing is getting through the procedure.