Do you have to...? (HPV, pap)?!
Question: Do you have to!.!.!.!? (HPV, pap)!?
get a pap test when your 18 if you've never had sex, and can you get the HPV virus without having sex, or do you contract it by having sexWww@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It is very important to see a gyno at 18 or earlier if sexually active because cervical diseases and cancer can often strike early contrary to normal beliefs about cancer!. HPV is not the only problem tested for in pap smears!.
HPV is a sexually transmitted disease!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
HPV is a sexually transmitted disease!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It's suggested you start going to the gynecologist at the age of 18!. It depends on your doctor whether you get a pap or not, but more than likely they probably will!. Paps are for more than HPV, they look for abnormal cells (mainly precancerous cells!.) You can't get the type of HPV that causes cervical cancer without sexual contact!. There is the Gardasil vaccination, which is to help prevent HPV and cervical cancer!. Honestly I felt it was to sketchy to get it!. My doctor was way to pushy about it and assumed I wasn't married because of my age!. She didn't even listen to my concerns!
This is an article that interviewed a parents of a girl who had really severe side effects:
http://www!.cbsnews!.com/blogs/2008/07/08/!.!.!.
They are doctors too!Www@Answer-Health@Com
This is an article that interviewed a parents of a girl who had really severe side effects:
http://www!.cbsnews!.com/blogs/2008/07/08/!.!.!.
They are doctors too!Www@Answer-Health@Com
You can have it without sex!. A pap don't just test for that though!. It test for all kinds of infections and stuff like that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com