what do i do now, so confused? just got hpv results?!


Question: What do i do now, so confused? just got hpv results?
I just got my hpv results. The results are normal pap smear and +for hpv but I have zero symptoms. I only been with my ex husband and now boyfriend. The thing is I did the same test six months ago and it was negative and did it again two weeks ago and came positive. I have been with my new boyfriend for eight months. The doctor said to come back in six months. I am feeling really scared.

Answers:

It can be common to show abnormal cell changes with a new relationship...your new sex partner could have shared new HPV types with you or your ex husband could have shared his HPV type with you and you are just now showing symptoms. It can takes years before abnormal cell changes due to the virus can develop. You can have HPV and not have an abnormal Pap test. At least 10% of the population is positive for high risk HPV type but do not show cell changes. An HPV test is not always done on a gal under 30 with no abnormal cell changes.

In most young women the virus will regress in a year or two. Your doctor asking you to return for another Pap in six months is standard...although some doctors don’t want to see you back for a year.

There is no way to know 100% who shared their virus with you or if both your sex partners shared and YPV type and you are just now showing positive for high risk HPV types. . If you have had sex with new sex partner does share your partner does share your HPV type or types.

Do the little things you can to help your body fight the virus…eating a good balanced diet, getting good sleep, reducing stress, limiting alcohol exercising and using condoms. Condoms do help in the regression of the virus. Condoms forever are not need…about six months to allow your body to build its natural defense to your acquired HPV type.

HPV is a common sexually transmitted infection…one that most all sexually active men and women will acquire at some point in their life. Your doctor is carefully monitoring your cervix. I wouldn't worry to much at this time.

I wish you well.

The majority of HPV infections are self-limited and spontaneously clear within a several-year period as a result of cell-mediated immunity. In one study, two-thirds of adolescents infected with low-risk HPV types spontaneously cleared their infections by 12 months
many women who spontaneously clear one specific type of HPV become infected with another HPV type. This is part of the reason that infection with multiple types of HPV is quite common in sexually active adolescents and young women.
It is unclear how many HPV-infected women who become HPV DNA negative actually have complete viral clearance and how many continue to harbor the viral genome in the basal cells of the squamous epithelium, but at such a low copy number that they cannot be detected using standard molecular tests. Such undetectable, low-level infections are usually referred to as “latent infections” and are similar to the latent infections that are seen with herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster
http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.…
There is evidence that using condoms may decrease the viral exposure and speed the clearance of HPV related disease. The decreased viral load may allow the individual's own immune system a better chance of eliminating the virus.
? The most common time interval from exposure to HPV to development of genital warts is 4 weeks to 8 months. However, HPV can remain latent in some people for years or decades before developing warts or cervical disease, so it is usually not possible to determine exactly when, or from whom, an individual contracted the virus.
http://www.asccp.org/PracticeManagement/…
HPV DNA has been shown to be present in approximately 10% of women with normal cervical epithelium
http://www.thehpvtest.com/~/media/5C4BD0…
This link will help you understand more about the cell changes of the cervix and what your doctor may recommend.
Understanding Cervical Cell changes.

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/under…




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