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What exactly is HPV?
I am 19 year old female, and have been been sexually active with 2 different men in my life. (Not at the same time) and about 3 weeks ago I got my annual Pap smear but I also had a yeast infection. My cells came back normal and everything else was normal aside from the HPV results came back positive. My doctor said the yeast infection could have caused the test to be in accurate, but is that true? She wants to see me back in 6 months, but I am going to a gynecologist specialist, and am going to get a full STD screening. Does anyone know if the yeast infection could have really made the results in accurate and anything about the HPV. Thank you so much!
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This is no cure for HPV however, there are treatments and vaccines for it. There are about 100 types of HPV. You may want to consider a vaccine for it. But since probably you already have the virus, there's no need to. But, there's a high percentage that you can get other type of HPV which a vaccine couldn't guarantee to make you safe for getting an HPV.
Yeast infection primarily caused the abnormality in your results. There are also some factors that affects the result. If you recently had a rough sex, there might be an irritation in your vaginal canal. And also hormonal changes due to stress. Let's still be positive since your HPV result is not yet confirmed.
There are two kinds of HPV. The low risk which can't lead to cervical cancer and can cause to no or low genital warts soon after or weeks or even years after getting in contact with HPV positive. To those who have low risk HPV, the genital warts will gradually disappear by itself. But also, HPV doesn't directly cause genital warts.
The High risk HPV, can cause cervical cancer. But it doesn't mean that when you have it, you automatically are a candidate for cervical cancer. Though you may be still at risk of having it.
So it is best to get checked immediately. Hope this helps.
I'm not a doctor but I'm a Biology major.
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A yeast infection could have triggered an incorrect test, but even if you do have HPV, it isn't the end of the world.
HPV is a very common STD. Men are silent carriers, as are many women, which is why it spreads so easily. There are 2 types of HPV; one that causes genital warts and is NOT believed to lead to cancer, and one that causes abnormalities in cervical cells and *can* lead to cancer, but usually doesn't. Most women clear up the virus on their own and have no problems.
However, I'm not a doctor by any means so I'm not entirely sure. You should definitely discuss your concerns with your doctor!
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In answer to will you have get cancer, there is greater likelihood of you not having the cancerous version of HPV just due to the numbers. The articles mentions that there are over one hundred different versions of HPV, and only a few are cancerous. I don't believe the medical community has figured out a way to test yet which ones are or they woulda told my friend a long time ago whether she had that type or not. So for safety reasons, thats why they test every single woman annually or more often to catch the moment it might go cancerous. But do not take any chances. You will likely never have any visual symptoms that you even have the virus. It causes genital warts in some cases, but a person can be a carrier of HPV, just like Herpes, and the one who gave it to you has never had any visual breakout or warts appear. this is why so many people have contracted both diseases, because a great majority who are carriers never had any visual representation of HPV or Herpes. If a guy had genital warts visible you'd have thought twice about having sex with him. If a guy had the sores of Herpes on his skins, not only would you see that and avoid sex but I do have herpes and ony late in life did I get my first outbreaks. A tiny spot is already way too painful for a person having an outbreak to even consider having sex, let me tell you. So the only way most people catch this stuff is from others who don't know they even have these viruses in their bodies.
I am not saying you have Herpes too. If you didn theyd have said so. But these two are alike in how they are contracted and passed on, just using the comparison.
Its possible to get inaccurate results in pap smears even with no other unlying issues at the time. I am a way older female and have had many abnormal pap smears that amounted to nothing. So it is routine to wait a while and have you come in in a month or so for another test.
If you still are shown to be positive for HPV, here is what it is.
The human papillomavirus (HPV) is sexually transmitted virus. There are currently over one hundred known strains of HPV. About thirty of these strains affect both male and female genitalia, causing conditions like genital warts and more seriously, cancer.
I know a female who's told me she has HPV and this has been for over 10 years and she has never been found to have cancer develop from having it as there are only a few strains of it that do cause it. But regardless, to be safe, your Dr. will insist on yearly exams or sooner on a regular basis just to be sure to catch it IF cancer did start so it could be caught early.
Heres a link to an article about HPV
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