I was recently diagnosed with HPV but previous tests came back negative...?!
Question: I was recently diagnosed with HPV but previous tests came back negative....?
I was engaged for a short time and decided to end my long stretch of celibacy with my fiance, the man I loved. Silly me. Turns out, I was just one of his many many attractions.
Anyway, I soon as I knew he was cheating I went to the doctor and requested to be tested for STD's. My tests came back negative; however, I went in for my yearly PAP about month ago and on Monday recieved the news I had contraced HPV. How can this be when my ex fiance was the only sexual partner I have ever known, and after breaking up with him my tests said I was normal.?Health Question & Answer
Anyway, I soon as I knew he was cheating I went to the doctor and requested to be tested for STD's. My tests came back negative; however, I went in for my yearly PAP about month ago and on Monday recieved the news I had contraced HPV. How can this be when my ex fiance was the only sexual partner I have ever known, and after breaking up with him my tests said I was normal.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Because the pap smear tests for abnormal cells. To be quite honest, you could have picked up the virus a decade ago and the abnormal cells could just show up now.
HPV is wretchedly hard to detect unless there's some active sign of it: warts, abnormal cells on the pap. That sort of thing. also, because there's around a hundred strains, it can go quite a while before popping up. And then it can go away.
And if you're test said you're normal, great! It means you probably didn't get one of the nastier versions that cause the cervical cancer and other gynecological problems. There's a few dozen wimpy strains of the virus that can pop up, and your body can simply knock down after a few months to a year.Health Question & Answer
HPV is wretchedly hard to detect unless there's some active sign of it: warts, abnormal cells on the pap. That sort of thing. also, because there's around a hundred strains, it can go quite a while before popping up. And then it can go away.
And if you're test said you're normal, great! It means you probably didn't get one of the nastier versions that cause the cervical cancer and other gynecological problems. There's a few dozen wimpy strains of the virus that can pop up, and your body can simply knock down after a few months to a year.Health Question & Answer
If you got your test at a planned parenthood, it almost always comes up pos. for HPV.
PP tested me, told me I had HPV, I've been to four REAL doctors since, who have all told me I do not have the virus. I've never had a symptom of it, I've never tested pos for it since PP's little pap smear.
I'm convinced the clinician there is an idiot.Health Question & Answer
PP tested me, told me I had HPV, I've been to four REAL doctors since, who have all told me I do not have the virus. I've never had a symptom of it, I've never tested pos for it since PP's little pap smear.
I'm convinced the clinician there is an idiot.Health Question & Answer
Because it can take time for it to show up. So the virus took awhile to come out. If you live in Australia you can get vaccinated for HPV.Health Question & Answer
In the UK 1 in 5 people have HPV - it causes warts and is very common
If you have had a wart in the past you could have got it from that.
HPV is not just a sexually transmitted virus - in men it is harmless (apart from occasionally causing warts) - in women it can cause cervical cancer later in life - hence why nationwide immunizations went on - but it causing cancer is "rare" in that the chances are low
If u live in the UK id recommend you go have the immunizations
As for how you contracted it - hand to hand contact with someone with warts or the virus and not washing your hand before eating is a possibility
There are a lot of ways to pick it up without having sexHealth Question & Answer
If you have had a wart in the past you could have got it from that.
HPV is not just a sexually transmitted virus - in men it is harmless (apart from occasionally causing warts) - in women it can cause cervical cancer later in life - hence why nationwide immunizations went on - but it causing cancer is "rare" in that the chances are low
If u live in the UK id recommend you go have the immunizations
As for how you contracted it - hand to hand contact with someone with warts or the virus and not washing your hand before eating is a possibility
There are a lot of ways to pick it up without having sexHealth Question & Answer