Cervical Cancer Threat With Total Hysterectomy Posted: 06-30-07 00:05am
Is it possible to have cervical cancer
with a pap result showing you have
positive HPV cells that are already
changing when you have had a total
hysterectomy?
My daughter says the cervix is there to
hold everything up and in place.
I have checked my pap smear results since
1990 and everything has been clear of any
abnormality.
My husband was diabetic and we did not
have sex. I didn't have sex with anyone
else. It is a little hard to believe that
I could somehow have contracted HPV from a
handshake, or a toilet seat. Certainly,
not from kissing anyone.
Thanks.
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oh_mommy
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Re: Cervical Cancer Threat With Total Hysterectomy Posted: 06-30-07 00:42am
Roberta777
wrote:
My husband was diabetic and we did not
have sex. I didn't have sex with anyone
else. It is a little hard to believe that
I could somehow have contracted HPV from a
handshake, or a toilet seat. Certainly,
not from kissing anyone.
Thanks.
so your saying your a virgin ?
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princess55
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Joined: 04 Jul 2007 Posts: 16 Location: Canada
Posted: 07-04-07 21:21pm
Are you sure that you had a total
hysterectomy? That usually means that the
cervix has also been removed. Another
thing to clarify is that a pap shows
abnormalities in the cervix and not
necessarily cervical cancer. It is meant
to be used as a screening tool (to detect
pre cancerous changes) rather than a
diagnostic tool. If you are a virgin then
it is very unlikely that you have
contracted HPV, and in that case it could
be that the HPV test showed a false
positive (saying that you have HPV when
you actually don't). However, sometimes
HPV can remain dormant in your body for
years after having first contracted it. So
it is sometimes very hard to pinpoint the
person who has infected you (i.e. if you
have had multiple partners).
