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Q: Cervical Cancer Threat With Total Hysterectomy
asked by: Roberta777 on June 30th, 2007
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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
replied on June 30th, 2007
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Re: Cervical Cancer Threat With Total Hysterectomy
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
replied on July 4th, 2007
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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).
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