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A member asked:
Told i had abnormal pap and need to go back. never did before \was this a mild case of cervicitis or hpv?
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No: A pap smear detects the presence of cellular changes indicating either precancerous or cancerous tissue on the cervix. These cancers can be predisposed to by hpv infection and perhaps by chronic persistent cervicitis, but this not what the pap is designed to detect.
Answered 4/3/2012
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Depends: Some abnormal paps (ascus) can be due to a lot of things (pregnancy, infection). Others are due to hpv. When you go back, ask your doctor if you were tested for hpv.
Answered 11/30/2016
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Not sure, check out.: If a pap is abnormal, more tests, like colposcopy are done. They put 3% Acetic Acid on the cervix and lesions are seen as white patches. If there is cancer in situ, a cone biopsy is done. Biopsy is done on areas that look suspicious. Good to go back and detect such things early.
Answered 4/20/2015
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