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Worried about HPV; just got call from gyno today....
Hello. I just got a call from my gynecologist today saying my pap results came back LSIL. The pap I had 6 months ago was ASCUS. Does this mean it was a new HPV infection since it has progressed instead of getting better in 6 months? Also, how do I know if I have high or low risk HPV? Is high risk HPV the only strain that can cause an abnormal pap? Please help. I'm very scared and stressed out. I am a 28 year old female if that helps. Thanks
Hi. Well I assumed the lab automatically tests for HPV. She asked me about my previous pap in March this year that came back ASCUS if they told me the pap showed HPV. I told her that I asked what can cause an abnormal pap and the nurse practitioner just bluntly told me "HPV does." She said it would say "inflammation" if it was anything other than HPV. And this new gyno told me the day I went in for my pap that her lab will put HPV on the results if they find an abnormality on the pap. So now I'm confused because she says she THINKS it's HPV. Well, if the lab sample showed it was abnormal and the technicians then run an HPV test on it, shouldn't she know for sure? She didn't even tell me if it was high risk or low risk.
you need to call your gyn and ask if you were tested for hpv at all. odds are it's high risk if it's persisting and progressing :(
Continue to follow up with your gyn as they recommend.
grace
Continue to follow up with your gyn as they recommend.
grace
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