Re: endometriosis and hpv -one more thing
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon May 16 15:09:41 2005
You are correct I did mis-write the info on Herpes/HPV. Sorry, that's
what happens when doing more than one thing at a time.
thanks for the clarification of my jumbled post.
At Mon, 16 May 2005, Jules wrote:
>
>Anon,
>
>I don't know where exactly you got your information from but there were
>at least two things you wrote that are wrong.
>
>1-Endometriosis is not identified visually. It can be suspected
>visually, but it must be sent to pathology to confirm before a diagnosis
>will be made.
>
>2-Herpes is not caused by HPV. HPV is the virus that causes warts.
>Every kind of wart, from planters warts to genital warts. It also
>causes cervical dysplasia. There are hundreds of strains of HPV, none
>of which cause Herpes or cold sores or chicken pox. They are caused by
>the Herpes Simplex virus. HS1 is very common and is usually responsible
>for cold sores around or in the mouth. HS2 is not as common and is
>usually responsible for genital herpes, though HS1 can be spread to the
>genitals also and vise-versa.
>
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>
>At Fri, 13 May 2005, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>Endometriosis CAN activate a dormant HPV.
>>Stress = emotional, mental, physical, medical
>>
>>At Fri, 13 May 2005, anonymous wrote:
>>>
>>>*sigh*
>>>
>>>HPV is not caused by nor does it cause endometriosis and any doctor who
>>>confuses the two should be immediately sent for a brain scan to see if
>>>there is any living tissue between the ears.
>>>
>>>Endometriosis is diagnosed via laparoscopic surgery and visual
>>>identification.
>>>
>>>HPV can be diagnosed with a vaginal swab or a swab of any of the other
>>>number of places that any of the hundreds of mutations and variations of
>>>HPV can be found including but not limited to your genitals, mouth,
>>>hands and feet.
>>>
>>>HPV, often thought to be an STD, can be contracted without sexual
>>>contact (this has been scientifically and medically documented many,
>>>many, many times despite some commonplace theories to the contrary).
>>>Having HPV is not evidence that you or your partner cheated, became
>>>infected and then infected the other person. HPV is a virus that is
>>>believed to be living silently in the bodies of nearly 100% of the human
>>>race what activates the virus in some people has not been established
>>>with 100% certainty but the belief is that stress, other illnesses or
>>>certain other immune-system conditions will trigger the dormant virus
>>>into an active state. Medications such as zovirax is used to control
>>>the outbreak and return the virus to dormant state. The same medication
>>>is used whether the type of HPV you have is genital herpes, common cold
>>>sore or chicken pox. All of which are HPVs. Gynecologists, family
>>>practice and general medicine doctors can easily diagnose and treat it.
>>>
>>>Endometriosis is a biological disease and the trigger or triggers are
>>>not 100% identified and determined thus the difficulty in establishing a
>>>reliable treatment protocol that works across the board with some sense
>>>of reliability and predictability. Reproductive Endocrinologists and
>>>skilled Laparoendoscopic Surgeons are who you need to seek treatment
>>>from.
>>>
>>>At Fri, 13 May 2005, Miranda wrote:
>>>>
>>>>At Tue, 14 May 2002, JAMIE wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>hi, i just wanted to know if anyone knew of a connection between the
>>>>>two?Can a doctor misdiagnose you and say you have hpv and you really
>>>>>have endometriosis?
>>>>>jamie
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Jamie
>>>>>
>>>>Jamie,
>>>>
>>>>Could you let me know if you get an answer to this question? I just
>>>>tested positive for HPV and I was wondering the same thing.
>>>>Endometriosis runs in my family so I was thinking the same exact thing.
>>>>I hope to talk to you soon.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Miranda
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