Re: Is it really HPV?
From: Hector Nemirovsky M.D. (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:58:58 -0500 (CDT)
The only way to be sure is a local biopsy.
At Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Kim wrote:
>
>For years now I have had pain during penetration and for about 2 days
>after sex in the area just below my vaginal opening. I recently saw a
>'specialist' who diagnosed me with HPV based on the skin turning whitish
>upon application of a vinegar-acid concoction. I have no warts (or
>lesions of any kind) at all in this area and I have never had an
>abnormal Pap (including the most recent Pap which was only two weeks
>before the HPV diagnosis). The area simply is painful during
>penetration and then for a few days after intercourse. Currently I put
>A&D ointment on the area and avoid sex for a while after an episode. I
>was given a prescription for a cream to apply once at night every other
>night, but good grief, the cure was worse than the disease ever has
>been!! I stopped using the cream after about 3 weeks of sheer torture
>and pain and went back to A&D and avoidance of sex. I'm curious if this
>diagnosis is really correct given that I don't have any other symptoms
>of HPV (at least according to the tons of literature I've read over the
>past few months). What about taking folic acid? It seems that this
>stuff keeps coming up in documentation. Any suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks for your time.
>
>--
>Kim, Colorado
>
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Hector Nemirovsky M.D.
Fmr Head Obstetrics Division, Hospital Fernández, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fmr Assistant Professor in Obstetrics at Medical School, Buenos Aires University, Argentina
Private Practice,
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
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