WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2000: Re: Abnormal Pap Smears

Re: Abnormal Pap Smears

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 11:35:42 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 8 Aug 2000, A wrote: >
>I had an abnormal pap smear in 1993 and was diagnosed with mild
>dysplasia, and treated with cryosurgery. The last seven years have been
>normal paps until this May. I then had a LEEP done.
>
>What are all of the causes of dysplasia, when the tests reveal that HPV
>is not present?

A, Depends on what test for HPV have been done. Some are more accurate than others. Other causes of cervical dyplasia are similar to the risks of cervical cancer. These include early age of first intercourse, the number of sexual partners, the number of sexual partners of your current partner, smoking, human papilloma virus, lower socioeconomic status, number of pregnancies. In short, cervical dysplasia and cancer has been labelled as a sexually transmitted disease, in a sense... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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