Re: GYNECOLOGIC: HPV -Vaginal Opening appearing to be closing?
From: Hope Waltman (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:06:06 -0500 (CDT)
Thinking About Testing for HPV?
Information for Women Considering Testing for the Human Papilloma Virus
(HPV)
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_6x_Thinking_About_Testing_for_HPV.asp
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/297/8/912.pdf
Genital warts can be left alone, treated with prescription medicines, or
surgically removed (including cryotherapy or laser treatment).
Regards, Hope Waltman, Fibroid Forum and WH Forum Moderator
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At Mon, 24 Mar 2008, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>Yes, I have seen them in clusters. They look like small cauliflowers,
>and can get to be quite large. Aggravated by infections. I don't know
>what the others would suggest, and it will depend upon what the gyn will
>do. I would call and try to get an earlier appointment. Tell them they
>have been growing quite quickly, and that you are concerned. Either HPV
>needs to be diagnosed, or a biopsy needs to be done.
>The ABX won't do anything if its HPV. HPV is a virus.
>
>>If it is, indeed HPV, do they form really large clusters? Like, I'm
>>talking larger than the size of a quarter - inside the vagina? The
>>extent of it is such that I don't seem to be able to keep a tampon in.
>>My GP made a referral to a gyno only (didn't give me a cream or
>>anything), but she did give me a script for antibiotics which I will
>>begin today. Unfortunately, I can't get an appointment with the gyno
>>until the end of May. Until such time, I'm not sure what my GP can do.
>>Given this information, has it been your experience that, the more
>>extensive the clusters, the more likely they are to "laser" them? If
>>they do, how exactly is that done when they are internal?
>
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