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Re: GENERAL: Still have a question about abnormal pap From: JoAnn NP (anonymous@obgyn.net) Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:28:13 -0500 (CDT) Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: JoAnn NP: "Re: BREASTHEALTH: I want to start to Lactate" Previous message: kirsten: "GENERAL: dark brown mucous vaginal discharge" In reply to: still confused about pap results: "GENERAL: Still have a question about abnormal pap" At Wed, 17 Sep 2008, still confused about pap results wrote: > >According to my nurse, I have the low-risk type of HPV. They found this >out by doing the HPV test after they found my pap tests were abnormal. >She said this low risk type rarely causes cancer, but my question is why >do they still do a colposcopy..and possibly freeze the cervical cells if >you're considered to be in the low-risk hpv category? We do not test for low risk HPV because so many people have it.It is not harmful to est for this at all,but it leaves you with your question,Now what?Colposcopy is done because a Pap smear is a screening test and Colposcopy can direct areas of concern,to possibly have a biopsy taken.This does not mean cancer but may mean cell changes called Dysplasia.JoAnn NP -- Jo Ann NP Scottsdale, Arizona Next message: JoAnn NP: "Re: BREASTHEALTH: I want to start to Lactate" Previous message: kirsten: "GENERAL: dark brown mucous vaginal discharge" In reply to: still confused about pap results: "GENERAL: Still have a question about abnormal pap"

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