Re: Just diagnosed, and devistated
From: Marna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 5 Feb 1999 15:11:20 -0800
Hi Tracy -
Thanks for the information. Can you site the site, so I can go read?
thanks:)
Marna Gatlin
Doula
>----- Original Message -----
From: Tracy <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 1999 2:36 PM
Subject: Re: Just diagnosed, and devistated
>At Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Beth wrote:
>>
>>Yesterday I had a LEEP procedure done for what the doctor originally
>>said was precancerous cells. Before the procedure, he told me that the
>>lab reported the cause of the precancerous cells was HPV. He told me it
>>is a sexually transmitted disease. After I scraped my jaw off the
>>floor, I told him that NEITHER my husband of 27 years nor I have ever
>>been unfaithful to each other. He said that there are other ways to get
>>this virus, but didn't explain. This whole thing is devistating me. I
>>can't think of anything else. How long can the virus lay dormant--years
>>(how many), weeks, days? And just how could I have gotten this if it is
>>a STD and I don't fit the profile?
>
>This can be transmitted during chilbirth, which is not mentioned below,
>hope this helps.
>
>This is what I found(answers from 1 site, 1 doctor):
>
>HPV, the wart virus, has been found in the vaginas of young girls who
>have never had sex. It has been shown to be transmissable to people
>using a massage table.
>HPV, the herpes virus, is routinely transmitted nonsexually from parent
>to child, and is probably transmitted through toilet seats or other
>inanimate objects.
>
>There is no question that most HPV infections on the cervix, and most
>cervical dyplasia, are sexually transmitted. Women who have never been
>sexually active are less
>likely to have dysplasia or cervical cancer than women with many
>partners. But there are always exceptions, and you are obviously one of
>them. The HPV virus clearly
>can be transmitted through inanimate objects. How otherwise do we get
>warts on the soles of our feet, or on our fingers as children? It is
>also a virus that can persist for
>long periods of time in normal skin -- perhaps for our entire lifetime.
>
>Could you catch genital warts simply by being touched on your genitals
>by your boyfriend, without sexual intercourse? The answer is yes, warts
>are common on the
>fingers and may be so small that you don't know you have them. Warts
>can be transmitted to any skin surface or mucous membrane.
>
>--
>Tracy L. Trull
>Editorial Assistant, International Coordinator, OBGYN.net
>http://www.obgyn.net/women/bios/trull.htm
>tracy.trull@obgyn.net
>
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