YOUNG-WOMEN Messages for August, 2000: Re: I'M SCARED AND CONFUSED

Re: I'M SCARED AND CONFUSED

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 06:37:27 -0500 (CDT)

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At Wed, 16 Aug 2000, MRS. wrote: >
>I'M A 25 YEAR OLD THAT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CERVICAL DYSPLASIA THAT
>IS POSSIBLY CONNECTED TO HPV. I DON'T UNDERSTAND YHEM SAYING "POSSIBLE
>CONNECTION TO HPV" DOES THIS MEAN I HAVE HPV? I CAN'T SEEM TO GET A
>STRAIGHT ANSWER FROM ANYONE. ONE WILL SAY THIS RESULT SAYS YOU POSSIBLY
>HAVE IT,THEN THE NEXT TIME THE PAP TEST DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT HPV
>SO THEY(THE DOCS)DISSMISS IT SAYING IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT
>HPV.ALSO I FOUND OUT IN OCT.98 ABOUT THE DYSPLASIA.IT WAS MILD THEN,IN
>DEC.98 I HAD A COLOPO AND BIOPSY DONE THE RESULTS WERE SEVERE
>DYSPLASIA.IN FEB.99 IHAD A LEEP AND THEY TOOK TWO SAMPLES.I WENT BACK
>FOR MY RESTEST(FOLLOW UP PAP)AND THE RESULTS WERE STILL MILD.THREE
>MONTHS LATER I WENT FOR A REPEAT PAP AND THAT RESULT WAS MODERATE,AFTER
>ANOTHER THREE MONTHS I GOT THE SAME RESULT AGAIN ,THEY DECIDEDTO DO
>ANOTHER LEEP AGAIN TAKING TWO SAMPLES. AND WHEN I WENT BACK FOR MY
>FOLLOW UP VISIT I FOUND OUT THAT I STILL HAVE MILD DYSPLASIA.WHAT DOES
>THIS MEAN AND WHY CAN'T THEY GET IT ALL????PLEASE HELP ME
>UNDERSTAND!!!!THANK YOU

FIRST OF ALL, PLEASE DON'T SHOUT. Just type in regular talk so that it doesn't drive everybody else crazy.

85% of all adult Americans have HPV. HPV causes dysplasia and if left alone it can progress to cancer. LEEP and other treatments can not get rid of the HPV. They can only get rid of the dysplasia, but then if the persons immune system is not real good, dysplasia can recur. The best thing people can do to get rid of Dysplasia for good is to enhance their immune system. Number one way to do that is to STOP SMOKING. Of those people with abnormal Pap smears and or dysplasia, abut 85% are smokers. Go to the search area on OBGYN.net search for "Pap AND Braun" You will find an article that I wrote about Pap smears for OBGYN.net.

RDB

-- R.Daniel Braun, MD FACOG FOG

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