Have you had HPV?

[kjohn12]

I read this morning about how more HPV people are being diagnosed with head/neck/anal cancer. I had the high risk kind when I was 21 but went away by my next pap. Just curious! I think it's fairly common?

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/50388546/ns/health-cancer/

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I have never had an abnormal pap. Does that mean I haven't had HPV?

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Jan 8, 2013 15:36:34 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

I have never had an abnormal pap. Does that mean I haven't had HPV?

I was wondering the same thing.

[mccallister84]

I have HPV (as I don't think it's something that ever goes away) and have never had an abnormal pap. Honestly something like 80% of the sexually active population has it (totally pulling the number out of my ass but I know it's high). Apparently it's really easy to transmit and condoms don't protect against fully (I asked bc I'm the condom queen - no glove, no love).

[kangaroo11]

I don't think I had it, but I also got the vaccine.

[karinothing]

I had it and had a LEEP procedure to take care of some pre-cancerous cells. Haven't had an issue since 2000 or so? I can't really remember.

My friend worked as a lab tech and she said something like 80% of the teenage girl blood they tested was positive for HPV. It is a really high number of the population that has it!.

[cjeanette]

Yes. I had had normal paps and abnormal paps so I don't know that I would consider that the only indicator.

[vtdiamond]

Jan 8, 2013 15:47:13 GMT -5 swizz said:

Jan 8, 2013 15:44:51 GMT -5 mccallister84 said:

I have HPV (as I don't think it's something that ever goes away) and have never had an abnormal pap. Honestly something like 80% of the sexually active population has it (totally pulling the number out of my ass but I know it's high). Apparently it's really easy to transmit and condoms don't protect against fully (I asked bc I'm the condom queen - no glove, no love).

It's probably in the stuff that gets up around the edges.

Haha! I just watched the first season, and loved it.

To answer the question, no I have not had HPV or an abnormal pap.

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[lolo]

The pervasive spread of HPV, and the unnecessary procedures that sometimes follow, is part of why the US changed its recommendations for PAPs from annually to every three years. Many, many people, especially in their 20s, fight it off within a year. But many of those same young women were still having procedures that could have been delayed, or less invasive.

[geneg]

I was tested for HPV a few years ago and was negative for all serotypes tested.

[Willis Jackson]

Yes, I have it. I had, um, symptoms.

It's been 10+ years since I've had any issue, though. Never had an abnormal pap.

[agnes]

Are all warts (common, plantar, etc?) caused by HPV?

[agnes]

Jan 8, 2013 16:20:51 GMT -5 kooshball said:

Jan 8, 2013 16:15:59 GMT -5 agnes said:

Are all warts (common, plantar, etc?) caused by HPV?

I am not in the medical field however my understanding is that yes, all warts are a type of HPV. This includes plantar.

Oh okay, then I'd be a yes.

[mae141]

Jan 8, 2013 15:55:24 GMT -5 kooshball said:

There are more than 40 different types of HPV and the vaccine only helps with the cancer causing types. I think its like 8-10 of the types.

It's actually only 4. And other types can cause cancer, too. The 4 it protects against are just the main ones or something.

[sillygoosegirl]

My doctor a few years ago said that I did, but she was just basing that on my sexual history, she didn't do a test. DH and I have only been with each other, which apparently is enough to virtually guarantee that I have it. No, I didn't go back to that doctor.

I also had warts (on my hands and feet) as a kid. But I don't think that doctor even knew that.

[bunnysmom]

No, I haven't had HPV or an abnormal pap.

[ellipses84]

Jan 8, 2013 16:01:14 GMT -5 lolo said:

The pervasive spread of HPV, and the unnecessary procedures that sometimes follow, is part of why the US changed its recommendations for PAPs from annually to every three years. Many, many people, especially in their 20s, fight it off within a year. But many of those same young women were still having procedures that could have been delayed, or less invasive.

I was wondering about this. I had HPV and had a colposcopy after an abnormal PAP twice, but there's been no signs of it for 4 years. At the time, they told me I would need PAPs yearly and at my last exam, they said come back in 3 years.

[mrshandy]

I had it and had a LEEP procedure in 2006. Normal paps ever since.

[miss1991]

I just had an abnormal pap in October. Second one in my life. I was tested for HPV and it was negative.