brownnhr
04-15-2008, 06:39 PM
I am a divorced woman, who has had a hysterectomy over 10 years ago---and about 3 years ago I had sexual relations with a married man---ongoing for a year. Now he tells me that she may have the HPV virus--his wife-I never had genital warts, and when being with him I never saw any genital warts. He wants me to be tested. I have no cervix---or any internal female hardware anymore---Can I be at risk? The information that I have read states it is a sexually transmitted disease. What should I do? Need info? Thanks
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Thisby
04-15-2008, 08:39 PM
Having HPV does not automatically mean genital warts. There are over a hundred strains of HPV including the kind that produce no warts but can go on the cause cervical cancer.
Anyway, even though you have no cervix you might still be at risk for cancer. You should ask your doctor about it.
Anyway, even though you have no cervix you might still be at risk for cancer. You should ask your doctor about it.
April7
04-16-2008, 11:01 AM
Having HPV does not automatically mean genital warts. There are over a hundred strains of HPV including the kind that produce no warts but can go on the cause cervical cancer.
Anyway, even though you have no cervix you might still be at risk for cancer. You should ask your doctor about it.
My mother had a hysterectomy this summer and she has to have a pap every 3 months. She is a uterine cancer survivor. You can have the virus just beyond the vagina where the vagina and cervix met (I'm sorry, not certain the terminology, but I believe this is the part of the body that is the birth canal?). My mother mentioned to me that when they do pap smears they also do an HPV test. She thought that was funny given that she has no cervix, uterus, etc., but the doc still checks for it. HPV can also cause vaginal cancer, anal cancer, cancer of the penis, etc. It doesn't just affect the cervix.
Anyway, even though you have no cervix you might still be at risk for cancer. You should ask your doctor about it.
My mother had a hysterectomy this summer and she has to have a pap every 3 months. She is a uterine cancer survivor. You can have the virus just beyond the vagina where the vagina and cervix met (I'm sorry, not certain the terminology, but I believe this is the part of the body that is the birth canal?). My mother mentioned to me that when they do pap smears they also do an HPV test. She thought that was funny given that she has no cervix, uterus, etc., but the doc still checks for it. HPV can also cause vaginal cancer, anal cancer, cancer of the penis, etc. It doesn't just affect the cervix.
Shshi
04-16-2008, 06:40 PM
Hi,
Yes, even though you do not have a cervix, you do still need to be tested for HPV and you still need to have Pap tests. High-risk HPV can also cause vaginal cancer, in addition to cervical cancer.
I had a hysterectomy six years ago. My family doctor told me after my hysterectomy that since I'd never had an abnormal Pap, that I didn't ever need to have Paps again. Three years later, a new family doctor talked me into having a Pap test, and at that time, I was diagnosed with HPV and moderate/severe dysplasia and later carcinoma in situ (cancer which hasn't spread yet.) If I'd listened to my first doctor, I'd probably have invasive cancer by now and my life could be in danger.
I guess it's always better to be safe than sorry.
Hugs,
Lisa
Yes, even though you do not have a cervix, you do still need to be tested for HPV and you still need to have Pap tests. High-risk HPV can also cause vaginal cancer, in addition to cervical cancer.
I had a hysterectomy six years ago. My family doctor told me after my hysterectomy that since I'd never had an abnormal Pap, that I didn't ever need to have Paps again. Three years later, a new family doctor talked me into having a Pap test, and at that time, I was diagnosed with HPV and moderate/severe dysplasia and later carcinoma in situ (cancer which hasn't spread yet.) If I'd listened to my first doctor, I'd probably have invasive cancer by now and my life could be in danger.
I guess it's always better to be safe than sorry.
Hugs,
Lisa