roxyroxyr
04-16-2008, 02:40 PM
would the hpv virus that causes plantars warts show up on a test the same way the genital kind would? meaning that if I had a plantar wart and had a hpv test come back positive for the low-risk type, is that just showing the platar wart hpv, or a different kind?
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Shshi
04-16-2008, 06:42 PM
Hi,
The HPV strains which cause genital warts, cervical cancer, and plantars warts are all different. So an HPV test wouldn 't be positive because of a plantar wart.
Lisa
The HPV strains which cause genital warts, cervical cancer, and plantars warts are all different. So an HPV test wouldn 't be positive because of a plantar wart.
Lisa
della1
04-16-2008, 08:32 PM
Actually, it would depend on the kind of test they're doing, because HPV is HPV. If they're checking your cervix, I would guess not.
Shshi
04-16-2008, 08:36 PM
Actually, there is only one test for HPV. It would not identify plantar warts.
roxyroxyr
04-17-2008, 12:43 AM
thanks for replying...
I guess I'm a little confused, then how do they (meaning doctors/researchers) know that plantars warts are caused by HPV? or better yet, how can it? and when doing the DNA test for the virus, is it possible that reguardless of the type that it shows up the same? like the two kinds of herpes. one's that sexually transmitted and the other is like cold sores or something like that, I'm not sure at the moment? both being the same, but different...if that makes any sense, sorry to sound uneducated about this.
I guess I'm a little confused, then how do they (meaning doctors/researchers) know that plantars warts are caused by HPV? or better yet, how can it? and when doing the DNA test for the virus, is it possible that reguardless of the type that it shows up the same? like the two kinds of herpes. one's that sexually transmitted and the other is like cold sores or something like that, I'm not sure at the moment? both being the same, but different...if that makes any sense, sorry to sound uneducated about this.
Thisby
04-17-2008, 01:06 AM
There is not just one kind of test for HPV. Different tests determine different things about it, like which strain, for instance. And there is a test that would identify a plantars wart, so right off, there are at least 2 tests, lol.
HPV covers a whole bunch of strains from plantars warts, palmars, genital, etc. to the non-wart strains. They have to do more advanced testing (= more expensive) to determine which strain.
For example, the PAP test doesn't test for HPV, it tests for cell changes, from these changes it's assumed HPV is present. Further testing will confirm HPV. Further testing will determine the strain (unless your HMO forks over for that step right off).
As for plantars warts even being HPV, it's because they fall into the same category of virus. The same 'family'.
HPV covers a whole bunch of strains from plantars warts, palmars, genital, etc. to the non-wart strains. They have to do more advanced testing (= more expensive) to determine which strain.
For example, the PAP test doesn't test for HPV, it tests for cell changes, from these changes it's assumed HPV is present. Further testing will confirm HPV. Further testing will determine the strain (unless your HMO forks over for that step right off).
As for plantars warts even being HPV, it's because they fall into the same category of virus. The same 'family'.
roxyroxyr
04-17-2008, 11:23 AM
thanks!
My finance had a plantar wart on his foot that I later got on my foot, but we haven't had contact with others sexually, so is it possible that they just tested for the hpv virus and not for what kind it was?
My finance had a plantar wart on his foot that I later got on my foot, but we haven't had contact with others sexually, so is it possible that they just tested for the hpv virus and not for what kind it was?
Shshi
04-17-2008, 01:59 PM
Hi,
There are around 110 different strains of HPV. Only around 23 of those strains are sexually transmitted, which mean the others can cause regular warts, plantars warts, etc. The strains which cause these type of warts do not cause genital warts or dysplasia and visa versa.
There is no blood test for HPV, and the only HPV test that doctors will do test samples that are taken directly from the affected tissue during a Pap smear or colposcopy to see if the HPV strains which can cause cervical cancer are present. So, if you had an HPV DNA test done due to an abnormal Pap, the only HPV it would find would come from the cervix, not from a plantar wart because they weren't testing the tissue from the plantar wart, only the cervical tissue.
Does that make any sense?
There are around 110 different strains of HPV. Only around 23 of those strains are sexually transmitted, which mean the others can cause regular warts, plantars warts, etc. The strains which cause these type of warts do not cause genital warts or dysplasia and visa versa.
There is no blood test for HPV, and the only HPV test that doctors will do test samples that are taken directly from the affected tissue during a Pap smear or colposcopy to see if the HPV strains which can cause cervical cancer are present. So, if you had an HPV DNA test done due to an abnormal Pap, the only HPV it would find would come from the cervix, not from a plantar wart because they weren't testing the tissue from the plantar wart, only the cervical tissue.
Does that make any sense?