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Originally Posted by Thisby  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.
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