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Vida0515 posted:
I just turned 51. I have been married for 27 years and all my pap tests have been normal. I noticed some vaginal changes several yeasr ago and my doctor told me that I had ben exposed to herpes but didn't have it. Then last month after missing my Pap test for several years I had my Pap test and my ob/gyn said he wanted to also do the HPV test. I said yes. Several weeks later I got the call from his office that my Pap is normal but the HPV test was positive and that I need to make sure to get my Pap test every year now as I am st risk for ecervical cancer. I am devastated! I have never had sex outside our marriage but my husband obviously has. I have not confronyed him about it yet as he is working overseas and will not be home until November. After doing some reading, I saw where several women with my diagnosnis were then given a colopsy (?) test and came back within 6 months for another Pap test. Should I call my doctor back and ask for further tesing now or am I safe to wait another year?
1 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:HPV test positiveI just turned 51. I have been married for 27 years and all my pap tests have been normal. I noticed some vaginal changes several yeasr ago and my doctor told me that I had ben exposed to herpes but didn't have it. Then last month after missing my Pap test for several years I had my Pap test and my ob/gyn said he wanted to also do the HPV test. I said yes. Several weeks later I got the call from his office that my Pap is normal but the HPV test was positive and that I need to make sure to get my Pap test every year now as I am st risk for ecervical cancer. I am devastated! I have never had sex outside our marriage but my husband obviously has. I have not confronyed him about it yet as he is working overseas and will not be home until November. After doing some reading, I saw where several women with my diagnosnis were then given a colopsy (?) test and came back within 6 months for another Pap test. Should I call my doctor back and ask for further tesing now or am I safe to wait another year? <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/frown.gif" align="top" border="0">
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georgiagail responded:
A colposcopy is typically done when the Pap test comes back as "abnormal", not simply when someone has been found to be HPV positive. Your Pap test was normal.

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Report This| Share this:HPV test positiveA colposcopy is typically done when the Pap test comes back as "abnormal", not simply when someone has been found to be HPV positive. Your Pap test was normal.<br /> <br />Gail
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