2006-08-25 06:51:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
A colposcopy is a procedure that is used to look at the cervix. The doctor uses a microscope to look at any abnormal cells you may have on your cervix. If you do have abnormal looking cells the doctor will remove a small sample of it and send it to the lab. The results can either come back as nothing, pre-cancerous, or cancerous.
Usually if you have to have a colposcopy that means that you have a strain of HPV that can potentially lead to developing cervical cancer or genital warts. These strains usually do NOT clear up on their own and the women will have HPV the rest of her life. The strains that usually clear up are the ones that do not cause any health problems. There are over 100 different kinds of HPV and a hand full of them can cause cancer and warts. The rest don't do anything and usually clear up on their own.
2006-08-25 07:20:41 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A colposcopy means that the dr. wants to see if the cells have changed even more abnormally. HPV can clear up on its on. Sometimes it takes a while, but it should.
2006-08-25 16:58:23 · answer #2 · answered by MadameJazzy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please see the webpages for more details on Colposcopy and Genital warts. One fifth of all cancers worldwide are caused by a chronic infection, for example, human papillomavirus (HPV) causes cervical cancer and hepatitis B virus (HBV) causes liver cancer.
2006-08-25 14:02:33 · answer #3 · answered by gangadharan nair 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. a colposcopy is when they cut a peice of your cervix 2 test it. do u know that u have it already? what's going on?
2006-08-25 13:58:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it acnmy friend has it and she had one and her test come out al negative now her paps i mean are normal
2006-08-27 13:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by crrousey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋