2006-09-12 15:15:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
There really are no signs or symptoms of HPV or cervical cancer.
Physical signs of HPV are warts, but not everyone gets those and it can take months and sometimes years for the warts to show up. Other than that there really are no symptoms of HPV.
As for cervical cancer, there also really are no signs. Most women find out they have it by having an abnormal pap smear come back. The early stages of cervical cancer may be completely asymptomatic. Vaginal bleeding, contact bleeding or (rarely) a vaginal mass may indicate the presence of malignancy. In advanced disease, metastases may be present in the abdomen, lungs or elsewhere.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical_cancer#Signs_and_symptoms
2006-09-12 21:37:36 · answer #1 · answered by Alli 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To my knowledge, there are no actual symptoms of cervical cancer other than abnormal pap smears. And the HPV virus is usually the virus that causes the cellular changes on the cervix that lead to cervical cancer. Externally, HPV can cause genital warts. The signs of those would be actual bumpy growths on the external genitalia. They can be managed with antiviral medications and "frozen off", but there is no actual cure to completely get rid of the virus once you have it.
2006-09-13 01:13:50 · answer #2 · answered by vetgirl77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately most of the time there are no symptoms. That is why a yearly pap smear is SO important. For some people they get genital warts, that would be a symptom of the HPV virus.
2006-09-12 22:19:20 · answer #3 · answered by Rachel☺ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the hpv virus has different types and one or two of them have been linked to cervical cancer...I don't think those ones have symptoms....another type of HPV causes little warts to grow on the genitals and these need to be burned off by a doc
2006-09-13 06:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by partout250 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would really know from a pap smear. some symptoms could be severe cramps in cervix, sometimes it feels like you are sitting on concrete. ouch! that is the most i can say that i have went through. maybe previous genital warts. only really knew when i had the pap done
2006-09-12 22:20:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no symptoms, you have to go to your gynocologist and get a pap smear to get tested for the std scan.
2006-09-12 22:18:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are no symptoms. You have to go to the gynecologist and have a test.
2006-09-12 22:19:34 · answer #7 · answered by tina m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋