I was diagnosed with HPV and had laser surgery last summer. Since then I get short, sharp pains in my cervix.

Question

Has anyone else had this problem? I've been told that you can't have cervical pain since there are no nerve endings there.

Answer 1

Because HPV can cause cervical cancer, I would listen to your body and go get checked by an OB/GYN who specializes in the treatment of HPV--the treatment for this virus has changed a lot recently, so you want the latest expertise. Laser surgery only removes the abnormal cells, it does not eliminate the virus. A normal healthy woman's own immune system will kill all the HPV in about 2 years, but in the meantime it can trigger cervical cancer, which can be a very agressive (fast-growing) and potentially fatal disease. I'm not trying to scare you, just giving you enough info to hopefully raise enough of an alarm so you take it seriously. Hope you're ok!

Answer 2

if you have had regular follow ups and your paps have been normal and hpv negative since the treatment you do not need to be concerned. the cervix generally does not feel pain, that is why the biopsies can be done without any anesthetic. dysplasia and cervical cancer do not present with cervical pain-this is just not part of the picture for this problem. you can go to the doctor and get it checked but i doubt it has anything to do with the treatment unless you had severe scarring from the laser. if your vagina was also lasered and scarred, you might feel pain there

Answer 3

HPV can reactive many years down the road after your initial transmission. After the virus continues to progress your doctor may want to do more aggressive treatments. I don’t think he will do Laser more than a time or two. Many young women do build immunity to the virus so sometimes the wait and see approach is better. There is no cure for the virus treatments are geared to reducing the abnormal cells in hopes that the body learns to recognize the virus and build its natural immunity. Studies have shown that your can reduce your risk of your virus reactivations by a using condoms consistently even in a committed relationship, not using tampons, eatting your green veggies particularly of cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower, limit your sex partners, reduce your alcohol, don't smoke, taking folic acid may help, getting good sleep our bodies cells heal in stage four sleep, if you are stressed or getting poor sleep you may not be going into stage four sleep of course exercise. I don't blame you. I do not like going through treatments either, it is expensive and time consuming. I have had two LEEP's one vulva excisions used 5FU cream. At this time my virus is not producing abnormal cell changes but it is still showing in the HPV test. I wish you well.

Answer 4

I don;t know what it is but i am starting to have a similar problem.... i'm thinking we should both go see an obgyn... and probably soon.