They told me I had severe dysplasia..scared me to death because the next step is full blown cancer..made me get a LEEP procedure and found out I just had mild dysplasia.
But if I have cancer anywhere in my body with it being exposed to air from the surgery will it grow fast and kill me?
2006-10-29 01:00:08 · 3 answers · asked by debbie2243 7 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Well I am confused as to why they told you that you had severe dysplasia only to later to tell you it was mild. Did they explain that? Colposcopies are not harmful in anyway, just so you know. The Colposcopy actually is just a microscope, and they look at your cervix with it while staining the surface of the cervix with vinegar because that makes the precancerous cells and abnormal cells show up under the microscope. After they do this, if there are abnormal cells, they are usually going to take a biopsy of the areas that appear abnormal. When those biopsies come back, they will usually tell you what type of dysplasia you have. This is why I am confused as to how they told you one and then the other. A LEEP on the other hand, I have actually seen done, and it wasn't pretty. They are now saying that in young women a LEEP should only be performed if the dysplasia is getting worse or already at a bad stage. It increases your odds of premature delivery is why. Also, a large percentage of owmen w/dysplasia, will self-repair in 2 or 3 years time if they are healthy. So this why its usually the best thing to monitor the dysplasia...so it would be more prudent to come in every 3 months or every 6 months if neccesary, depending on the severity/grade of dysplasia. That way, if its getting worse, they can do a LEEP to prevent it from turning into cancer, but they aren't performing one unneccesarily. I was personally going every 3 months for a year, and eventually had CIN II, and told to have a LEEP but by the time I was able to actually get into the clinic i was pregnant, so they coudln't do it. The same thing happenned 3 months after delivery they scheduled me for ome, and by the time I got in, I was pregnant again. By the tme I had my 2nd child , the dysplasia had fully resolved on its own so I never had to have one. The thing is, usually people who get cervical cancer are older and haven't been to get a pap smear for years. So as a young woman w/dysplasia, it is better to monitor, than get overzealous and scare her unneccesarily. As long as they monitor and track it and you get your pap smears, you are not likely to get full blown cervical cancer. And remember, almost all of the population of young women have the virus that causes this, yet very few will actually ever get cervical cancer. This is all due to the monitoring, and like I said, the women who get cervical cancer are usually in their 30 and on up range..esp. around 45 and on up, who don't get their pap smears like they should and things continue to progress until its cancer. There is a lot of research indicating that the aggressive treatment of certain dysplasia types is unneccesary. Also I would hope they tested to see what type of HPV virus you have, because there are only certain types that actually progress to cancer, so even though most women have HPV, very few are aware of it, and it has to be the specific type of HPV to even cause cancer....btw, these are the types the HPV vaccine prevents people from getting.
2006-10-29 01:12:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did find dysplasia, so the procedure wasn't unnecessary. It sounds like they are very thorough and looking out for your health. If any surgeries are being overdone in this country by GYN's it's hysterectomies and C-sections. It's a myth that air causes cancer cells to grow.
2006-10-29 09:05:53 · answer #2 · answered by Debra D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Medice has advanced so much most times there are no problems at all like that.
2006-10-29 09:03:32 · answer #3 · answered by Thanks for the Yahoo Jacket 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋