i have low risk hpv.?

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i was just wondering if there is a chance of cervical cancer? i have already had the warts and now they are coming back.i have to have the surgery all over again. i was curious when they eventually clear up, is it possible for something else to occur. i know this disease sucks, but am i n a little luck that i don't have high risk hpv. should i be grateful?

Answer 1

you probably shouldnt be asking people on yahoo answers about this because alot of people dont really know much about hpv....

Answer 2

Unfortunately, any woman can develop cervical cancer. If you have high risk HPV, your risk of developing cervical cancer is higher. If you have low risk HPV, your risk of developing cervical cancer is lower than it would be with high risk HPV.

Have a talk with your OB/GYN and see how often she recommends you have pap smears. Sometimes if a woman is negative for HPV or has a low risk HPV infection, the OB/GYN will recommend pap smears less often than for women with high risk HPV.

The nice thing about cervical cancer (!!!) is that it's a cancer that develops very slowly. Thus, if you're diligent about getting pap smears as recommended, you should be able to catch cervical cancer long before it gets to be anything dangerous (many women actually catch it while it's still in the precancerous stage!).

No need for you to lose sleep at night. Just get the pap
smears and other screening tests as recommended by the OB/GYN.

Answer 3

I never heard of low risk HPV ,I do know that it is more common fairly common and people alot of times don't even know they have it .Alot of times people have it with out ever having warts and I'm pretty sure it's some thing you will never get rid of .The simptoms may go away but you still have it for life ,sucks' I know .I think it is the number one cause of cervical cancer .Or so I was told by a Dr. and that 30% of the poulation has it just may not know it .

Answer 4

A cervical HPV infection and vulva warts are two different locations.

Abnormal cell changes of the cervix can progress to cancer of the cervix if the virus does not regress or treatments do not stop the replication of the virus.

Visible genital warts are usually associated with low risk HPV types 6 and 11. Low risk HPV types are not seen in cancers but 20 to 50% of the populations that have visible genital warts also carry a co-infection of high risk HPV types.

A genital HPV of the infection vulva is a risk factor for vulva cancers.

I am not sure what surgery you had but many times the warts due to HPV can recur in the first year or two of acquiring the virus. Has your doctor done any blood work to see if your immune system is compromised? Have you tried Aldara? Aldara has had good results in the regression of vulva warts. Aldara has also shown to help in the regression of vulva intraepithelial neoplasia 2/3. If the warts persists your doctor could take a biopsy of the wart...this is advised in progressive vulva warts.

If you have the same sex partners has he been checked to see if he has small flat warts. Treatments and constant condom use can help in the regression of the virus for both the male and the female.

Most people do build immunity to both high and low risk HPV types.

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Genital warts
Condylomata bearing HPV-6 or -11 have identical clinical
manifestations and histology [2]. Recent studies have shown that about
100% of GWs are caused by either HPV-6 or -11 but that 20–50% of
lesions also contain co-infections with HR HPV types [3] and [4]. GWs
do not usually result in major morbidity or mortality, but cause
significant psychological morbidity and very substantial healthcare
costs. Occasionally GWs persist for long periods of time and, rarely,
such long-standing lesions may progress to malignancy. GWs are highly
infectious, with a transmission rate of about 65% within sexual
partnerships from an infected to a susceptible sexual partner, and an
incubation period of between 3 weeks and 8 months, with the majority
developing warts at around 2–3 months [3]. Once GWs have developed,
they may show minimal change over time, become more numerous or
larger, or regress spontaneously. The majority of placebo-controlled
GW therapy trials show low rates of regression (around 5% complete
clearance) in the short term, although in one study over 16 weeks 20%
of women and 5% of men using placebo completely cleared their warts,
and 38% of women and 22% of men using placebo cleared over 50% of
their baseline warts [3]. Regressing warts contain significantly more
CD4 positive T cells, both within the stroma underlying the lesions
and the condylomata themselves, and greater expression of activation
markers [3]. There is no report of the rate of spontaneous regression
that may occur in the longer term. Following GW clearance with
therapy, recurrence is common and is often seen within 3 months in 25%
of cases, although rates of up to 67% have been observed [3]. In
clinical practice recurrences are often seen at sites of previous
lesions, and in these cases HPV infection in stem cells or
slow-turnover cells at the site of previous clearance has persisted
and then reactivated. The proportion of HPV-6/11 infections that are
either completely cleared or persist in a latent form after clinical
resolution is unknown, and, indeed, animal models suggest that both
outcomes can occur [3].
HPV-6/11 as a cause of cervical neoplasia
HPV-6 and -11 are frequently associated with LSIL. A recent
meta-analysis of 55 studies reported HPV-6 to be present in 8.1% of
HPV-positive LSIL cases and HPV-11 in 3.2% of cases [25]. However, it
remains unclear in what proportion of these HPV-6/11-positive LSIL
cases there is concomitant co-infection with a HR type, and whether
such HR co-infections would be "minority passenger" infections as
described in GWs, or represent true multiple-morphology cervical lesions

Answer 5

Your Doctor is the best choice for answers.
You can also find information from the CDC or Asha.
Some Dating sites like www.club462.com have support groups that can help answer questions or you can use their safer sex room to ask a professional who will point you in the right direction. Hope that helps.