high risk hpv?

Question

I'm 20 years ol and i have high risk hpv. i had another papsmear and it got just a LITTLE bit better, i still have one more papsmear to take? if it got just a little better do i still have a big chance of getting cervical cancer? Out of the percentage of people that do have hpv does it usually go away or no

Answer 1

With proper screenings like yearly pap smears (or more often if a woman has had an abnormal pap smear) cervical cancer rarely develops. That doesn't mean it should be taken lightly though, because cervical cancer still kills thousands of women a year.

As long as you are staying on top of your pap smears you should be just fine! Pap smears are the best thing a woman can get done to detect any abnormalities on the cervix which can be caused by HPV.

Good luck to you!
http://www.cdc.gov/std/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm
http://www.ashastd.org/hpv/hpv_learn.cfm

Answer 2

If you have 3 normal paps, you don't have to worry about that. You might have the high risk for HPV if you have a abnormal pap. HPV go away it own, but still have that virus. Same thing with gential warts.