HPV Symptoms

by Symptom Advice on March 5, 2011

Testing and Diagnosis HPV Symptoms

How to know if I get HPV?

Most people who contract HPV virus before the age of 50 years will never know and have absolutely no problem because most of the time, HPV goes away on its own.

Be reached HPV does not mean you have an illness. Most people who contracted HPV have no signs or symptoms.

However, there are certain types of low-risk HPV can cause genital warts, which can appear several weeks and sometimes months after sexual contact. On rare occasions the virus can persist, especially the types of high risk HPV, and can cause precancerous lesions and cancer. among women, the Pap test is the most effective way to detect early signs of abnormal and precancerous cells on the cervix.

There is a test for HPV that can detect strains of high-risk HPV DNA in cells of the body. but this test is not included in the test of regular STI screening because it is not widely available. currently, the test is usually used only in rare circumstances, or when a doctor recommends or if the results of the Pap test a woman are abnormal. many parts of Canada do not have the test and because it can not be covered by your health insurance plan, you may have to pay $ 90 to get it done.

Why the Pap test is is important?

A woman should undergo their first Pap test within three years after his first sexual contact, then every two years thereafter.

The Pap test is the only way to detect abnormal cells in the cervix. Abnormal cells detected by the Pap test may be a harbinger of cancer and the risk that they turn into cancer. We can treat the abnormal cells successfully at this stage because the progression to cancer takes many years, sometimes up to 10 years.

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