[Question #1277] HPV question for Dr Handsfield Ideally
99 months ago
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Hello,
This question is ideally directed at Dr Handsfield if possible.
My partner recently
had an abnormal pap smear which stated low grade Dyskaryosis and HPV type
change suggesting CIN 1. However the high risk HPV test came back as negative.
1 – Could anything else have caused the cell abnormalities other than high risk HPV? i.e could it have been caused by low risk hpv? Could it also have been caused by folic acid deficiency which I have read can be misdiagnosed as dysplasia? (she was also diagnosed with folic acid deficiency) or is it likely that it was high risk HPV which has now cleared?
2 – Is there any need to disclose that I might have had high risk HPV (if that is what may have caused the abnormal pap) to future partners (based on the fact that it may come back with changes to ones immune system) if we were ever to break up?
Thanks in advance.
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
99 months ago
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99 months ago
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
99 months ago
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99 months ago
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H. Hunter Handsfield, MD
99 months ago
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