I was diagnosed with HPV in 1998, I was 21. I'd never had sex, and they never did any straight out testing. I just came up with mild dysplasia in my Pap smear. I refused to go home from a job I was working at the time, so I waited ten weeks to go back. By that time I had moderate-severe dysplasia (precancerous cells). I had a colposcopy and my asinine GYN did cryosurgery which screwed up my acid balance and my cervix was never the same. It still bleeds whenever my partner bumps it. I had three years of Paps done every three months, then every six and they all came back abnormal until about three years ago. I've still had no one test me for HPV, never any bumps or symptoms, but my really good physician now said that it was not likely the cause of the dysplasia.
Just be careful. I was devastated at 21 to be told I had an STD, in front of my mother, when I wouldn't have sex for another 6 years. They kept asking me if I was "sure" that I hadn't had intercourse. I told them to check... everything was still twisted up internally from the car accident I'd had when I was 17, did it look like I was lying? I know that physicians are much more careful about it these days, but, get your Paps. And, choose anything but cryosurgery if you need dysplasia treatment. Every single person I've ever talked to has had some kind of issue with it.
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