03-15-2010, 02:29 PM
Cervical cancer is caused exclusively by HPV. In most cases, if you get an abnormal PAP, your doc will schedule a cloudscape, and biopsy the abnormal tissue. It's not pleasant, but in most cases, your body's immune system with eradicate the visible virus if your young and your immune system is healthy.
Once you have been diagnosed with HPV, it is imperative that you go in to have a PAP every year. Early detection of any abnormality is a must once you know that you've been infected. A virus never leaves the body.
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