To be panicking about this?!

[wannabemama0812]

I have just received my cervical smear results through the post. No abnormal cells (phew!) but a positive for HPV.

I know that it is not symptomatic and most people have it or get it at some point.

BUT. I had a smear three years ago. No HPV found.

I have been married to my husband the entire time and neither of us has been unfaithful (that I know of!!)

So HOW have I randomly developed HPV?

Do I need to be having a serious conversation with my husband?

That idea is so absolutely ludicrous, it's laughable! But I truly don't understand how I could now be positive, when we've been married the whole time!

Hopefully someone medical will come along and give some actual facts but I had my smear recently and was talking to the nurse about this. I have HPV but it’s never shown up on a smear test, apparently it’s to do with what the virus is doing at the time as it lies dormant most of the time. I recently had an outbreak of symptoms so she said it’s possible it will show up this time.

This is the thing that's bothering me... I had a smear three years ago and no HPV!

So... how is it showing up now and not then when I've been with the same man for seven years.

Sorry, what I was saying was that it could have been dormant for years and may have just shown up now.

Did they test for HPV 3 years ago? Not sure that mine did but I know they do now

I had HPV and went for a colposcopy as also had some abnormal cells. The doctor explained to me that the majority of people will have HPV at some point, often without realising. It can lie dormant and then show itself. So you may have contracted it years ago and it's only just shown up. I had another smear after 6 months, then a year and both the hpv and abnormal cells had gone. I have been clear ever since.

If I remember rightly from when I had the vaccinations @change is correct it sits dormant and in that state won't show, so you may have had it for your entire relationship if not longer and something agrivated it and caused it to show when this test was done.

I also had all of the HPV vaccines, so that is adding further confusion!

Is HPV something I need to call previous partners about? Let them know? Gosh I'd rather not, but if it's the right thing to do, I will of course.

The letter just says to have another smear in one year as opposed to waiting for another three. Is there no treatment I could take?

And won't my husband and I be passing it back and forth between us if we continue to have sex? Do we need to stop to give it chance to clear?

If I sound like I'm in a frenzy, it's because I am! I've never had anything like this before.

P.S. I will speak with my GP, but given it is Saturday and getting even a telephone appointment during the week is difficult, I thought I could turn to ladies on here with more experience. Hope to settle my mind !

Bumping for OP. I'd be interested in responses too.

It doesn't mean that you're husband has been unfaithful. It can lie dormant. You body will most likely get rid of the virus but this is why we all have smears. You absolutely don't need to tell any previous partners.