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Cervical cancer concerns

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Mumofher · 04/05/2021 10:23

I'm a little worried as I recently had my smear test and results have come back that I'm hpv positive. I was reassured it would clear up the hpv in about 2 years but my worry is that I haven't had a sexual partner in about 3 years so if my last partner gave it to me then why hasn't it cleared up?

I have the coil and in the last 2 years I have started bleeding which never happened before while on the mirena coil. I'm due to change it this December. I also have constant discharge and now have to wear a liner every day and the discharge is usually cream to a brownish color and have been bleeding in-between periods. Yesterday, I noticed a foul smell and a quick google search says it can't be thrush, bv or a yeast infection because I have no itch or pain. it can't be an STI as I haven't had a sexual partner in about 3 years.

Anyone been screened for cervical cancer but felt they had reason to worry even if the screening showed no cancer.

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fedup078 · 04/05/2021 18:04

Hpv can stay in your body for decades and can flare up, so you could have it one year and then not have it the next but then have it 5 years later for example even if you've slept with no one else
As for the bleeding I would get that checked out though im sure it's nothing to worry about . There a many other reasons which are not cancer but just go and see what it is

Spied · 04/05/2021 18:09

I screened positive for HPV despite not being sexually be active for over 3 years.
My previous smear when I was sexually active with a long term( 13+years) partner was negative.

I think I must have had it for decades.
I currently have Cin1/2 changes too.

Spied · 04/05/2021 18:12

I was told that it was likely the hpv would clear and cin changes would very likely revert to normal.
I cannot understand how they think this when I must have had hpv infection for much much longer than it usually takes for the infection to clear.
It's just madnesses.

Spied · 04/05/2021 18:13

Madness.
(It actually is driving me mad)

fedup078 · 04/05/2021 18:15

@Spied treatment for abnormal cells is so so so common . I know loads of women who've been through it . I'm sure there are many cases which clear up on their own and I hope to god mine does this time. I had cells removed in 2010 and have been fine since and then tested positive again last year .

Spied · 04/05/2021 18:22

@fedup078
Do you know if you can have cells removed more than once? (Lletz/Loop)

fedup078 · 04/05/2021 18:23

@Spied yeah I know people who've had it done more than once

Spied · 04/05/2021 18:29

Thanks @fedup078.
It's reassuring in a horribly warped kind of way to hear that a lot of women go through this.
I'd sincerely hope your infection clears.

fedup078 · 04/05/2021 18:30

@Spied thanks I hope you have no more issues after yours is sorted too

LauraaMarieee · 12/08/2021 23:59

I am really worried about cervical cancer last year 2020 I had two loop excisions (LLETS) then had a smear two months later then I been having bad pains in my stomach and back I went to the doctors and had a internal exam then after the nurse refered me the hospital and told me she seen and felt a abnormality then 1 day later I got a text with aapp for this week Tuesday and I'm sooooooo worried I'm only 28 with a 10 year old I'm so worried I have cervical cancer

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