I don’t plan on having kids and I’m 24, but I don’t like wondering if I will get cervical cancer. Does it hurt to get the cervix removed and am I old enough?
Information about HPV symptoms, detection and prevention
Information about HPV symptoms, detection and prevention
I don’t plan on having kids and I’m 24, but I don’t like wondering if I will get cervical cancer. Does it hurt to get the cervix removed and am I old enough?
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You can go your ENTIRE life without ever having HPV related dysplasia.
And you can also go your entire life without HPV infection and still get cancer. Only 70% of all cervical cancer cases are HPV related; did you know that?
So NO you do NOT need to get your cervix removed; nor will a doctor do so. Unless you have a life- or health-threatening illness they will NEVER perform a hysterectomy (which is what would be required to remove the cervix … the neck of the uterus).
Just get your annual pap smears and be proactive about your health…regardless of your desire to procreate.
I think a hysterectomy would be way out of line for a positive HPV infection. Most people build immunity to their acquire HPV type or types.
Having a hysterectomy or cervix removal may not prevent other problems that can result from HPV. HPV is found in 90% of all vulva and vaginal cancers and 90% more of all anal cancers. You just can’t removal all the places that HPV may occur.
I had a hysterectomy for non cervical issues. It is not pain free…it is major surgery. You are out of work for several weeks. It is really not fun.
I would also think you are to young for a doctor to consider a hysterectomy unless there was cancer involvement.
I am not sure what your doctor has recommended for your treatment but I know it is not as invasive as a hysterectomy
VIN and VaIN high risk dx after a total hysterectomy. No prior abnormal paps, no cancers found in specimens taken of the cervix at surgery.
High risk HPV types are found in 99.7% of all cervical cancer virtually are cervical cancer are due to a progressive persistent high risk HPV type. 70% of all Cervical cancer are due to high risk HPV type 16 or 18. These HPV types are included in the HPV vaccine which is a preventative vaccine. Ask your doctor about getting the HPV vaccine you may not have both high risk HPV types it is said to prevent. The vaccine is not a treatment and does not replace the need of annual Pap smears with HPV testing. They are 30+ high and low risk HPV types that affect the genital area.
I wish you well.
Virtually all (>99.7%) cervical cancers caused by HPV
American Cancer Society PP presentation
http://www.wicancer.org/documents/HPV Powerpoint.pdf
Cervical cancer is almost always caused by the human papillomavirus
virus which causes virtually 100 percent of all cervical cancers.http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/cervica…
new study published in the Journal of Pathology documents that human papillomavirus (HPV) is present in virtually all cervical cancers, an estimated 99.7 percenthttp://www.pslgroup.com/dg/121D7A.htm
HPV and Cervical Cancer
Certain HPV types are classified as “high-risk” because they lead to abnormal cell changes and can cause genital cancers: cervical cancer as well as cancer of the vulva, anus, and penis. In fact, researchers say that virtually all cervical cancers – more than 99% — are caused by these high-risk HPV viruses. The most common of the high-risk strains of HPV are types 16 and 18, which cause about 70% of all cervical cancers.http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/h…
Cervical infections due to a group of about 15 oncogenic, or cancer-causing, human papillomavirus (HPV) types cause virtually all cervical cancershttp://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/facts…
Virtually all cervical cancer cases (99%) are linked to genital infection with human papillomavirus (HPV), which is the most common viral infection of the reproductive tract.
http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/public…
Persistent infection by certain types of HPV causes virtually all cervical cancershttp://www.wcn.org/interior.cfm?featurei…
i don’t think that they will ever remove your cervix and at 24 you really don’t know if you will want kids when your 30. but they scrape off or burn off warts on the cervix but I’ve never heard of them removing it
many forms of hpv don’t ever lead to cancer. most doctors will just regularily monitor it. i haven’t heard of removing the cervix, expecially in someone so young. I think it would be a premature decision to get it removed, who knows how you will feel in 5, 10 years…