That is great news...most likely, it means that the HPV strain you had was a low-risk strain, and our bodies do "clear" HPV on its own.
Think of it as the flu or cold virus: we always have the virus in our bodies, but our immune systems work so that the virus is not replicating itself to cause symptoms or to be contagious. This is how low-risk HPV works, too. I'm sorry your doctor did not tell you more about your test results, leading you to needlessly worry (and yes, there are forms of HPV that can cause cancer, but I would have to believe your doctor would have told you about this type of HPV).
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That is great news...most likely, it means that the HPV strain you had was a low-risk strain, and our bodies do "clear" HPV on its own.
Think of it as the flu or cold virus: we always have the virus in our bodies, but our immune systems work so that the virus is not replicating itself to cause symptoms or to be contagious. This is how low-risk HPV works, too. I'm sorry your doctor did not tell you more about your test results, leading you to needlessly worry (and yes, there are forms of HPV that can cause cancer, but I would have to believe your doctor would have told you about this type of HPV).
November 25, 2010 - 2:54pmThis Comment
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