Is it really true about cervical dysplasia…?
There are many risk factors. The precise cause of cervical dysplasia is not known. Studies have found a strong association between cervical dysplasia and infection with human papilloma virus (HPV), but additional factors (still unknown) must also be at play in order for cervical cells to change and become precancerous. The following may increase an individual’s risk for developing cervical dysplasia: Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection Genital warts Smoking Early onset of sexual activity (younger than 18 years old) Multiple sexual partners Having a partner whose former partner had cervical cancer History of one or more sexually transmitted diseases, such as genital herpes or HIV Having suppressed immune function from, for example, HIV or the use of chemotherapeutic medications to treat cancer Long-term use (5 or more years) of birth control pills Being born to a mother who took diethylstilbestrol (DES) to become pregnant or to sustain pregnancy (this drug was used many years ago to p
First of all, tell your boyfriend that the cause of cervical dysplasia/HPV is NOT necessarily having multiple sex partners. While that certainly increases the risk, all it takes is having ONE partner who had been sleeping around, or for one of that person’s previous partners who had it. You know what they say about when you sleep with someone, you sleep with all the people they’ve slept with, and then all the ones those people slept with? It can be like a chain reaction… Here’s my story – I was diagnosed with mild cervical dysplasia (caused by HPV) in the fall of last year – and at that point I had been with my fiance for almost 2 years (we got engaged last May, I found out about the HPV in October). I am almost positive that I got it from an ex of mine who cheated on me several times with several people, but the last time I had seen him was just about two years prior to beginning to exclusively see my now fiance (so it had been almost 4 years). I asked the doctor why it would show u
