hav is revealed from my abnormal pap test what should I do as a preventive measure
hello may I know what was the abnormality detected on your pap smear as per your gynecologist if you have got hav human papillomavirus infection high risk hav strains that is responsible for the development of cervical cancer you need to be further evaluated so your gynecologist would be having a look at your cervix through a magnified camera that can pick up certain changes on the cervix and can hint on the development of any precancerous changes if present it can be tackled at an early stage before actual cancer sets it so cervical cancer screening methods can detect changes almost five years before the actual development of cancer so it is advisable you get regular pap smears as advised by your gynecologist and be under her follow it would have been helpful if you could share the reports of pap smear and hav testing with me so that I could guide you better the reason your gynecologist asked to use condoms is that hav infection is usually acquired through sexual contact so to prevent repeated infection and also to prevent other sexually transmitted infections which can further aid in acquiring hav infection can be prevented by using condoms regularly regular pap and hav testing avoid smoking and multiple sexual partners
hello doctor my gynecologist told me that I had an abnormality in my pap test and I have hav eventually she will need to look at my cervix to make sure what strain it is the information she gave me was very bland all she told me was that if I have sex just use a condom which I always do but I wanted to know what can I do physically and sexually with what I have