A Urologist’s Wart Schpeel to Patients
Posted on July 11, 2009
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My wart schpeel
I see a fair number patient consults for “rule-out HPV” or “rule-out warts.” The typical scenario is the following:
A woman goes to her gynecologist for a routine Pap smear and is told that the results came back positive for HPV. She is then told by her doctor to have her male partner “checked-out.”
What does all that mean and what really happened at that patient’s doctor visit?
In a nutshell, the American College of Ob-Gyn recommends that women get periodic Par smears since Pap smears can detect cervical cancer early, and this saves lives. Pap smears can also detect other disorders such as yeast infections and HPV infections. HPV is the virus that causes genital warts. On a Pap smear, the HPV virus produces cells with a characteristic look that mos…
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