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Once your body fights the HPV virus are you then immune to it?
Ive read that with a strong immune system and by taking vitamins such as folic acid, Vitamin C and E your body can fight off HPV. once your body has done that can you not have another active infection?
Example.. Friday my DR. called and said my pap was abnormal. that i have dyslpasia.. and said
it looks like you were at one time exposed to HPV... is that his way of nicely saying yeah you got HPV? or is he saying i now longer have an active infection but have the abnormal cells on my cervix.. I dont see him again until January 4th... its frustrating.
July 16th, 2010 - 13:28
You will only be immune to catching THAT STRAIN of HPV again.
There are around 26 strains of HPV that affect the genital region.
Assuming that you have only been exposed to 1 strain of HPV, you are NOT IMMUNE to contracting the other 25.
July 16th, 2010 - 13:28
SaRaHz,
Maybe YES! and maybe NO! I shall explain. There are eight human herpesviruses. (Medical texts refer to herpesvirus as one word.) Also, every animal species that has been investigated also has its own herpesvirus. What these viruses all have in common is the ability to hide out in the body without causing symptoms, and then reappear at a later date. Most people have herpes simplex – 70% have facial herpes (cold sores) and 10% have genital herpes in the UK. These figures are even higher in other countries including the USA and the developing world. Three quarters don’t know they have it: 1 in 4 will have no symptoms; 2 in 4 will have only mild symptoms and are unlikely to be diagnosed; 1 in 4 will have more noticeable symptoms and will be diagnosed. Herpes simplex is seldom of any medical importance – some people are quite ill when they catch it but so are some people who catch flu. It is not incurable – there are many viruses to which we readily develop immunity, such as the 300+ rhinoviruses (cold viruses), measles, polio, mumps, chickenpox, and HPV. However, HPV and several viruses manage to avoid the immune system in some people. The viruses avoid the humoral response and the cellular response, the B-cells and the T-cells, respectively. Anything that supports the immune system will naturally help the body develop immunity to viruses. When immunity to HPV occurs, the body is no longer infected or contagious. As a result of immunity, the signs and symptoms clear, and the same HPV type can generally no longer infect the individual. The only reason people would say that HPV cannot be cured is because they have simply decided to believe that it cannot. Certainly in some people it cannot be cured, but in most it can be.There are good treatment methods for the unlucky few – medication or herbal treatments and improved lifestyle management. It is not the only infection that stays with us once we catch it – chickenpox and glandular fever also hide in the body but no one makes a fuss about them. The term “dys” means abnormal, while “plasia” means growth. Cervical dysplasia means abnormal growth of cervical cells. Cervical dysplasia is also called cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, or CIN. Dysplasia is not cancer, but it can develop into cancer of the cervix. Cervical dysplasia is classified as either Mild (CIN I), Moderate (CIN II), or Severe (CIN II or Carcinoma-in-situ). Linked to a sexually transmitted disease caused by some strains of a wart virus, called the human papillomavirus (HPV), it is more common in women who have many sex partners or who began to have intercourse before age 18. Cervical dysplasia has also been associated with cigarette smoking and too little folic acid in the diet. It rarely has any symptoms and the first clue of it’s presence is when a Pap Smear result is abnormal. The definitive diagnosis is made by biopsies (small pieces of tissue taken from the body and looked at under a microscope). The biopsies are done during a procedure called a Colposcopy. Most often found in women between 25 and 35 years of age, it can occur in younger and older women.
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http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/
about-cancer/cancer-questions/
what-is-the-hpv-virus
Hope this helps
matador 89
July 16th, 2010 - 13:28
Most likely not.
It is possible to get it again.
July 16th, 2010 - 13:28
There is no cure for HPV. It is important to continue to boost your immune system. HPV can result in cervical cancer. Dysplasia is abnormal cell growth (which could be a result of HPV – it is the leading contributor to abnormal pap smears). There are four stages to Dysplasia. IV being cancer. Usually, the dr will perform cryosurgery (freeze off the abnormal cells which slough off and your body will naturally regenerate normal cell growth) if your are experiencing stage II or III. Stage I they usually just watch. If you have not had a biopsy, the dr will more then likely perform one in January and will be able to let you know conclusively the cause of the dysplasia and what stage you have.
If you are at the beginning stage, the dr will probably want to run pap smears every 6 months (and it can be normal on the next test). It’s important to stay in check with this. Good Luck.
July 16th, 2010 - 13:28
No, one HPV infection does not prevent against future infections. A person can be infected many times. HPV could possibley go into remission kinda like cancer and then reappear in later on in your life. But you are never immune to it. You can keep getting HPV even if you have had it one time
July 16th, 2010 - 13:28
I would get back on the phone and ask the doctor all these questions.
July 16th, 2010 - 13:28
Unfortunately, there is no cure for HPV now, you can’t get rid of it completely. But there are ways to treat the health problems caused by HPV.
July 16th, 2010 - 13:28
My doctors said yes, most likely, you will fight it off and it won’t come back (usually takes a year or less)…but in some cases people don’t fight it off. Over 50% of people have it and never know.