Guest guest Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Various bits & pieces about HPV, FYI.. 1. <clipped> from an article by Paavonen on vulvodynia. http://www.vulvarpain.icomm.ca/paavonen_2.html Although some early studies suggested that vulvar vestibulitis syndrome was often associated with human papillomavirus (HPV), the link between HPV and VVS has not been proven. In fact, emerging evidence suggests that HPV is not associated with VVS.13 Accordingly, recent case-control studies provide little support for the hypothesis of infection causing VVS. ========================================= 2. Clipped From: http://www.vulvarpainfoundation.org/effective_treatment.htm A variety of surgical and pharmacological treatments (steroids, antibiotic, antifungal, and antiviral medications) have been tried — with little success. Women have also been treated unsuccessfully with caustic topical agents for human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that causes warts. These inappropriate agents only cause intensified burning, pain, and ulceration; indeed, such chemical burns can induce the onset of vulvar pain in predisposed individuals. There is no evidence whatsoever that HPV causes vulvar (or any other kind of) pain. ======================================================= 3. Severe vulvar vestibulitis? No relation to HPV infection. <Clipped> CONCLUSION: Although HPV DNA was found in more than half of women with vestibulitis, it appears to play no role in the presentation or response to surgical therapy for vulvar vestibulitis. http://www.utdol.com/application/abstract.asp?r=/application/abstract.asp & TR=gen_gyne/12794 & viewAbs=53~54 & title=53,54 & app=utdol ==================================================== 4. <clipped> Birth control, HPV, higher cancer risk? Prospective studies have shown a greater progression of dysplasia to carcinoma-in-situ with more than 6 years of oral steroid contraceptive use. From: International Journal of Gynecological CancerVolume 13 Issue 2 Page 103 - March 2003 http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1525-1438.2003.13030.x/abs ============================================== 5. Oral HPV in children. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that HPV is present in the oral cavity primarily in children 2 years old and younger and in adolescents 13 years and older. Cesarean delivery was not protective against oral HPV infection; in fact, half of the HPV-positive infants were born by cesarean delivery. <clipped from> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=PubMed & list_uids=11174573 & dopt=Abstract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 Just had to throw in my two cents here. My daughter suffered for almost 3 years with unexplained pain right at the opening to her vagina. She had just been with a new partner when the horrible burning began. She was tested for everything under the sun...she went thru 3 years of going to different doctors, even Dr. in Arizona...all of them charged a fortune and were supposedly experts, but none of them really looked for hpv. She tried it all...topical estrogen, Protopic, on and on. She finally found relief when her gyn looked with a coloscope(sp?)and saw two warts right where all her burning had been. All our bodies are different and what will be painful to one person might not bother the next person at all (allergies, cramps, migraines, etc, etc.) Yeah, I know warts are not SUPPOSED to be painful, but they were to her. Anyway, happy ending here. She did the Aldara cream for months and months, off and on, easing up when the redness got to be too much... and both warts went away, all the burning went away, she is having sex and is engaged. She was in such despair during those 3 awful years and we almost gave up hope of her ever leading a normal life again. But thank God, her hometown gyn found the warts. I have to agree with way_too_trusting. They should look harder for warts...there is an epidemic of them! And while it may not be everyone's problem, it is definitely worth getting a doctor to seriously check it out for you. Good luck to all of you...I hope you all find your cure! > > <clipped> Birth control, HPV, higher cancer risk? > > Prospective studies have shown a greater progression of dysplasia to carc= > inoma-in-situ with more than 6 years of oral steroid > contraceptive use. > > From: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer > > Volume 13 Issue 2 Page 103 - March 2003 > > http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1525- 1438.2003.13030= > .x/abs > > > ============================================== > > > Clipped From: http://www.vulvarpainfoundation.org/effective_treatment.htm= > > > A variety of surgical and pharmacological treatments (steroids, anti= > biotic, antifungal, and antiviral medications) have been tried — > with little success. Women have also been treated unsuccessfully with caust= > ic topical agents for human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus > that causes warts. > > These inappropriate agents only cause intensified burning, pain, and = > ulceration; indeed, such chemical burns can induce the > onset of vulvar pain in predisposed individuals. There is no evidence whats= > oever that HPV causes vulvar (or any other kind of) pain. > ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2004 Report Share Posted January 7, 2004 hi, i am so glad that your daughter has been correctly diagnosed and found a cure. my story is just the opposite: for months and months all the doctors told me i had hpv and that was what was causing my pain. had i believed them i would never have persisted for another 6 years to obtain my correct diagnosis! as you say, we are all different; but if the doc tells you something and it doesn't ring true, keep searching and questioning. kay > > > <clipped> Birth control, HPV, higher cancer risk? > > > Prospective studies have shown a greater progression of > dysplasia to carc= > > inoma-in-situ with more than 6 years of oral steroid > > contraceptive use. > > > From: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer > > > Volume 13 Issue 2 Page 103 - March 2003 > > > http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1046/j.1525- > 1438.2003.13030= > > .x/abs > > > > > ============================================== > > > > > Clipped From: > http://www.vulvarpainfoundation.org/effective_treatment.htm= > > > > > A variety of surgical and pharmacological treatments > (steroids, anti= > > biotic, antifungal, and antiviral medications) have been tried — > > with little success. Women have also been treated unsuccessfully > with caust= > > ic topical agents for human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus > > that causes warts. > > > These inappropriate agents only cause intensified burning, > pain, and = > > ulceration; indeed, such chemical burns can induce the > > onset of vulvar pain in predisposed individuals. There is no > evidence whats= > > oever that HPV causes vulvar (or any other kind of) pain. > > ======================================================= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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