Hi there and thanks for your post

I am sorry to hear about all the different health conditions you have and your current concerns about hpv.

Hpv is a very common virus and most people will be able to clear the infection by themselves within a couple of years of coming into contact with it. However for a small amount of people this doesn't happen. One reason is a lowered immune system and it is also known that smokers may not be able to clear it as easily either. Then there are a group of people who have persisting hpv with no real reason.

High risk strains of hpv may cause abnormal cells to develop over time that if left unnoticed may eventually turn into cancer. However this doesn't always happen therefore it is impossible to say what the future will look like for any individual person.

For women we fortunately have the cervical screening programme that is able to detect high risk hpv and monitor or treat any changes in the cervix to prevent cervical cancer.

The important thing to remember is to always get any new and ongoing symptoms or changes in your body checked out which you are. There are several things being investigated at the moment by your doctors. From there they can decide what needs to happen next and if you need any treatment or monitoring to check for further changes.

Try not to over think too much for now, wait and see what the doctors say and go from there.

Feel free to get back in touch or if you prefer give the nurses a call on 0808 800 4040, we're here weekdays 9-5.

Best wishes

Naomi

Hi there and thanks for your post

I am sorry to hear about all the different health conditions you have and your current concerns about hpv.

Hpv is a very common virus and most people will be able to clear the infection by themselves within a couple of years of coming into contact with it. However for a small amount of people this doesn't happen. One reason is a lowered immune system and it is also known that smokers may not be able to clear it as easily either. Then there are a group of people who have persisting hpv with no real reason.

High risk strains of hpv may cause abnormal cells to develop over time that if left unnoticed may eventually turn into cancer. However this doesn't always happen therefore it is impossible to say what the future will look like for any individual person.

For women we fortunately have the cervical screening programme that is able to detect high risk hpv and monitor or treat any changes in the cervix to prevent cervical cancer.

The important thing to remember is to always get any new and ongoing symptoms or changes in your body checked out which you are. There are several things being investigated at the moment by your doctors. From there they can decide what needs to happen next and if you need any treatment or monitoring to check for further changes.

Try not to over think too much for now, wait and see what the doctors say and go from there.

Feel free to get back in touch or if you prefer give the nurses a call on 0808 800 4040, we're here weekdays 9-5.

Best wishes

Naomi