The icing on the cake

[complicatedlife]

It's also confusing when someone posts that they are a health care professional and that there is proof that the HVP virus can be cured. That's why I felt the need to clarify. I'm not saying that I'm an expert, I'm not. But, when there are health care professionals giving wrong advice to their patients (like the OP's doctor if he did say the virus was gone) I would still have to say that she needs to find a new doctor who is better inform about women's heath issues. IMO it's what's best for her own heath and those who she is and has been involved with.

 

Because of my own privacy concerns, I am not at liberty to say what my true profession is. But...I work with GYN patients EVERYDAY in my profession, alongside and under a physician - I am somewhere in between a nurse and a physician's assistant - with a Masters level degree in my field (hint: I am allowed to legally prescribe medication)- so I KNOW what I am talking about; I know what I, as well as the doctor that I work with tell our patients when they are diagnosed and/or how we educate patients when they ask us questions.

 

I challenge you to take my exact wording and present it to your own GYN physician, and if I and my physician/clinic are incorrect, I have no problem retracting what I have stated and will seek eduation on this subject.

 

Someone very close to me was recently diagnosed with HPV and called me to ask me if what their physician told them is incorrect. She was told: your pap came back normal, but HPV test is positive. Normally this means you have been exposed to the virus. We'll check again at 3 and 6 months; if the pap is abnormal with a + HPV test, it's a high risk (cancer causing) HPV. If both come back negative for a period of 2 years, YOUR BODY HAS MOST LIKELY CLEARED ITSELF OF THE VIRUS. I told her that sounds right; discussed it with my boss, and he concurred.

 

However, to all who may read this: although I am a LICENSED healthcare professional, please do not take my advice if you suspect you have or if you indeed have this disease- or even have questions - go to your own physician and seek counsel from him/her. In the interim, I am happy to give some insight on any questions if I can and if it is in my scope of practice, which is GYN, ER and MED/SURG.

 

CL

[complicatedlife]

She didn't know until afterwards as she was under the impression that it went away for good - BAD advice from her doctor..

 

Anytime you are exposed to an STD, you should inform your partner. Believe it or not, sometimes it takes several rounds of antibiotics to clear what some here may consider "curable" STD's (like gonorrhea, for example) - some diseases are stubborn! So err on the side of safety and disclose to the other person.

 

CL

[complicatedlife]

CL, here is a quote from the CDC website that you mentioned in your post:

 

"There is no treatment for the virus itself, but a healthy immune system can usually fight off HPV naturally. There are treatments for the diseases that HPV can cause."

 

As a health professional, I would assume that you know the difference between curing the infection caused by a virus and actually ridding the body of the virus itself. When they say "fight off" they mean fight off the infections that HVP can cause.

 

 

Those are 2 complete and separate sentences. What do you think fight off HPV naturally means? Then followed by, "There are treatments for the diseases that HPV can cause?" TWO DIFFERENT STATEMENTS. If they wanted to say what you are suggesting, they would have worded it something like this: There are treatments, but the body can also fight off infections/diseases that HPV can cause."

 

I am not trying to argue, but that clearly, to me, and the way I learned English - those are two different statements.

 

CL

[herenow]

Because of my own privacy concerns, I am not at liberty to say what my true profession is. But...I work with GYN patients EVERYDAY in my profession, alongside and under a physician - I am somewhere in between a nurse and a physician's assistant - with a Masters level degree in my field (hint: I am allowed to legally prescribe medication)- so I KNOW what I am talking about; I know what I, as well as the doctor that I work with tell our patients when they are diagnosed and/or how we educate patients when they ask us questions.

 

I challenge you to take my exact wording and present it to your own GYN physician, and if I and my physician/clinic are incorrect, I have no problem retracting what I have stated and will seek eduation on this subject.

 

Someone very close to me was recently diagnosed with HPV and called me to ask me if what their physician told them is incorrect. She was told: your pap came back normal, but HPV test is positive. Normally this means you have been exposed to the virus. We'll check again at 3 and 6 months; if the pap is abnormal with a + HPV test, it's a high risk (cancer causing) HPV. If both come back negative for a period of 2 years, YOUR BODY HAS MOST LIKELY CLEARED ITSELF OF THE VIRUS. I told her that sounds right; discussed it with my boss, and he concurred.

 

However, to all who may read this: although I am a LICENSED healthcare professional, please do not take my advice if you suspect you have or if you indeed have this disease- or even have questions - go to your own physician and seek counsel from him/her. In the interim, I am happy to give some insight on any questions if I can and if it is in my scope of practice, which is GYN, ER and MED/SURG.

 

CL

 

All I'm saying is that she should speak to another doctor. Her doctor was irresponsible in how he or she dealt with the situation. If you read my post, that is my advice. Speak to a doctor that knows.

[waleen]

I think you pour it over the top, it will harden as it cools..