Cin Ii

I went today to review my diagnosis with my doctor and sign the paperwork for my LEEP procedure.  I thought that I had all of my questions answered, but now I'm a little confused!  Are the different stages of CIN actually HPV???  I was told about 5 years about (my 1st pap after giving birth to my daughter) that I had the lowest level of HPV.  At the time, they told me no treatment was necessary but that they would just keep an eye on it.  Now, 5 years later they find this CIN II.  Is this just a higher stage of HPV?

On 5/28/2008 shortee wrote:

I went today to review my diagnosis with my doctor and sign the paperwork for my LEEP procedure.  I thought that I had all of my questions answered, but now I'm a little confused!  Are the different stages of CIN actually HPV???  I was told about 5 years about (my 1st pap after giving birth to my daughter) that I had the lowest level of HPV.  At the time, they told me no treatment was necessary but that they would just keep an eye on it.  Now, 5 years later they find this CIN II.  Is this just a higher stage of HPV?

HPV is a virus that has different strains, some cause warts on your hands, some cause warts on your feet... and some cause cervical cancer. It is most likely that you still have the same strain of HPV as you had 5 years ago. The changes to your cervical cells (caused by the HPV) have progressed to a higher stage...

I hope this info helps

Chemiszt24 is right. HPV is an STD that has several strains. Here are some links about the different strains of HPV.

http://health.rutgers.edu/hpv/

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/467126_3

http://www.themcfox.com/stds/human-papilloma-virus-hpv.htm

http://www.epigee.org/health/hpv.html

Do you know which HPV strain(s) you have? If not, insist on getting the HPV DNA test. Roche has a new AMPLICOR test, which I have been told is more accurate, and I believe it. I had that done, and it made all the difference in planning how to protect my health, in the future.

Also, before you have that LEEP, did you look at the lab report? Did your doctor give you a thorough discussion about the kind of dysplasia you have, where it is located, how extensive it is, if it's in the endocervical canal, and if the endocervical glands are involved? That could change your treatment options, right there. Did your doctor also discuss the risks and benefits of all your treatment options before recommending LEEP? According to the guidebook I found on LEEP, it's a requirement.

HPV is just the virus. You can have the virus without it being in any stages. They say that if you have CIN1 normally doctors would just retest you in 3 months and see if it reverted back on its own. When you have CIN2 they recomment a procedure called LEEP.

 I was diagnosed with CIN2. My doctor told me I needed to get the LEEP done. I asked her why we could not just retest and she explained that normally CIN2 does not revert back on its own. I still decided to go the natual route, take vitamins (Folic Acid, A, B6,B12) and retest in 3 months. My results came back negative. It did go away. I know I still have the virus in me but I am not at any stages. I plan on continuing taking the vitamins to make sure it does not reappear in the future.

 Tany