What does low-grade biopsy mean?
A term used to describe cells and tissue that look almost normal under a microscope.
What is a low-grade of HPV?
Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions (LSIL) means that there are low-grade changes that are usually caused by an HPV infection. Your health care provider will likely ask you to come back for additional testing to make sure that there are not more serious (high-grade) changes.
Does low grade mean benign?
Benign or malignant Doctors might refer to some low grade tumours as benign. And high grade tumours as malignant. This grading system generally works well for most tumours.
Is low grade HPV curable?
There is no treatment for HPV. For most individuals, HPV infection is harmless, has no symptoms, and goes away on its own. Some types of HPV can cause illnesses, such as anogenital warts or different types of cancer.
Can low grade HPV go away?
Depending on the type of HPV that you have, the virus can linger in your body for years. In most cases, your body can produce antibodies against the virus and clear the virus within one to two years. Most strains of HPV go away permanently without treatment.
What to do with a low grade HPV result?
HPV testing will ‘triage’ women with low grade changes on cervical smear and those with a positive HPV result will be referred for a colposcopy examination. Those who are negative will go back to normal recall (routine three-yearly smear).
Can a HPV test be put into remission?
Yes, if one has a competent immune system the HPV can be put into permanent remission–creating a negative test. However, if your HPV was one of the “high risk” subtypes, the GYN would want to be sure why the PAPs are still showing abnormal results.
How is human papilloma virus ( HPV ) treated?
For persons with low-grade dysplasia, doctors will typically take a watch-and-wait approach. For persons with moderate- to high-grade dysplasia, treatment would involve the removal of affected tissue using either a loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP), cone biopsy, cryotherapy, or other surgical techniques.
Can a Pap smear detect HPV without symptoms?
When an HPV infection is asymptomatic (without symptoms), no specific treatment is recommended. These infections are often identified if a person’s sexual partner has developed genital warts. If a woman tests positive for cervical HPV infection but has a normal Pap smear, the doctor may do one of two things: