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Originally Posted by Gabbycat "First, women who have cervical dysplasia have HSV. Most doctors don't explain this to them. Cervical cancer is almost exclusively caused by HSV."
Uhh... wrong. Cervical cancer is caused by the human papilloma virus. However
... "certain herpesviruses (HSV), including HSV-6, HSV-2, HSV-7, and cytomegalovirus, have been detected in women with cervical cancer. HSV-6 is under particular suspicion as playing a role in activating the papillomavirus gene. The presence of these very common viruses, however, may simply be coincidental, and they may serve no purpose other than being bystanders." http://www.umm.edu/patiented/doc46full.html
I had cervical cancer about 15 years ago. It was not caused by herpes. I did not have herpes. |
My apologies and I am sorry if I offended you! I confused the HPV (still an STD) and the HSV by trying to do this by memory which was wrong to do. You are absolutely correct it is caused by HPV.
However, the rest of the facts are correct and just like Herpes, HPV is becoming more and more prevalent and like herpes, both are pretty hard to detect with asymptomatic contagious periods. Both are significantly on the rise and we need to realize that it may be impossible to limit our exposure with anything but abstinence and we need to not be judgemental of people who have either.