What is a cervix? What are its function? What  are possible causes of  abnormal tissues in the cervix ?
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The cervix is a ring of tissue separating your uterus from your vagina.  It allows the passage of your menstrual fluids from the uterus to the vagina during menstruation.  It also allows the passage of spermatazoa from the vagina to the uterus and fallopian tubes.  \nDuring pregnancy the cervix closes (by forming a mucus plug) to maintain a closed environment for your growing fetus.\n\nAbnormal tissues in the cervix are usually dysplasia of the cells of the cervix.  This is usually from a HPV infection - also called Genital Warts.  Your physician did a colposcopy to find out if those tissues are infected with this virus, if they have become dysplastic (abnormal), or if they have become metaplastic (cancerous).  HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer.\n\nGenital warts are caused by human papilloma virus - the same virus family that causes regular warts.\n\nGenital warts can be cured in much the same way as a regular wart. Either your immune system will kick in and eventually recognize the infected cells and destroy them or you can undergo cryotherapy which freezes the tissues in the attempt to kill the tissues infected with the virus. Just like in regular warts - freezing the wart doesn't always kill it.\n\nThe HPV vaccine (not on the market yet) covers many of the common strains of HPV. It does not however cover all of the strains that cause genital warts nor does it cover all that can cause cervical cancer. Additionally if any of those viruses mutate - the vaccine will not necessarily protect from those strains. If you already have HPV the vaccine will not cure you of HPV but it might provide some assistance in limiting the spread of the infection to your other tissues.
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Cervical polyps, also called endocervical polyps, are a growth of tissue in the cervix. The cervix is the neck of the uterus which opens into the vagina. Women of any age may have cervical polyps.\n\nPolyps are very rarely cancer, and they seldom develop into cancer of the cervix. However, we can be sure that a polyp is a benign polyp only by removing it and looking at the tissue in the lab.\nMost cervical polyps are discovered during routine pelvic exams. To confirm that a polyp is benign, your health care provider will do a biopsy. This means he or she will remove the polyp with a small sharp instrument. Your provider may scrape the base of the polyp to make sure all of the polyp is removed. He or she may put a type of paste on the cervix to control any bleeding . The tissue removed will be sent to a lab to be viewed under a microscope. The biopsy can usually be done in your health care provider's office.
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The purpose of a pap is to detect earlier cell changes that could eventually turn into a possible cervical cancer.\n...Because a slight abnormality could be caused by a minor irritation, such as a slight yeast infection, your doctor will probably want to redo a pap to make sure there is no dysplagia (pre-cancer cells)\n...no worry, even if dsyplasia they usually can freeze your cervix and it will take care of it.
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Sex has some health benefits, actually!\nhttp://www.ecureme.com/especial/obgyn/Health_benefits_of_sex.asp\n\n\nThe only real problems sex can possibly cause healthwise are sexually transmitted infections, urinary tract infections, and yeast infections.
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Could be something like a prolapsed uterus.  Check with your doctor.  It would be sitting low in your vagina, not your cervix.  Your cervix is the opening to the uterus.
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HPV is human papillomavirus.  It has recently been discovered that this is the cause of cervical cancer.\n\nAround 80% of the sexually active population will come into contact with HPV at some point in their lives, and most do not develop cancer because the virus either does not cause symptoms at all, or the symptoms that do develop are caught early and treated before they have a chance to progress. \n\nThis is why it is so important for women to get a pap smear at least once a year.  Although there is no cure it is a highly treatable before it has a chance to become cancer.\n\nAs to the warts - get yourself tested.  Unlike men, women do not always show the warts on the outside.  If you have them get treatment.\n\nOther than that you have to question, where did all these STD's come from.
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Endocervical epithelium\n \nIn uterus, including the cervical canal and the uterine cavity, columnar epithelial cells (also known as glandular cells) cover the inner surface. Endocervical cells (from the cervical canal) are almost always found in PAP smears, whereas cells from the uterine cavity (endometrial cells) are found more rarely in smears. Endocervical cells often occur in groups as honeycombs. When present singly, the cells are cylindrical when seen from the side and round when seen from above. Endocervical cells measure about 180 um^2 and have a cytoplasm that is cyanophilic and translucent or vacuolated. The nuclei are round to oval, often very eccentrically placed and measure about 50 um^2. They are vesicular with finely distributed chromatin, and stain more dark blue than the cytoplasm. The cells, that only vary little in size during the menstrual cycle, may exhibit cilia.
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woah! woah! woah!  "simple hysterectomy"?  Who's your doctor?  Frankenstein?  Have you had a cervical freeze or LEEP procedure yet?  I'm just recovering from cervical cancer myself.  It took one year and three procedures but I just had a normal pap smear.  Please email me and give me more details...I really think I can help you.  My email is murph_ltt@yahoo.com
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Genital HPV infection is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). Human papillomavirus is the name of a group of viruses that includes more than 100 different strains or types. More than 30 of these viruses are sexually transmitted, and they can infect the genital area of men and women including the skin of the penis, vulva (area outside the vagina), or anus, and the linings of the vagina, cervix, or rectum. Most people who become infected with HPV will not have any symptoms and will clear the infection on their own.
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Well when you go for a gynocology checkup, they will often do a papsmear to make sure everything is alright. If this comes back abnormally, it will be tested for cancer through what is called a colposcopy, which you can read about here: http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/cevicalconditions/a/colposcopy.htm
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No there isn't.  Cervical dysplasia can be something that just happens, but is usually from a sexually transmitted disease called Human Papilloma Virus.  There are many different types of the virus and certain ones are at much higher risk for causing cervical cancer.  As long as you get regular pap smears, these cellular changes can usually be treated before actual cancer occurs.
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Hi!\n\nIt's relatively uncommon to have breast cancer spread to the cervix, which is probably why you aren't finding much info.\nI would recommend a breast-cancer-support website, that includes forums where you can ask other members about their experiences.  Women survivors have a very tight knit communication with each other, and someone is bound to know someone else with info.\n\nwww.youngsurvival.org has a bulletin board.  That might be a good place to start.\n\nhttp://www.youngsurvival.org/young-women-and-bc/bbs/\n\nI googled "metastatic breast cancer" and "cervix" and got a few results... most were academic papers, but they do have a few case studies you can read.\n\nHave a look-see, or google those terms (including the quotations).
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A Pap Smear (short for Papanicolau) is screening test that can alert a doctor to a possible change in the cells of the cervix.  Any other findings are incidental.  It is not a diagnostic test, in other words, no diagnosis can be made from the results of this test.    The most common  reason for having changing cells on the cervix is HPV (Human Papilloma Virus), which is a sexually transmitted disease.  There are also other less serious conditions that can cause the same outcome, such as inflammation of the cervix from a yeast infection or bacterial infection.  Also following childbirth, the cervix can be inflamed for several months.  That's why a practitioner typically doesn't do a Pap Smear immediately following a birth.  One can never stress enough the importance of getting regular Pap smears, even if you've never had an abnormal one.  In the hands of a competent practitioner, it can literally save your life.
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do you have a cervix?
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I had that problem. I went and got it checked out and found out that their was blood vessels outside of my cervix and sex would break the blood vessels easily.  I just had them dried up in surgery and it went away. Go and have a check up. :)
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Another important thing to realize is that HPV often has NO SYMPTOMS so it might be hard to diagnose someone with HPV. Definitely get checked next time you go to the gyno.\n\nThanks for the reminder! :)
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A Pap Smear test is NOT a diagnostic test.  In other words it is not a test that can diagnose any specific illness. It can only detect changes in the cells of the cervix.  In other words, it can alert a doctor to a possible pre-cancerous condition of the cervix only!  If you suspect that you have some type of ovarian cyst or cysts, then I would seek the attention of a physician so an ultrasound or other diagnostic test can be done.