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Does PA state Medicaid cover HPV testing?
PA state Medicaid covers HPV testing when medically indicated. Routine screening for HPV is not a recommended test.
What states have mandatory HPV testing?
No states have mandatory HPV testing. Perhaps you wanted to ask about HPV vaccination. There would be no purpose or benefit to HPV testing at this time.
What does it mean when the result pap smear detected hpv?
A negative pap smear positive for high-risk HPV means that there were no abnormal cells (damage) noted, but the HPV result means that repeat testing or additional testing may be needed. The recommendations depend on your age and history.
Does HPV show up on a routine std test?
Not if hpv is not included in testing - and still it is not always part of standard testing. So women must ask and make sure that hpv screening is done. In some places and some times HPV is tested, in many places is not. It's on us to make sure we are tested.
How are males tested for HPV?
Males are tested for HPV just like females. The test is a blood test.
If you test hpv negative but have abnormal cells could you still have hpv?
The HPV test that may be done as a followup to an abnormal pap looks for high-risk (cancer causing) HPV. If the test is negative, you don't have high-risk HPV on the cervix, but you may be infected with low risk HPV subtypes, or infected in another location.
Why would lab request hpv amp probe testing?
It is a DNA test to determine what strain of HPV you are infected with. if it is 16, 18 or 52b those strains are complicit in cervical cancer and they can monitor your uterine and cervical health more appropriately.
What is clinical hpv?
Clinical HPV means that the physical exam suggests that there are genital warts. No confirmatory testing was done.
How do you get tested for hpv?
Doctors do not normally test for HPV. Testing for high-risk subtypes of HPV is used as part of cervical cancer screening depending on the patient's age and health history. There is no benefit to testing for low-risk HPV subtypes, as infection with these is common and is normally cleared by the body. If you have bumps on your genitals, you can be examined and your health care provider will advise if you have genital warts.
What does ASCUS negative for high risk HPV mean?
A pap smear result of ASCUS negative high risk HPV means that the cells on your cervix couldn't be called normal, but didn't have changes that suggested precancerous lesions either. A follow up test for high risk HPV types on the cervix was done. The test did not find these high risk (cancer causing) types of HPV. Based on this combination of test results, along with your age and history, your health care provider will recommend follow up testing.
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What does it mean if your pap results showed atypical cells and positive hpv test?
You may have have to repeat the test regularly as HPV can cause cancer.
