Counseling Women ages ≥ 30-65 After Co-testing With Pap and HPV DNA
- Fact: Majority will be negative on both PAP and HPV tests. They need to be reassured that it’s safe to wait 5 years to rescreen, but I want to see you yearly.
- If they are HPV positive, remind them:
- Most everyone has HPV at some time in their lives.
- There is no way to know how long you have had HPV, and it could have been there for a very long time.
- HPV is not a sign of infidelity. That is between a couple, but it is certainly not a reason to question infidelity of a partner.
- Very few will develop abnormal cells or cancer, but a positive HPV test allows us to follow and monitor you carefully as
long as your HPV tests remain positive.
