What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About HPV and Abnormal PAP Smears

IT CAUSES CANCER.

SEVENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF SEXUALLY ACTIVE ADULTS ARE INFECTED AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIVES.

ONE MILLION PEOPLE WILL GET IT THIS YEAR. ARE YOU SAFE?

FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... HPV (HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS)

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted virus in America, and most sexually active women will contract a genital HPV infection sometime in their lives. Often without symptoms, an HPV infection can lead to cervical cancer; it is also the culprit behind genital warts, cervical dysplasia, and abnormal Pap smears. But many women have never even heard of this potentially deadly virus. Now this groundbreaking book-the first written about HPV for the general public-contains up-to-date, definitive information on protection and the most effective treatments. And sufferers of HPV will get the comprehensive and compassionate help they need.

Discover:

· The different kinds of HPVs-and which ones may lead to cancer

· How you can contract HPV-and how you can best protect yourself

· When a Pap smear can make the difference between life and death

· Guidelines for telling a partner you have HPV

· The best and latest treatments for genital warts

· How early-stage procedures such as LEEP can help prevent cervical cancer

· How HPV puts men at risk...and how his infection affects you.

LEARN TO PROTECT YOUR HEALTH WITH... WHAT YOUR DOCTOR MAY NOT TELL YOU ABOUT HPV AND ABNORMAL PAP SMEARS

HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE HPV?

Sometimes HPV-infected cells manifest themselves as genital warts. But other times the infection has no visible symptoms and only a Pap smear can tell if you have precancerous disease of the cervix-or if you have cancer.

ARE PAP SMEARS ACCURATE?

Most of the time. This essential reference spells out the do's and don'ts before your test, the new options that improve accuracy, and what the results of your Pap smear mean.

HOW DANGEROUS IS CERVICAL CANCER?

Before the invention of the Pap smear, it was the second leading cause of cancer death in women. Today, cervical cancer is almost completely preventable. That is why you need the facts about your risk level-and why you need regular Pap smears!

HOW CAN I TELL IF A PARTNER HAS HPV?

Some types of HPV can cause bumpy warts, but often penile HPV can only be found by a doctor-and symptom-free doesn't mean infection-free! Find out how he can infect-or re-infect-you!