Are there many false PAP smear results?

I am curious if anyone knows if there are alot of false PaP results. I have gotten 2 pap smears by 2 different doctors in the same month. Both said my PAP's were normal but both had HPV high.Are there many false PAP smear results?
An HPV test is pretty sensitive鈥?8% correct. When HPV is doormat or sleeping then the virus can鈥檛 be detected in any test. www.digene.com patient insert for our Hybrid Capture High risk HPV testing. Our HPV test looks for virual load.





At this time your HPV infection may not be producing abnormal cell changes or your virus can be so new it has yet to produce these changes.





Many people with the virus never show any abnormal cell changes, the body producing the antibodies needing to fight the virus.





Follow your doctor鈥檚 recommendations of follow-up. Tell future partners of your infection use condoms because they can provide extra protection to your cervix and may help in the transmission of the virus. Sadly condoms do not protect 100%





There is no treatment for HPV we can only treat the manifestation of the virus.





I hope your next Pap is clear and your HPV test is negative.





I wish you well.





Is it still possible to have HPV even if my Pap test was normal?


Yes. You can have HPV but still have a normal Pap test. Changes on your cervix may not appear right away or they may never appear. For women over the age of 30 that get an HPV test and a Pap test, a negative result on both the Pap and HPV tests means that no cervical changes or HPV was found on the cervix. This is great news, because it means there is an extremely low chance of developing cervical cancer in the next few years.


http://www.4women.gov/faq/stdhpv.htm





A False Negative (Looks Normal, But May Not Be)


The Pap test is a very good screening test, but it is not perfect. A single Pap test may miss up to 20 percent of abnormalities. Changes that are missed once are usually found the next time. This is why it is important to get a Pap test at least once every 3 years.





http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/under鈥?/a>Are there many false PAP smear results?
with it being 2 differant ones they are prb correct.however im no doctor.might ask your doc
I had two false positives,and the doctor told me thats very common.I also had high hpv,but was already scheduled for partial hysterectomy..
there is no such thing as a false HPV pap smear result.


You must do all of your follow up pap smears and all other followups your ob-gyn suggests!
Here in georgia HPV is so common that, (it may be federal) we have a law that says girls starting age nine have to have the vaccine......9 years old.....!!!! My point is its probably a sure thing you have that.
What you're experiencing isn't a false result. It's possible to have a high risk HPV virus but not to have any abnormal cells on your cervix. For someone with this type of virus (I have it too), a normal pap is a great thing.





Response to your additional info: Yes. You are exactly right there--your body could be supressing the virus so your cells aren't becoming abnormal.
A single pap smear (or even two) is not necessarily significant. There are MANY ';false positives'; and that is why physicians look at the results of many Paps over time to give a more accurate assessment......while a single test is not always accurate, the Pap tests as a whole over time are VERY effective at screening for cervical dysplasia.





Even high risk strains of HPV are VERY SLOW at causing cancer. The only thing to do is to continue to get Pap smears at the frequency indicated by your physician and make sure that they follow up with colposcopy/anoscopy as needed.





With regular care, HPV is a very manageable infection.