Maybe not. Those cell changes, called cervical dysplasia (http://www.ashastd.org/hpv/hpv_learn_dysplasia.cfm), often require treatment and can come with their own set of complications. Cervical dysplasia can, if left untreated, eventually progress to become cervical cancer.
Without trying to be dismissive of people who've been diagnosed with genital warts -- or trying to alarm people who've had abnormal cervical cells appear -- wart-causing strains of HPV don't carry with them the potential for more serious complications. As this section (http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Human_Papillomavirus_%28HPV%29#What_are_genital_warts.3F) of the Vulvapedia entry explains, "Though genital warts can be uncomfortable and inconvenient, the strains of HPV that cause genital warts are not associated with cancer, and are therefore considered low risk."
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Date: 2008-01-11 06:33 am (UTC)Maybe not. Those cell changes, called cervical dysplasia (http://www.ashastd.org/hpv/hpv_learn_dysplasia.cfm), often require treatment and can come with their own set of complications. Cervical dysplasia can, if left untreated, eventually progress to become cervical cancer.
Without trying to be dismissive of people who've been diagnosed with genital warts -- or trying to alarm people who've had abnormal cervical cells appear -- wart-causing strains of HPV don't carry with them the potential for more serious complications. As this section (http://www.vaginapagina.com/index.php?title=Human_Papillomavirus_%28HPV%29#What_are_genital_warts.3F) of the Vulvapedia entry explains, "Though genital warts can be uncomfortable and inconvenient, the strains of HPV that cause genital warts are not associated with cancer, and are therefore considered low risk."