stds, genital warts, wart virus

[seihonnoo.livejournal.com]

This is probably a silly question but I'm going to ask it anyways.

My last pap smear was abnormal so I had to go back for more testing. The test results came back and said I have the wart virus. Apparently there is a wart on my cervix?

Does this mean I have genital warts? Does this mean I have an std? If so, what do I do about this? Have any good everything-you-want-to-know-about-genital-wart links? :)

I always thought I was really careful. >.> That being said, anyone know of some good "how to have completely safe fooling around/sex" books or online articles? I'm finding my sex education to be a bit lacking.

Thanks in advanced! :)

Edits: I guess something I should add is that I'm as interested in safe intercourse as I am in safe oral sex and safe fingering. ;) I haven't had a penis in my vagina, but I have done a bit of oral sex.
That being said, I have been recently fingered by a man with a wart on his hand, could that be the reason for the wart on my cervix? One HPV strand causes warts on hands and other places on the body. Another strand of HPV is genital warts. And yet another strand of HPV can cause warts on the cervix (genital warts can also do this, but it isn't as likely). Am I getting this right?

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[rose-yuille.livejournal.com]

Ugh, this was exactly the same as happened to me! I had low-risk abnormal cells on my pap smear, and they sent me my results saying "signs of wart virus present". I freaked out thinking this meant that I had genital warts, but it turns out they just meant I had HPV of the cervical cancer kind, and they called it 'wart virus' as they thought that's what people normally called HPV. Um, no! We call it HPV, thank you! I found that very annoying as it was unclear and misleading. I'm all for avoiding pointless jargon, but there's nothing wrong with calling an infection by its proper name!!

Even if your paps keep coming up with abnormalities, don't worry too much. As long as you keep getting them at least every two years, your doctor WILL catch anything before it becomes a cause for concern. Cervical cancer is one of the slowest growing cancers out there. Amongst women who get regular paps, chances of dying of cervical cancer are basically zero :)