AnswersDriveVIN is not cancer, and in some women it disappears without treatment. However it may develop into cancer after many years, so VIN is known as a pre-cancerous condition. Symptoms of VIN can include itching, pain, tingling or burning in the vulva, changes to the way your skin looks around your vulva and pain during sex.
What is Vin 2 3?
Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) Vulval intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) is a skin disease. Abnormal cells develop in the surface layers of the skin covering the vulva. You may have either VIN1, VIN 2 or VIN 3.
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Is Vin 3 cancer?
You usually have treatment for high grade VIN (VIN 2 or 3). This is because there is a risk that the abnormal cells may develop into cancer over time. But the risk is low. VIN 3 used to be called stage 0 vulval cancer or carcinoma in situ (CIS).
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Is vulvar cancer painful?
Vulvar cancer: Types, symptoms, and more. It is most likely to appear in the outer vaginal lips. Vulvar cancer affects the external genital organs of a woman, most commonly the outer lips of the vagina. Symptoms include a lump, itching, and bleeding, and with some types discoloration of the skin and pain.
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How do you test for vulvar cancer?
The only way to be sure cancer is present is for the doctor to do a biopsy. To do this, a small piece of tissue from the changed area is removed and examined under a microscope. Less often, the doctor might wipe the vulva with a dye (called toluidine blue) to find areas of abnormal vulvar skin to biopsy.
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Where does vulvar cancer spread to?
Vulvar cancer can spread by direct extension, meaning that they can grow into adjacent areas such as the vagina and anus. Even in early disease, spread to lymph nodes can occur. However, spread to other organs is rare until late in the course of the disease. Once a diagnosis is confirmed, vulvar cancer is staged.
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Can Oral Lichen Planus turn into cancer?
Oral lichen planus that appears as white spots or fine lines is probably not related to mouth cancer, but in about 40 percent of cases a more serious type develops. "It may be that the erosive form combined with longstanding chronic irritation can become oral cancer, but the evidence is not very strong."
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What is the cause of lichen sclerosus?
There may also be itching, bleeding, and blisters. The cause of lichen sclerosus is unknown but may be the result of an overactive immune system and hormone problems. Lesions from lichen sclerosus on the arms or upper body usually go away without treatment.
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Where is vulvar cancer?
Vulvar cancer is a type of cancer that occurs on the outer surface area of the female genitalia. The vulva is the area of skin that surrounds the urethra and vagina, including the clitoris and labia. Vulvar cancer commonly forms as a lump or sore on the vulva that often causes itching.
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Is lichen sclerosus a sexually transmitted disease?
Lichen sclerosus is characterized by skin changes of the external genitalia (i.e., vulva, head of the penis), although other parts of the body may also be affected. Intense itching often accompanies attacks of lichen sclerosus. The disorder is not contagious nor is it a sexually transmitted disease.
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Can you cure lichen sclerosus?
In the cases of childhood lichen sclerosus, it may disappear when the child goes through puberty. Adult lichen sclerosus can't be cured or even treated entirely, but there are treatment options to help reduce symptoms.
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Is lichen sclerosus contagious?
Previous skin damage at a particular site on your skin may increase the likelihood of lichen sclerosus at that location. Lichen sclerosus isn't contagious and cannot be spread through sexual intercourse. Lichen sclerosus often occurs in postmenopausal women, but also in men and children.
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What is vain 1?
VAIN is graded 1, 2 or 3: VAIN 1 means the abnormal cells are in one third of the thickness of the vagina lining. VAIN 2 means the abnormal cells are in two thirds of the thickness of the vagina lining.
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Do all precancerous cells turn into cancer?
Precancerous cells (also called premalignant cells) are defined as abnormal cells that could turn into cancerous cells but which by themselves are not invasive. Sometimes precancerous cells progress to cancer, but more often they do not.
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What is vain 2?
Vaginal intra-epithelial neoplasia (VAIN) is a condition in which there are changes in the skin of the vagina. VAIN is not cancer.
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Is HPV a STD?
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI). HPV is a different virus than HIV and HSV (herpes). There are many different types of HPV. Some types can cause health problems including genital warts and cancers.
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Can a man with HPV give it to a woman?
Much of the information about HPV virus (human papillomavirus) centers on women, since having the virus increases their risk of getting cervical cancer. HPV infection can increase a man's risk of getting genital cancers, although these cancers are not common. HPV can also cause genital warts in men, just as in women.
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Can you get rid of HPV once you have it?
So while there is no cure for HPV, there are treatments that have been shown to be effective at treating genital warts and precancerous cervical lesions caused by HPV. Even more important though, there are also vaccines that can prevent infection in the first place.
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How do men find out they have HPV?
Currently, there is no HPV test recommended for men. The only approved HPV tests on the market are for screening women for cervical cancer. They are not useful for screening for HPV-related cancers or genital warts in men. ∎Screening for anal cancer is not routinely recommended for men.
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Is human papillomavirus deadly?
HPV is the most common sexually transmitted disease in America. With the exception of HIV, it is also the most fatal. But for almost a decade, we've had a vaccine that prevents HPV infection and, by extension, the deadly cancers it causes.
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Is human papillomavirus curable?
There are over 100 different kinds of HPV, but only some of them can cause serious health problems like genital warts or cancer of the cervix, vagina, vulva or anus. Some studies estimate that 50 percent of those infected with HPV will clear the virus within eight months— and 90 percent will be cured within two years.