The category is a relatively new one. This is one of the most controversial areas of screening today. Ideally, there should be no difficulty. Since most mild abnormalities, especially in young women, resolve themselves, there may be no need for treatment. Treatment would involve colposcopy, and biopsy of tissue removed through excision.
Any procedure includes risk.
The consequences of these procedures include infection, bleeding and scar tissue which may cause difficulty in maintaining a pregnancy. While these happen in the minority of cases, they are still risks and should be taken seriously in the evaluation and treatment of cervical disease. This has been suspected for several years. Recently the National Cancer Institute provided its preliminary findings on the ALTS trials. The findings of this study confirm this statistic and its accuracy is now accepted with little dispute.