Other symptoms may include vaginal discharge or in a few cases pain after sexual intercourse. A diagnosis can be made visually, but should be done with a biopsy of the warts since it can be associated with cancer and pre-cancerous lesions. A diagnosis can be made with a Pap smear but should be followed up with a colposcopy. Twice over the last seven years I have had to have surgical procedure to remove this nasty annoyance from my cervical area. It is also the most common problem that I have found when speaking with HIV positive women.
Dysplasia is a medical term used to describe abnormal development.
Cervical dysplasia is when there are abnormal cells growing in the cervix that are pre-cancerous. CIN I, which is mild dysplasia, is when only a few cells are abnormal. CIN II is moderate dysplasia. In this stage the abnormal cells are about one-half of the thickness of the surface of the lining inside the cervix. CIN III is severe dysplasia.