Love Island star Amy Hart has revealed that she has received a positive HPV result after undergoing a smear test and that she will need to have another test later this year.
If HPV is not found in a sample, the risk of that person getting cervical cancer is very low and there is no need to have any further tests to check for abnormal cervical cells.
However, if HPV is found, the person may need either another cervical screening test or a coloposcopy; a different test to look at the cervix if both HPV and abnormal cells are found.
The 29-year-old, who has been dating boyfriend Sam Rason for year, opened up to her followers on Instagram in a Q&A.
Amy explained: "I did my research and found that 80 per cent of men and women in their lifetimes will get HPV. It's virus. It's quite normal apparently.
"I had a smear last year. It came back with HPV. They said come back in a year so I went back today. She said the results will be in two weeks. Of HPV is there they'll look at my cells and do a biopsy on the cells so that's where I am at the moment."
Quizzed on how Sam had responded to the diagnosis, she said: "I literally cough and I tell Sam so we had just met so obviously I did tell him.
"Like I say I tell Sam everything so then it's easier for him to be supportive. I mean not many boys have girlfriends who talk about their innards in national tv so he's pretty desensitised now."
It comes after Amy spoke openly about spending £10,000 to have her eggs frozen as she feared she would never find love and wanted a back up plan to have a child as a solo parent.
But while she was in the process of planning her egg freezing options, she ended up falling for dashing actor Sam.
She told The Sun: "I say to everyone - if you ever want to meet a boyfriend, spend £10,000 on egg freezing and then you'll meet one.
"A lot of people asked why I did it again even though I met Sam but you never know what's going to happen. I like to be in control of my own life.
"It might end in two years' time and I know I've got that back-up. Also I might need to use those eggs with him, you never know."
