'The Bachelor' Alum Jamie Otis On HPV: 'Don't Let Anyone Make You Feel Ashamed'

"The Bachelor" star Jamie Otis is not ashamed of telling everyone she has Human papillomavirus, or HPV, and got candid about what it is like living with the disease.

The 36-year-old mother of two took to Instagram on Tuesday and shared a video of herself while in the clinic waiting for her pap smear. In the clip, Otis revealed her experience with HPV while sitting on a chair and covering her lower body with a white sheet.

"Does it ever get easier with age? I don't know how many paps I've had. It just never gets easier," Otis said in the clip. "But checking because I had HPV and abnormal paps. So just getting my good ol' pap done."

In the post caption, the "Married at First Sight" star also recalled how she was diagnosed with the sexually transmitted infection.

"I have the sexually transmitted infection, HPV. Last year I found out it turned into precancerous cells," Otis wrote. "I had a LEEP (Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure) to cut the abnormal cells out, but the thing about HPV is that it can come back and if you don't get your regular checkups to catch it, it can (and will) turn into cancer."

Talking about how she had no signs of HPV until the pap smears, Otis continued, "I've only slept with five men in my life, so I assumed I would never get an STI or STD. The only way I knew I had it was [because] the doctors kept finding abnormal cells on my pap exams."

Otis also said she started getting pap smears because she was trying to get pregnant and the tests were required by the doctors. She had no clue that she has HPV because "everything seems 100% 'normal' down there," Otis said.

"Thank God for my babies! I found out I had HPV and was able to treat it before it turned into full-blown cancer," Otis wrote. "I know getting your annual pap is so annoying and I swear it never gets easier to strip down and let a doctor investigate down there, but it can truly be lifesaving. If you have an STI or STD, don't let anyone make you feel 'dirty' or ashamed about it."

HPV is the most common STI, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). It is mostly spread through vaginal or oral sex but also spreads through touching during sex. HPV can be transmitted by an infected person even when they are not showing signs or symptoms of it, CDC explained.

HPV usually clears up on its own without leading to any major health problems. But in some cases, it can cause genital warts or cancer, CDC warned.