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It's not unusual for women to have a small amount of bleeding with their pap smear. On its own, blood in the pap smear has no clinical significance.
Most American adult women have had a pap smear. It's a normal part of preventive care.
A pap smear does not affect your fertility. You are as likely to get pregnant after a pap smear as you are before a pap smear.
Pap smear is recommended for all women. The most recent guidelines recommend that screening is started at age 21. See your doctor for a review of who is a candidate for pap smear!
Many women experience a small cramp during the pap smear. This cramping is short-lived.
The equipment needed for a pap smear is the patient drape, speculum, warm water, and the pap collection device.
A pap smear is a readily available test that you may get from your primary care provider or women's health care provider. You can get a pap smear at your local family planning center as well.
It is recommended for women to receive a pap smear because to collect cells that could detected HPV virus, cervical cancer or other abnormal changes. The pap smear test should be done yearly.
Typically women get pap smears. Rarely, men get anal pap smears, but this is not a common practice.
Pap smears are recommended for women 21 and over. Women who have not had intercourse are at low risk for cervical cancer.
No. A pap smear also checks for cervical abnormalities, infections or cancer, and is for all females who are 18+ years of age, or who have become sexually active earlier than that.
Yes, women who have had the Gardasil vaccine should continue getting pap smears.