The physician palpates the cervix, inserts a speculum and gently scrapes the patient's cervix with a small spatula and brush, collecting cells that are spread on a glass slide. A cotton swab may be taken.
A pap smear is normally taken from the cervix, the end of the uterus that protrudes into the vagina.
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.
A yeast infection located higher in the vagina, closer to the cervix, where the pap smear was taken from. Consult your ob/gyn physician and test results from the pap smear.
A miscarriage does not change recommendations for pap smear frequency. You go for a pap smear on the schedule recommended at your last pap smear.
yes get pregnant if pep smear test positive
Yes, IUDs do not interfere with the ability to get a pap smear.
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.
There is no home kit for a pap smear as of Fall 2014. See your health care provider for your pap smear.
Obtaining a pap smear uses medical asepsis. There is no break in skin when getting a pap smear.
Yes, lubricants can affect a pap smear.
A pap smear can't detect pregnancy.
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