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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!
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Do you need to have pap smear before starting pill after giving birth?
Pap smears and birth control pills having nothing to do with each other. Pap smear screening is important for your health.
Can a pap smear stop you from conceiving?
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.
Does going off the pill effect your pap smear test?
Stopping the birth control pill will not normall affect a pap smear test. The exception is a woman in menopause who stopped estrogen many months before the pap smear; this patient may have a higher risk for an inadequate, but not abnormal, pap result.
Can you get pregnant if your pap smear test is positive?
yes get pregnant if pep smear test positive
Do you have to get a pap smear when getting the depo shot?
All girls should have at least a baseline PAP Exam (with or without PAP smear). especially before becoming sexually active and discuss birth control. All females after becoming sexually active should have a PAP smear. If a smear is normal, it is you can typically go just once a year. If abnormal, you may need treatment with creams or in-office treatment.
How long after a miscarriage do you go for pap?
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.
Does the NuvaRing need to be removed for a pap smear?
No, it does not need to be removed for a Pap smear. The annual gyn exam and testing can be done with the Nuva Ring in place. Not that I know of. I have had a pap smear done with it in. It may just be the practitioner's preference. If so, then she/he can probably remove and place it back immediately after the exam. But I would leave it in and inform my practitioner.
Can do pap smear if had iucd?
Yes, IUDs do not interfere with the ability to get a pap smear.
If I skip the sugar pills and go right into a new pack of birth control pills will this affect my pap smear results?
No, skipping your period with sugar pills has no effect on Pap smear results.
Would obtaining a PAP smear be a surgical or medical asepsis?
Obtaining a pap smear uses medical asepsis. There is no break in skin when getting a pap smear.
What does blood in your pap smear mean?
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.
Is there a home kit for pap smear where to get?
There is no home kit for a pap smear as of Fall 2014. See your health care provider for your pap smear.
