A pap smear is a swab test of your cervix to test your cells for dysplasia. As there may not be symptoms of an abnormal pap smear, bleeding or spotting can be associated with an abnormal pap smear.
Pap smears have no complications or consequences. It is a benign test to check for cancer or precancerous changes on the cervix.
Abnormal pap smear results do not affect your ability to get pregnant.
An abnormal pap smear is not a disease in itself. A pap smear is a screening test to find out who needs additional testing to detect disease. If you had an abnormal pap smear, talk with your health care provider to understand what the result means.
Having had an abnormal pap myself, I can say that I myself had no symptoms associated with it, however, that is not to say that there aren't any. My understanding is that generally there aren't any symptoms. That is why it is so important to get your annual check-up.
Coccobacilli on a pap smear result is informational. If the woman is comlplaining fo vaginal discharge and odor, treatment for bacterial vaginosis is offered. If she has no complaints, treatment is not needed.
A pap smear is used to detect the presence of abnormal cells in the cervix, most often. Vaginal and anal pap smears are also used.
No, a woman with an abnormal Pap smear can continue to use NuvaRing. Be sure to follow up with all testing recommendations.
Yes, it is very common for pap smears to go from abnormal to normal.
I am not sure what you mean by symptoms. Pap smears look for abnormal cells in the uterus . The cells are gathered through a smear by the doctor and then analyzed for abnormal cells. Sometimes the cells show abnormal and a test is redone. If this continues other measures are taken. ------------------------------ Yeah, pap smears are used to detect pre-malignant and malignant growths in the uterus.
You can have abnormal cells in the vaginal cuff, even if you don't have a cervix.
dysplasia
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.
A pap smear will not detect ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer won't affect whether a pap smear is normal or abnormal -- it could be either one.