You should have your first Pap smear three years after you start having sex or at age 21. Continue having a Pap smear once a year until you've had at least 3 normal ones. After this, you should have a Pap smear at least every 3 years, unless your health care provider thinks you need them more often. Keep having Pap smears throughout your life, even after you've gone through menopause.
Certain things put you at higher risk of Cervical cancer. Your doctor will consider these when recommending how often you should have a Pap smear.
If you're older than 65, talk with your doctor about how often you need a Pap smear. If you've been having Pap smears regularly and they've been negative, you may not need to keep having them.
The American Cancer Society recommends Pap smears on a yearly basis for women of child bearing age and as the previous answer states, older women and women who have had a hysterectomy may not need a pap as often but ask your health care provider for your own schedule.
The annual gynecological exam is still recommended, even though a Pap smear may not be part of that each year. You should start exams when you become sexually active or at age eighteen.
You should have your first Pap test by the age of 21 or within three (or less) years of having sexual intercourse for the first time.
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The National Cervical Screening Program in Australia recommends you have your first Pap smear between 18 and 20 years of age, or two years after you become sexually active, whichever is the later.
(i.e if you became sexually active at 15 years of age, your first Pap smear would still not take place until you were at least 18.)
Around age 16, when you become sexually active, or if your doctor recommends sooner.
Alternate response:
The National Cervical Screening Program in Australia recommends you have your first Pap smear between 18 and 20 years of age, or two years after you become sexually active, whichever is the later.
(i.e if you became sexually active at 15 years of age, your first Pap smear would still not take place until you were at least 18.)
Pap smears are recommended for women 21 and over. For women with normal pap smears, the recommended frequency is every three to five years. Your health history may require a different schedule, so talk with your health care provider about your specific case.
Women should begin pap smears at age 21. If the pap smear is normal, the woman will repeat the test every three years. After age 30, a woman with a history of normal pap smears and a negative combination Pap and HPV test may extend the interval between pap smears to every five years. Pap smears may be discontinued at age 65.
Women 21 to 65 with no history of abnormal pap smear get cervical cancer screening about every three to five years. Talk with your health care provider for advice specific to your situation and health history.
Current recommendations are to start pap smears at age 21. Contact your health care provider for recommendations specific to your health history.
Usually after your first period or after the first time you have sex.
Women should begin to have Pap tests at the age of 21 or within three years of becoming sexually active, whichever comes first.
It often is called a "Pap smear."
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.
Women 21 to 65 with no history of abnormal pap smear get cervical cancer screening about every three to five years. Talk with your health care provider for advice specific to your situation and health history.
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Yes, when I was pregnant i had a pap smear done just to make sure everything is ok, there is no worry......
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.
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.
If you have never had a pap smear before or if it is close to the time you are due for your annual exam, most doctors get the pap smear while you are in the office and being examined. If you have recently had a pap test done and it was normal, I would question the doctor about the reason s/he feels there is a need.
yes get pregnant if pep smear test positive
Yes, IUDs do not interfere with the ability to get a pap smear.
There is no home kit for a pap smear as of Fall 2014. See your health care provider for your 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.