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Pap smears aren't meant to detect STDs. If you had a positive STD test, the doctor would tell you. Contact your health care provider to get a better idea of the exact tests that were done.
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Should you go to an emergency room if you think you have hpv?
You would be better off going to your family doctor and get checked over. STDs are not the specialty of ER doctors or PAs.
Is it routine for a cultral swab during a pap smear?
yes culture swab not impotent other instruments can be used
Does tom kaulitz have stds?
umm no! why would you even think that! :(
What type of diseases does a pap smear test for?
can detect cervical cancer, precancerous changes, inflammation (vaginitis), infections, and some sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The Pap test can occasionally detect endometrial (uterine) cancer or ovarian cancer
What illness would a groupie have?
most likely one or more STDs
Why is it important to know how to prevent sexual transmitted diseases STDs?
some stds may cause cancer stds areexpensive to manage some stds can cause death
Can a simple urine test detect std?
Well, that's a question that has a short answer, and a longer explanation. The pap smear doesn't look for STDs itself, but looks for damage due to high-risk HPV infection. However, it is not uncommon for STD tests to be ordered at the same time.The purpose of the pap smear is to identify patients who need further testing for cancerous and precancerous changes on the cervix. In the pap smear, a sample of cells is taken from the cervix and a specialist looks at the cells under a microscope (or a computer reads the result). In some cases, the health care provider may also request an test for high-risk (cancer-causing) HPV subtypes with the pap smear. Under the most recent guidelines for cervical cancer screening, this test is done for women 30 and over, or is added on in the case of a mildly abnormal pap (i.e. an ASCUS result). This test for high-risk HPV subtypes is not meant to tell you that you do or don't have HPV, but is only meant to highlight which patients need a different test schedule based on cancer-causing HPV subtypes.In the course of collecting a Pap smear, the health care provider can also request that the lab check for STDs. In some cases, a test for STDs such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis can be added on to the lab request and tested from the same swab. In other cases, a second swab is sent out for the infections, and a microscopic examination of the vaginal discharge can also be done to check from trichomoniasis.In rare cases, a pap smear may show infection with trichomoniasis, but a normal pap smear can not be assumed to mean no trich infection. In even rarer cases, a pap may show signs of herpes. Herpes will only show up if there's active infection on the cervix, and a woman with a normal pap smear must not assume that she does not have herpes.A pap smear cannot detect or rule out HIV, hepatitis, or syphilis. Blood tests are required to screen for these diseases.In summary:A normal pap smear does not tell you anything about your STD status.If you would like STD testing, be sure to discuss this with your health care provider; don't assume that testing is being done.A pap smear may occasionally detect trichomoniasis or herpes, but a normal pap doesn't mean you don't have these infections.HPV testing during pap smears is not meant to tell you if you have now or have ever had HPV; it's only meant to detect high-risk HPV subtypes so that an appropriate screening schedule can be targeted to your needs.HPV testing is not done on every pap smear. Ask your health care provider about the cervical cancer testing plan that's appropriate for your age and Pap history.No, a pap test will not detect a STI infection. It will, though, detect PID which is caused by a STI.No. You have to ask specifically for those tests.
Are you excused from court or jail time and can you request house arrest if you have chlamydia and other STDs?
Treatment for chlamydia and other STDs is quick, and does not normally require more than a brief visit to the clinic. It is unlikely that you would get special legal consideration due to chlamydia or other STDs, any more than you would for strep throat or athlete's foot.
What is the primary means of transmissions of STDs?
The cause of STDs is unprotected sex.
A Negative pap smear test means good right?
It means that the test that is done to check for changes in the cells of the cervix (that can mean disease or pre-cancer cells are present) didn't find anything to be concerned about (it was normal). A positive pap smear would mean that they found something to have the doctor follow up and do more tests.
Is swallowing semen safe if you both have an STD?
This would not be good to do as many STDs can be contracted in the mouth.
Does Paris Hilton have STDs?
yes, many celebrities do
