A pap smear checks for Cervical cancer and precancerous changes on the cervix.
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 miscarriage does not change recommendations for pap smear frequency. You go for a pap smear on the schedule recommended at your last pap smear.
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!
Yes, IUDs do not interfere with the ability to get a pap smear.
yes get pregnant if pep smear test positive
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.
Obtaining a pap smear uses medical asepsis. There is no break in skin when getting 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.
Yes, lubricants can affect a pap smear.
A pap smear can't detect pregnancy.
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Yes, HPV can be dormant and undetected by a pap smear. A pap smear looks for damage to the cervix caused by HPV. It does not look for all subtypes of HPV or detect HPV infection.