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A reactive inflammatory process following a pap smear indicates that the tissue has responded to irritation or injury, which can be due to various factors such as infection, hormonal changes, or trauma from the procedure. This inflammation may manifest as increased cellular activity or changes in the cervical cells observed during the examination. While it often resolves on its own, persistent inflammation may require further evaluation to rule out underlying conditions. It's essential for healthcare providers to monitor these changes to ensure they are not related to more significant issues, such as precancerous lesions.
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What are reactive glandular cells in a pap smear?
epithelial cells
What do reactive changes mean in a pap smear?
Mild acute inflammation on a pap smear, by itself, is not a cause for concern. Talk with your health care provider about whether additional testing for infection is required in your situation.
Should you worry if you have reactive cellular changes in your pap smear result?
Reactive cellular changes on a pap smear result is an old-style result that is no longer used in the US. It is not a result that typically requires additional testing. Ask your health care provider for information specific to your result and pap history.
What is the meaning of reactive cellular changes associated with inflammation?
On a pap smear result, this just means that some kind of inflammatory process is happening that caused the cells to look a little off, but not on the precancerous/cancerous spectrum. It has no clinical meaning -- in other words, health care providers who look at Pap results and decide if they should recommend further evaluation and treatment for the patient do not order any such evaluation and treatment based on "reactive cellular changes."
Can your water break while getting a pap smear done?
Sure, it's possible for your water to break during a pap smear. There is nothing about the pap smear process that would cause your water to break.
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.
What can be observed on a plaque smear wet mount?
difference in plaque smear and yeast smear
What is the abbreviation for papanicolaou smear?
Pap smear.
What is the past tense of smear?
The past tense of smear is smeared.
Can you give me a sentence using the word smear?
The whole scandal is nothing more than a rival smear campaign.We will need to perform a smear test.She began to smear the paint on the canvas with her bare hands.
What is the effect of heating the smear flooded with a carbol fuchsin stain?
Heating the smear flooded with carbol fuchsin stain helps in the penetration of the stain into the bacterial cell wall by softening the cell wall and making it more permeable. This process is important for the retention of the stain during the subsequent decolorization step in the staining process.
What type of cancer does a pap smear test for?
A pap smear is a screening test for cervical cancer. It can't diagnose cancer, but can determine which women need further testing. Occasionally, the pap smear can happen to find signs of endometrial cancer (cancer of the uterine lining), but a normal test doesn't eliminate the possibility of endometrial cancer. The Pap smear process can also check for cancer of the vagina or anal cancer, but it is used for those purposes only in specific circumstances. A pap smear does not check for ovarian cancer.
