Inflammation on a pap smear does not typically mean that you need any treatment or additional testing. You may have some mild infection in the vagina or cervix, or could have an STD. If you were at risk for STDs, you health care provider likely tested for these, but you should call to confirm.
A benign pap smear with severe inflammation is usually caused by an infection or atrophic vaginitis. Reparative changes are changes that are caused by the inflammation present.
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.
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.
A colposcopy is not a normal test after a single finding of inflammation on a pap smear. Repeated results with inflammation may require colposcopy, as well as many other combinations of findings. Talk with your health care provider for information about your results.
Using condoms would be a great strategy if you had inflammation on your pap result. Condoms can lower the chances of infection spreading.
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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.
It means the doctor wants to talk to you about the pap smear
Yes, IUDs do not interfere with the ability to get a pap smear.
yes get pregnant if pep smear test positive
Endocervical and/or squamous cells are normal on a pap smear. This notation on your result means the test was complete.
Pap smear results are not given in percentages. See your health care provider to get a better understanding of your test results.