Pap Smear

Typically a pap smear visit uses the preventive, age-based E&M codes. If your Medicaid program has different requirements, your state will be able to advise.

You can have abnormal cells in the vaginal cuff, even if you don't have a cervix.

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Typically you'll get your results before you get your bill. If you haven't heard about your result, contact your health care provider's office.

Usually the lab will provide a stand that accommodates the sampling device and vial. Contact your pap lab to ask what's available from the test manufacturer.

There are specific blood tests for syphilis. You can't tell if you have or don't have syphilis with a pap smear. A normal pap smear doesn't mean you don't have syphilis. Ask for the test by name.

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.

Yes, you can have cervical dysplasia even if you've only had one partner.

Yeah, my grandfather was VC and he still does to this day.

After any pap exam you can bleed. It's completely normal. Talk to your doctor about bleeding or spotting after a pap smear, they will explain it to you.

A pap smear looks for abnormal cells on the cervix. It is not meant to detect STDs. You can get tested for STDs without having a pap smear. Contact your health care provider, department of health, or local family planning agency for information on STD testing.

Before liquid-based testing, the pap smear slides were sprayed with a fixative to maintain the cells until they were viewed by the cytopathology team. Sometimes the fixative was labeled as such, but hairspray also worked.

You can get a pap smear from an internal medicine specialist, general practitioner, family practice provider, or women's health care provider. Many other specialists may also provide this screening to their patients. Ask your health care provider if this is a service you can get at his or her office.

Yes, lubricants can affect a pap smear.

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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.

A pap smear screens for cervical cancer. Blood tests can check for HIV, hepatitis, or syphilis. Additional testing for trichomonas, gonorrhea, and chlamydia is available, and is not done with a pap smear or blood test. Contact your health care provider to ask specifically for the testing you require.

For women with no history of abnormal pap smears, the frequency of paps is typically every three to five years. Women who had an abnormal or inadequate pap smear may get two smears in a year depending on their health history.

Pap smears do not change the chances of getting pregnant.

Pap smear uses a small sample of cells gently collected from the cervix to look for cancer or precancerous problems on the cervix. A pap smear doesn't detect a mass. If a doctor finds a mass at the vulva or cervix at the time of your pelvic exam, a biopsy may be done. If the mass is internal, for example at the uterus or ovaries, it's not likely that you've have a biopsy that day.

Metaplasia found on a pap smear result is an indication that sampling was complete. It does not indicate a problem.

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Squamous superficial cells on a pap smear means that estrogen-containing cells are present on the surface of the cervix. This can be a normal aging process or from an outside source, such as chemotherapy. It is best to seek medical opinion for a definitive answer as to the cause of these cells being present.

The Pap test is usually not done during the menstrual period because of the presence of blood cells. The best time is in the middle of the menstrual cycle.

Most women stop having pap smears at age 65. Women should continue annual gyn exams, however, even after pap smears are no longer recommended.