Pap Smear

With a pap smear you are asked to remove your underwear, you are asked to place your feet up in feet holders and asked to move your butt close to the edge of the reclined chair. The physician then puts a small amount of lubricant in your vagina area so he/she can enter what is called a speculum. It goes in smoothly with slight pressure and is opened just slightly inside the vagina in order for the doctor to see inside.

That is the main tool that is used. There is usually nothing else unless they have to do test. They have what is called swab test (which is most common) and they use long sticks with tiny swabs at the end to swab your vagina. They also have culture test (not as common as swab test) where they lightly scrape the vagina for samples. That type of test is usually done if you have continuously returned and they need to do a deeper study.

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A biopsy will not normally detect STDs. If you need STD screening, ask for it by name.

Most likely, your doctor will want to see you for another PAP in, say, 6 months, instead of a year from now.

The Mayo Clinic website has a good write-up on cervical dysplasia.

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"HIV not detected" means the HIV test is negative.

At this time (2014), the pap smear is still the easiest way to be screened for cervical cancer. By the end of 2015, it's likely that some women will be screened for cervical cancer with a high-risk HPV test instead.

Epithelial cells are a normal part of the anatomy. They are the type of cell checked in a pap smear. If they are present, it's a sign that the pap smear got a decent sample.

There are many kinds of abnormal pap smears. The point of the pap smear is the detection of abnormal, precancerous cells on the cervix. Occasionally, other abnormalities are found. If you're worried about your pap smear result, ask your health care provider for more information about your specific case. Some abnormalities require only routine followup in three to five years; others require other types of testing done within months of the smear. A pap smear during your period may cause an unsatisfactory result if the blood obscures the view of the cervical cells, but won't cause an abnormal pap. Ask your health care provider for more information based on your results and health history.

yes, a pap shows cervical cancer. They usually do it early and then don't test again for a year. good luck. joymaker rn Yes.

No, but a pap smear is usually part of a pelvic exam. In a pap smear, cells are scraped from your cervix. In a pelvic exam, the doctor inserts her fingers into your vagina and feels your reproductive organs.

Typically Pap smears are done to check for abnormal cells on the cervix. Vaginal and anal Pap smears can also be done.

No. A pap smear also checks for cervical abnormalities, infections or cancer, and is for all females who are 18+ years of age, or who have become sexually active earlier than that.

If you had heavy bleeding at the time of your pap smear, the lab may advise that the cells were partially obscured. The bleeding won't cause a seriously abnormal pap. Talk with your health care provider about your pap results and recommended follow-up.

They may have found abnormal cells, or needing to repeat your pap test.

Yes, you can have a pap smear even if you haven't had sexual contact. Ask your health care provider about specific recommendations for your situation.

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.

Unless you're having a herpes outbreak on your cervix at the time of a pap smear, you're not going to get any herpes results from your Pap. I think you've misunderstood something about your testing. Contact your health care provider to clarify what tests you had done.

No, virginity is not a medical concept, and a doctor can't tell if you had sex unless you have a vagina, have semen in your vagina, and s/he looks under microscope at the vaginal discharge.

No it does not.

The pap smear picks up on abnormalities in the cells while the ultrasound can see if anything looks like it shouldn't. So since the pap smear haven't picked up on it but it looks like something is up they need a second opinion so they are not missing anything. Ultrasounds are not the easiest to see the small differences in.

Yes, it is very common for pap smears to go from abnormal to normal.

I suspect your results says glandular tissue, not granular tissue. Contact your health care provider to clarify the result, and what it means for you. If glandular tissue was found, this could be normal or a problem, depending on your medical history.

Using condoms would be a great strategy if you had inflammation on your pap result. Condoms can lower the chances of infection spreading.

I belive that some varients of HPV (Genital warts) can affect pap smears and are linked to cervical/anal cancer rates. Up to 1/10 pap smears have an abnormal result, most of them are nothing to worry about though. Just follow the advice of your doc. If you think you have genital warts it is important to get them treated at your local STD clinicregardless of pap smear results as in time they could cause problems.