Question 1

what will happen when a pap smear comes out at stage 3?

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Unclear question: CIN -3 requires treatment and you should follow your doctor's advice for treatment, including surgery.

Question 2

if my pap smear states i have stage four cancer, what are the exact abbreviations that are used on the results form?

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Screening: Current terminology for pap smears most commonly include atyical squamous cells, lsil and hsil (low or high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions).  A cancer diagnosis is based on a biopsy and cervical cancer staging is based on a surgical evaluation. The pap is screening only--it does not provide a definitive diagnosis.

Question 3

what is a pap smear?

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Screen for cancer: Named for its discoverer george papanicolaou, cells from the cervix of the uterus are smeared onto a glass slide, stained, and examined under the microscope for cancer or precancer ("dysplasia"; "intraepithelial lesion").  This enables detection of the vast majority of cervical cancers -- once the greatest cancer killer of young women -- while still easy to cure.

Question 4

does a pap smear hurt?

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No: A good pelvic examiner can perform a pap smear with little or no discomfort.

Question 5

how does a pap smear work?

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Cancer screening: A speculum is used to dilate the vagina to visualise the cervix (bottom part of the uterus) and the a wooden spatula or a rubber brush is inserted into the vagina and rotated against the cervix to capture some of the cells. The specimen is the fixed onto a glass slide or placed into a preservative medium and sent to the lab to be analysed for any cellular abnormalities or infections.

Question 6

how important is pap smear?

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Could be very.: The pap smear is a way to find cervical cancer before it becomes serious. Cervical cancer is a sexually transmitted disease and young women are at highest risk of the disease.  If you have had abnormal paps, infection with the hpv virus or multiple sex partners you may be at risk for cervical cancer and should have discussion about appropriate screening with your doctor.

Question 7

what can pap smear pick up?

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Pap Smears: Pap smears are designed to look for skin changes that could or would predict risk for developing cervical cancer.  They now can also test for the hybrid hpv dna test that can tell if in the skin there is any of the hpv dna that could cause cancer. They also can add a test to look for chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Question 8

what can pap smear help you?

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No: A pap smear is used to look for precancerous cells of the cervix before they become a problem. Your first pregnancy visit may be a good time to get one if you need it.

Question 9

how often is pap smear needed?

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Depends on patient.: For a woman between the ages of 30 and 65, if a baseline pap test is negative and the patient also has a negative hpv dna result (dual negative findings), then the next pap test can wait for 3 years.  Hope that this helps.

Question 10

will a pap smear make me loose?

Accepted Answer

Will make a woman...: A routine pap smear will make a woman less likely to get cervical disease such as cervical cancer. A pap smear will not make her loose, tight, nor anything else in that manner.

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