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Can bleeding during a pap make the results to be abnormal?
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No: Bleeding does not affect the appearance of the critical cells. The current liquid methods of making pap smears usually get rid of the blood.
Answered 4/6/2012
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Possibly.: Bleeding during a pap smear could, at least, cover the smear with red blood cells so that the slide/smear is unreadable. The pap smear would have to be done again. If the smear is deemed abnormal, colposcopy would be done, with 3% Acetic Acid so abnormal areas would show up as white patches, and be biopsied.
Answered 9/28/2016
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