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A member asked:
I've never had a pap smear but i am 16 and have been sexually active for 3 years. does the pap smear check for more than the blood test?
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Yes certainly: also would be a screen for several STD's (warts certainly, but other tests for GC and chlamydia could easily be also done). Mainly, it looks for cells that can become cancer. This has lowered cervical cancer 90% and made cervical cancer from about the number 1 cause of death in your age, to about gone.
Answered 5/30/2015
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