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Do you need a pap smear following a total hysterectomy?
If the hysterectomy was done for pap related problems, ongoing vaginal paps may be recommended. If the pap was done for other reasons, then ongoing pap smears are not normally recommended. Contact your health care provider for advice specific to your situation.
Why a smear test is needed after hystectomy?
A pap smear is required after hysterectomy if the cervix was left intact, or if the hysterectomy was done due to cancer.
A person who has not had a hysterectomy does a pap smear. What shoud a person who has had a partial hysterectomy do?
If you have a cervix after your partial hysterectomy, you should continue to get pap smears. If you don't have a cervix, but a hysterectomy was done for pap problems, you should continue vaginal paps. Otherwise, pap smears aren't normally needed. Contact your health care provider for advice specific to your situation.
Can a pap smear stop you from conceiving?
A pap smear does not affect your fertility. You are as likely to get pregnant after a pap smear as you are before a pap smear.
What would happen if after the pap smear the cervix was to get infected?
infected instruments use case pep semear infectuion
How long after a miscarriage do you go for pap?
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.
Do you need a pap smear after hysterectomy if you are on hormones?
If you still have a cervix, or if your uterus was removed due to pap problems, you may need ongoing pap smears. Otherwise, typically you do not. Contact your health care provider for advice specific to your situation.
Do you have to have a pap smear if you don't have a uterus?
If you had a hysterectomy due to cervical cancer or pap-related problems, you would still have pap smears of the vaginal cuff, even if you didn't have a cervix. If you had your uterus and cervix removed for other reasons, such as bleeding or fibroids, you can stop pap smears, but should continue annual GYN exams.
Can you get pregnant if your pap smear test is positive?
yes get pregnant if pep smear test positive
Can do pap smear if had iucd?
Yes, IUDs do not interfere with the ability to get a pap smear.
Is there a home kit for pap smear where to get?
There is no home kit for a pap smear as of Fall 2014. See your health care provider for your pap smear.
What does blood in your pap smear mean?
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.
