WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2000: Re: Spotting and pap smear

Re: Spotting and pap smear

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Tue, 31 Oct 2000 13:38:02 -0600 (CST)

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At Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Susan wrote: >
>I had posted a couple days ago about the fact that I have had light
>spotting exactly on the 11th day of my cycle for the last two months. I
>went to see by OBGYN today and had a pap and pelvic. The doctor told me
>my pelvic exam was fine...my ovaries had no cysts and my uterus felt
>fine. He also did a pap smear and told me my cervix looked fine and
>that he doubted seriously that I had cevical cancer after all my normal
>pap smears. He told me that this light spotting could just be normal
>and to watch and see what happens and that he doesn't think this is
>anything to be concerned with. Do you think I should be fine with this?
>I also noticed that after he did the pap that I had just a trace of pink
>spotting...is this normal? I'm 43 and just had a baby two years ago and
>he felt I had myself in a nervous state over nothing. He is a great
>doctor and has delived my last two children.
>
>Thankyou

Cervical cancer is extremely unlikely in the scene that you describe. It is much more likely that this is from inflammation of the cervix (very, very common, and not generally a problem). Somewhere between 20-50% of women bleed following pap smear.

-- William D. McIntosh, MD, FACOG

This is for educational purposes only, and is not a substitute for consultation with, and examination by, a qualified medical professional.

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