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Re: home pap smears

From: anonymous@obgyn.net
Sun, 31 Mar 2002 22:00:42 -0600 (CST)

Well said, AnotherAnon. Knowledge that one is not infected with the HPV virus would do a great deal to alleviate any worry that women may face about being unable to get a pap test. And I wouldn't even mind if insurance wouldn't pay for it. It would be worth the money.

At Sun, 31 Mar 2002, another wrote: >

>I know many women who do not have internal or breast exams because,
>bottom line (you should excuse the expression) is they find them too
>embarrassing/humiliating to undergo without sufficient cause. The
>doctors may not like reading that, but that's the way it is. (BTW, no,
>I am not one of them, my FP insists or I don't get my asthma meds). Yes,
>these women know the risks; all but one work in the medical/critical
>care field as I do. The HPV test might be one that they'd utilize. I
>would doubt that insurance would cover the cost or that it would be
>"cheap", but a positive test MIGHT motivate them to be seen by a GYN.
>Maybe. Point here being that many women who read this forum don't have
>nor intend to have a personal physician in the near future, which may be
>one reason, besides temporary reasurance, that sites like this are so
>popular.

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