WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for August, 2000: Re: ? about period and pap test

Re: ? about period and pap test

From: Lynn D. Montgomery, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Tue, 8 Aug 2000 18:18:26 -0500 (CDT)

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At Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Nichole wrote: >
>I am due to have my period tomorrow and because I wasnt paying much
>attention when I made the appointment I had my pap test today...the doc
>said there was some spotting already and i'm just wondering how likley
>(if at all) that is to mess up the pap results? I didn't think to ask
>when she said that so thanks a lot :)
>Nichole

Nichole, Usually, when the physician does the pap, if there is too much blood he/she won't do the smear. If in his/her judgement there isn't too much, they will do the pap and it won't effect the reading. Further, if the pathologist or cytotech reading the pap finds that the cervical cells are obscured by blood, they will issue a report as such that suggests a repeat because of a sub-optimal smear... Lynn

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Lynn D. Montgomery, MD
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Rocky Mountain Perinatal Center
Missoula, Montana

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