WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for March, 2001: Re: A NEW PAPSMEAR TEST

Re: A NEW PAPSMEAR TEST

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:47:48 -0600 (CST)

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At Fri, 30 Mar 2001, rick wrote: >
>Hi, my name is Kerry,
>
>Three months ago, my husband told me he had heard on one of the radio stations
>that there was a new papsmear testing available, that was pain free.
>As he is unable to tell me what station it was or anything else about it, I would really appreciate any advise you could give me.
>I am due for a papsmear this month, and really like the sound of this new test, as I have quite a lot of trouble with the current.
>I would be really grateful if you would help me with my dilema.
>
>Thank you.

While there have been some cahnges in the way the pap smear is prepared, the actual collecting of teh smears from the cervix hasn't changed -- still requires a speculum. YOur husband may have heard about HPV testing which does not require a speculum exam (but which also does not provide all the information a pap does) or still experimental collection of vaginal washings, but as for now, getting a pap is pretty much the same as it has been for years. And that really shouldn't be painful at all -- not pleasant, yes, but painful, no

-- M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide

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