Re: GYNECOLOGIC: Unsatisfactory pap with inflammatory exudate
From: Pat Sonnenstuhl (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:42:00 -0500 (CDT)
Perhaps you could call her and ask her to explain things a bit more.
Sometimes not enough cells are obtained, or the smear was clouded by
inflammation cells. I have found if women have intercourse the day
before a pap that can cause 'inflammation'. Perhaps she repeated the
pap to get a better specimen than the previous one. Usually we wipe the
cervix off before the pap to get a better view. So, there are several
possible explanations.
I also wonder if you had a negative in March, why she would repeat it ?
Pap smears are not a way to diagnose a bladder/urinary tract infection.
Most labs use the same terminology.
<<http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/women/reproductive/gynecologic/138.html>>
At Thu, 25 Oct 2007, missyhelly wrote:
>
>Hope someone can help me explain my result. I just got my pap result
>from my doctor, and it stated "Unsatisfactory...most of the cells are
>obscured by inflammatory exudate". My doctor told me this is because of
>inflammation of cervix. I had one done back in March which showed
>"negative". My doc did another one because I was having urinary
>frequency symptoms in September. She also did vaginal swap to rule out
>any STDs.
>
>I'm a bit scared. She did another pap (even tho, the result recommended
>to do one in 6 months. It has been only 1 month and half), and there
>was a bit of blood. I'm worried it will come back again as
>unsatisfactory because of blood. I was tested for both Chlymidia(which
>is likely for bleeding) and Gonneria twice this year, and all came back
>negative. Does vaginal swap include BC and yeast infection? I don't
>know what's going on here.
>
>I bleed very easily after sex. Never spotting. Sometimes discharge.
>All these have been happening since I started having sex, so I didn't
>think much of it until now.
>
>I'm 36 year old, have no children and on no birth control.
>
>Thank you!
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