Re: Bacterial infections and low grade change
From: Kelly Shanahan, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 21 Oct 2000 00:44:23 -0500 (CDT)
At Fri, 20 Oct 2000, Kimberly wrote:
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>They suggested that I get a coloscopy done and possibly a biopsy. Should
>I go ahead and do this or get another pap smear and wait for the results
>of that?
if your doc suggested the colposcopy then I would agree with that --
after all, your doc has your results there and I don't
>At Thu, 12 Oct 2000, R. Daniel Braun, MD wrote:
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>>At Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Kimberly wrote:
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>>>When I had my last pap smear, I was given medicine for a bacterial
>>>infection and then I later found out that I had low grade change of my
>>>cells. Could the infection have caused the cells to show this result?
>>
>>Possibly, that is why a repeat papsmear is needed.
>>
>>>Also how likely are bacterial infections to reoccur?
>>
>>Depends on many issues. What bacteria etc.
>>
>>RDB
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