WOMEN'S HEALTH INFORMATION

THE PAP SMEAR. EVERY WOMEN'S LEAST FAVORITE MEDICAL EXAM.  MANY WOMEN MISTAKE PELVIC EXAMS FOR PAP SMEARS. A PAP SMEAR IS THE COLLECTION OF CELLS FROM THE SURFACE OF THE CERVIX. PAP SMEARS ARE DONE TO DETECT CELLS OF THE CERVIX THAT ARE ABNORMAL AND MAY LEAD TO CANCER IF NOT MEDICALLY TREATED. THAT'S IT. THE REST OF THE EXAM IS THE PELVIC EXAM. A PELVIC EXAM INCLUDES VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE GENITALIA AS WELL AS MANUAL EXAMINATION. DURING A PELVIC EXAM, THE PRACTIONER IS LOOKING FOR SUPICIOUS BUMPS, LESIONS, DISCHARGE, AND ODORS AS WELL AS FEELING THE STRUCTURES INVOLVED. THE PRACTIONER USES BOTH HANDS TO FEEL FROM THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SEARCHING FOR ABNORMAL SIZE, SHAPE, POSITION OR PAIN OF THE CERVIX, UTERUS, AND OVARIES. MANY TIMES A RECTAL EXAM IS ALSO PERFORMED. THIS IS DONE TO CHECK THE THIN MEMBRANE BETWEEN THE RECTUM AND THE VAGINA CHECKING FOR TEARS, HOLES, OR PROTUSIONS.  THE PAP SMEAR  MAY DETECT YEAST, TRICHOMONAS, HPV OR BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS ALONG WITH THE CERVICAL CELLS, BUT NOT ALL INFECTIONS OR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES ARE DETECTABLE BY A PAP SMEAR. IF YOU  FEEL THAT YOU NEED TESTING TELL YOUR PRACTIONER TO PERFORM EACH NECESSARY TEST. SOME TESTS REQUIRE BLOODWORK  WHILE OTHERS REQUIRE SPECIFIC CULTURES TO BE DONE. WHILE WE MAY FEEL EMBARRASSED DURING THE EXAM OUR PRACTIONER IS BUSY EXAMINING EACH OF OUR INDIVIDUAL PARTS BELIEVE ME THEY ARE NOT FOCUSED ON ANYTHING ELSE.  EARLY DETECTION IS ALWAYS BEST. IF IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR SINCE YOUR LAST EXAM IT IS TIME TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

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