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- Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:24 am
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: Smear test as a virgin
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4676
Re: Smear test as a virgin
If you've never been sexually active, you may decide not to go for cervical screening when you are invited. But you can still have a test if you want one. If you have had sexual contact with a man or a woman even if this did not include penetrative sex (such as skin-to-skin contact of the genital ar...
- Fri Jun 28, 2019 11:15 am
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: Full Hysterectomy
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2797
Re: Full Hysterectomy
If your womb and cervix have been removed to prevent or treat cancer or had had abnormal smear results before the hysterectomy, you may be asked to have a vaginal smear (vault smear) for a short time after.Whereas If your womb and cervix have been removed for other benign condition, such as fibroids...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:58 pm
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: Age
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2643
Re: Age
Cervical cancer usually develops very slowly. It is estimated that it takes between 10 and 20 years for the virus infection to develop into abnormal cervical cells, and then on into cervical cancer. As cervical cancer develops so slowly, it is highly unlikely that women over 64 who have been regular...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:54 pm
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: Post menopausia
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2616
Re: Post menopausia
Yes. Screening is offered to all women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 years unless someone has a recent abnormal result and then will be called beyond the age of 65 years.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:52 pm
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: cervical screening
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2594
Re: cervical screening
Screening is offered to all women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 66 years unless they have any recent abnormal results then they will be called beyond the age of 65 years.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:50 pm
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: How often
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2693
Re: How often
It depends on the age. Smear test is offered to all women and people with a cervix aged 25 to 64 years. For women aged 25 to 49, it's every three years and for women aged 50 to 64, it's every 5 years provided they don't have any abnormal results. If someone has abnormal results then more regular sme...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:43 pm
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: variety of speculums
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2776
Re: variety of speculums
Dear Karen, gynaecologists and specialist nurses have access to different sizes of speculums. Sometimes we may initially use an average size but if it cannot be tolerated then we try a smaller one or in some cases we may need a bigger one.
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:22 pm
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: Age when cervical screening stops
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2773
Re: Age when cervical screening stops
In the UK, cervical screening (regular smear test) is recommended to women aged 25 to 64 years (provided that they have a cervix and not any specific reasons to prolong the duration of screening).
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:19 pm
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: cervical screening
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2870
Re: cervical screening
Women should have access to as many information as they are likely to handle. Evidence based information delivered in a lay way empowers women to make their own choices. Quite often our patients are worried about cancer not necessarily because of plethora of information but lack of it. Interestingly...
- Thu Jun 27, 2019 5:09 pm
- Forum: Wellbeing of Women - Cervical Screening
- Topic: Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2939
Re: Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids
Absolutely not. Some women find the smear test more uncomfortable than others because we all have different thresholds of pain, but none of your conditions are related with more painful smears.