An abnormal Pap smear means some percentage of your cervix cells appear abnormal in shape or size. In most cases, an abnormal Pap smear does not indicate cancer and is in fact caused by HPV.

There is nothing specific that you can do at the moment to help the smear test return to normal. If it does come back as abnormal a second time, your GP will suggest you are referred to the ...

A Pap smear is a procedure that screens for cervical cancer by testing cells for any abnormalities. If your Pap results are abnormal that does not mean you have cancer, and more likely indicates HPV.

There are two types of Pap smear test. Dr Sujit Ash explained, “A basic Pap test that checks for the abnormal cervical cells. If normal, the reports of the test are valid for 3 years.

M baye explained that a Pap smear is a screening test that checks for abnormal cells on the cervix that could lead to ...

“I went for my smear, something came back. They detected something,” she said, explaining that her results had come back as ‘abnormal’ and that she had been asked to undergo extra tests as ...

A large proportion of both groups (24.5% of older and 17.7% of younger women) with positive HPV tests went on to have an abnormal Pap smear within 5 years, compared with about 5% of those with ...

The take-home message is that the absolute most important issue is getting a high-quality Pap smear and adequate follow-up of abnormal findings. In one study, 13 percent of women with invasive ...

Figure 1 shows the distribution of estimated Pap smear screening intervals among women who have been screened at least once, have not had a hysterectomy, and have never had an abnormal Pap smear.

Which is why Scarlett Moffatt – who first found fame on Channel 4’s Gogglebox – decided to share her own abnormal smear test results with her followers in a bid to remind them of the ...

CERVICAL cancer is the fourth most common cancer in Jamaica, and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among ...