what do they do?!
Question: when they do i pap smear i am 26 and i am sceared to go get one and i havent had sex
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When you get a pap smear the DR takes a sample of your cirvex tissue with a cotton swab. Much like the test for streap throat. It's just not that easy though. It can be uncomfortable, even if you have had children. It is nothing to fear, and is quite a wonderful thing to dectect early problems like cancers. my 19 yr old daughter has had problems with her cycle and has not had sex either. The Dr. put her on the pill and told her not to worry about the pap smear until she was active or 25. My personal thought..If your planning sex in the near future or have a family history of female issues,go to the Dr, if not take your time. Talk to your family Dr. Most Dr's will understand and talk you thru that process. Good Luck
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wtf is a pap smear?
they swab the inside of your girl parts to look for cancer..not painful.easy and quick.
Your doctor can do a Pap test during a pelvic exam. It is a simple and quick test. While you lie on an exam table, the doctor puts an instrument called a speculum into your vagina, opening it to see the cervix. She will then use a special stick or brush to take a few cells from inside and around the cervix. The cells are placed on a glass slide and sent to a lab for examination. While usually painless, a Pap test is uncomfortable for some women.
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I am a nurse for over 20 yrs
you need to have one if you're over 18 and have had sex.
they take clamps and open your vagina they take a cotton swab to retrieve a sample of your discharge and they take the clamps out easy as 123
Put your worries to rest! A pap smear is absolutely painless!
Go to the website below for everything you wanted to know about a pap smear.
Why do I need a Pap test?
A Pap test can save your life. It can find the earliest signs of cervical cancer - a common cancer in women. If caught early, the chance of curing cervical cancer is very high. Pap tests also can find infections and abnormal cervical cells that can turn into cancer cells. Treatment can prevent most cases of cervical cancer from developing.
Getting regular Pap tests is the best thing you can do to prevent cervical cancer. About 13,000 women in America will find out they have cervical cancer this year. And in 2004, 3,500 women died from cervical cancer in the United States.
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http://www.4woman.gov/faq/pap.htm
Soooooo awkward.
Anyways, they take this tool to hold you open, then they take a q-tip like thing, and swab, then they do tests.
"Your doctor can do a Pap test during a pelvic exam. It is a simple and quick test. While you lie on an exam table, the doctor puts an instrument called a speculum into your vagina, opening it to see the cervix. She will then use a special stick or brush to take a few cells from inside and around the cervix. The cells are placed on a glass slide and sent to a lab for examination. While usually painless, a Pap test is uncomfortable for some women."
if pap means cervical smear then i think its needed more if sexually active but being 26 active or not you should book yourself in anyway dont worry your not the only 1 to be scared im scared eveytime i go get one
just be brave its worth the result to know your fine
or worth getting treatment early if anything is wrong
don't be scared you'll just feel a pinch. it's fine that you haven't had sex everyone over 18 should get one, having had sex or not. Click below for more info
http://familydoctor.org/138.xml
In addition to what everyone else has said, you should have one done-even if you have never had sex. Sex does not have anything to do with the test.
it is a sampling of the cervix tissue, it should be uncomfortable but without pain. unless there is a reason due to genetic or medical history, 26 is a bit young to need it but it can't hurt to have the data.
OK even if you are still a virgin you should still be seeing a gyno regularly. remember when you get there to relax if you are tense you are gonna be working against your self. it is not painful but uncomfortable they are gonna use metal clamp like device that is thin when they insert it but then they open it. then they will inset one or two long q-tips and rub them on your cervix and then you are done. he/she may feel around inside you for a moment but again it isn't painful, just uncomfortable. relax and remember this is for your own good.sing a song in your head and stare at something on the ceiling it'll be over before you know it
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