It’s a very specific test.” Generally speaking, you should start getting regular Pap smears at age 21, according to ACOG’s guidelines. That’s a better guideline to follow than when you ...

If a woman has never got a Pap smear test done, then she has to follow the guidelines irrespective of her age for the test to cease. Depending on the type of test, the reports are valid for either ...

When and how often you should get a Pap smear mostly depends on your age and medical history. The most recent guidelines break testing into four age categories: People with a history of cervical ...

More than half of women surveyed mistakenly believed that Pap smears test for cancer. In reality, the primary goal of the test is to detect abnormal cell changes in the cervix — changes that ...

Depression. Include Pap smear in pretreatment exam. Conditions aggravated by fluid retention. Discontinue if jaundice, visual disturbances, migraine, or thrombotic disorders occur. Nursing mothers.

The Papanicolaou (Pap) smear is commonly used to screen for cervical cancer and since its introduction in organized screening programmes in resource-rich countries it has been successful in ...

Ontario is the latest province to change how it screens for cervical cancer. Starting March 3, healthcare providers will be replacing Pap smears with human paoillomavirus (HPV) testing. According to ...