Will it break her hymen? Is the doctor even allowed to give the girl a pap smear at that point in time and situation?
2006-10-14 17:21:59 · 14 answers · asked by jo.jo_the_amazing_idiot 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
it is perfectly normal to have a pap smear @ 18..the Dr. will use a small speculum, if necessary one sized for a child..while @ the Dr. ask for a HPV vaccination..HPV is spread by sexual contact and the man you marry may have had one or more partners and may be infected, and in turn pass it on to you..HPV is a common cause of cervical cancer..{Human Papoloma Virus}
2006-10-14 17:46:37 · answer #1 · answered by jst4pat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, if she comes in for that or agrees to it during an examination. Cancer doesn't care if you are having sex or a virgin, and that's what the PAP smear tests for. As for breaking her hymen, possibly, although not every virgin has a hymen completely intact. If that was so, she wouldn't get a period. The hymen is a tissue present high in the vagina that covers the cervix. A woman's period is products of her endometriun(vaginal lining) leaving her body because she isn't pregnant and doesn't need it.
Most virgin women have a partially intact hymen. The pressure of the period's blood and lining flow causes it have an opening. A good Doctor will take advantage of this and place the tiny loop used for obtaining cells for a pap smear and do it through the opening.
In the end the question is simply: Do want to be tested for cervical cancer or not? And is your hymen more important or your health.
Take care of yourself.
2006-10-14 17:31:38 · answer #2 · answered by sandra j 3 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Yes, of course. In fact, you should definitely start getting pap smears by the time you're eighteen, virgin or no.
As for your hymen, hoo boy. Okay, first. Most women are long rid of their hymens by that age, even if they grew up in a convent. Thank goodness, too, because a fully intact one would prevent her from having her period properly. Ew, and ouch. Hymens do deteriorate over time, and they can also easily be lost through vigorous activity growing up. For instance, I lost mine when I was seven. I missed the seat of my bike and came down hard on the metal bar.
Secondly, the lack of a hymen does not make the girl not a virgin. Any suggestion otherwise, including some sort of laws that you seem to be alluding to with this "are doctors allowed to" stuff, is really backwards. Tampons do not make you nonvirginal. Nor do doctor exams. Nor does masturbation. A virgin is someone who has not had sex. Period. The only iffyness about that is how, exactly, you define sex- for some people, it means intercourse only. Those of us who think that's too narrow add oral sex into that. So, unless you are getting intimate with someone else's genitals, you are a virgin.
Finally, why do you even care about an intact hymen? No, really, why? I understand it's a big deal for some women, to the point o fthere now being weird re-hymenization surgeries, but I just don't get it. It's a flap of skin that says absolutely nothing about you or your sexual history. How is that so important? And are we really stuck that far backwards that we have to put such a premium on women remaining "intact"? I mean, double standard much. I thought the pill and the sexual revolution were supposed to be freeing us from this nonsense.
2006-10-14 17:34:47 · answer #3 · answered by random6x7 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
There is nothing wrong with getting a pap when you are a virgin. And no, it shouldn't be a problem. Usually, a girl can break the hymen easily any way, she may not even have one. Either way, it isn't a big deal. The idea a woman must have a hymen went out with the idea they should only be on earth to make babies and serve men. Being a virgin is not having intercourse, it does not have much to do with a hymen since so many things can cause it to break.
2006-10-14 17:26:50 · answer #4 · answered by MadforMAC 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm a 17 year old virgin and have already had two pap smears....though I did make sure it was a woman doctor so I would feel more comfortable (though paps aren't no matter what). If you think that you will lose your virginity by breaking your hymen it just isn't so...that is not what your virginity is.
2006-10-14 18:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Led*Zep*Babe 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
you're meant to start receiving annual pap smears at age 18 or whenever you become sexually lively, whichever comes FIRST. it rather is amazingly significant even once you're nonetheless a virgin. they provide the impression of being for issues that are no longer purely linked with STDS. while you're excited approximately out longer being a virgin after your first pap, then you extremely are incorrect. i understand that some women truthfully think of that that's authentic. the only undertaking which will make you lose your virginity is having intercourse.
2016-10-02 07:41:58 · answer #6 · answered by esannason 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The recomended age to start getting you yearly exam(pap smear) at age 16, even if you are a virgin. This will not break or tear the hymen, it will not affect your virginity at all,and niether will using tampons.
2006-10-14 17:28:06 · answer #7 · answered by mommyofsix 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
yes, it will not break the hymen. The average age of a first pap smear is 17-18 years old. The doctor will use a speculum and believe it or not, the doctor will know if a girl has had sex and the doctor will use this as a gauge to determine the size of the speculum.
2006-10-14 17:26:59 · answer #8 · answered by poshbaby24 5 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Yes. He is "allowed" if he is her doctor and she goes in for that. It will not break her hymen. It is a little scary to go in if you have never had one for the first time, but it is an important part of maintaining good health. It doesnt really hurt, and there is always a nurse present. Dont be scared. We all do it.
2006-10-14 17:28:58 · answer #9 · answered by Jenn 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, they are medical doctors and after you sign the consent they can give you a pap.. doesn't matter what your experiance is
2006-10-15 04:03:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋