when a woman goes for her yearly obgyn exam.......?

Question

when a woman goes to her yearly obgyn exam, does the doc automatically check for stds in the pap or is the pap checking for other things? what does the pap check for anyway. all i know is abnormal cells.... what does that mean?

Answer 1

If you want to be checked for std's you need to ask the dr. to test for that in addition to the regular pap.
Abnormal cells could be from an std that you showed no symptoms from like chlamydia (which some women show no symptoms) along with hpv which can lead to cervical cancer.

Answer 2

The PAP exam, is actually the scraping of the cervix, and is a screening test for cervical carcinoma, which is caused by HPV (human papilloma virus) which is the common virus causing cancer in females. Some STDS are obvious by showing on the external area and the ob/gyn examiner will be able to see it right away others could be detected with urine exams. If you are going to specifically look for a STD i would have the examiner look for that, good luck!

Answer 3

The pap itself checks for "abnormal cells" (change in the cervix and can be caused for many different reasons but the most common is HPV (std) in young sexually active woman. However, they should preform a wet smear that will test for some other forms and of course syphillis,gonnereha and HIV are blood test and would have to be ordered.

Answer 4

The Pap test is used to screen women for cervical cancer. STDs require completely separate tests.

Answer 5

The pap will pick up anything abnormal, those abnormalities will then be checked to see what they are, so yes STD's are checked, cell changes are checked.

Answer 6

the papa checks for stds like gonorhea, shyphilis, herpes, abnormal celss etc. it's really importnat that you get this done every year.