I had a pap smear done that came back abnormal. So my doc followed up with a colposcopy, in which she did see a little bit of abnormal cells that she biopsied. The biopsy came back good...no cancerous cells, no hpv, no infection.
4 months later, I had a follow up pap smear that came back abnormal again!
Why does the pap smear keep coming back abnormal if the more detailed biopsy said everything was ok?
What did the doc see in the colposcopy that the biopsy wouldn't detect?
PS. Im going for another colposcopy again tomorrow :(
2007-01-11 02:59:44 · 1 answers · asked by whoo hoo 2 in Health ➔ Women's Health
Same thing happened to me. I had an abnormal smear and she said I had an infection. Then I had another Pap and it was normal. The third Pap abnormal again. The colposcopy showed a few abnormal cells and the doctor told me that the previous tests never showed an infection. The biopsy came back normal. Then the office staff called and said that my biopsy was abnormal even though the doctor told me it was normal.
I got fed up and stopped going to the practice. Then I found out that everybody I knew who went to doctors in my area (all used the same lab) were experiencing the same thing.
2007-01-11 03:24:04 · answer #1 · answered by CAITLIN 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋