50% say no and 50% say yes It does test for STD's. And If so What kind of STD's does it test for?
2007-05-25 16:17:59 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
It does NOT test for STDs.
It removes a sample of cervical cells to be examined under a microscope for signs of cellular changes that could lead to cervical cancer.
HPV has been linked to many (but not all) cases of cervical cancer, but the Pap Smear does not test for HPV or any other diseses. You can have HPV and many other STDs without any symptoms or abnormal pap smears. Blood tests are necessary to test for viruses (HPV, HIV, Herpes, etc.) and other STDs.
2007-05-25 16:20:44 · answer #1 · answered by HearKat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pap smear checks for abnormal cells, plain and simple, regardless of the cause. I think the confusion here lies in that many people believe that all the things that are done while in the same area are all part of the pap smear. Your doctor may take samples of tissue or fluid in addition to the pap smear to test for std's. That's not the pap smear. I've had pap smears with std checks and pap smears without.
2007-05-25 19:22:19 · answer #2 · answered by LeAnn S 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pap smear tests for abnormal, pre-cancerous, and cancerous cells on your cervix. The pap smear does not test for or identify STDs. However, many doctors will perform standard STD tests along with a pap smear.
2007-05-25 16:23:24 · answer #3 · answered by Bad Kitty! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Pap's will determine abnormality changes in cells. If you have an STD it more than likely will give you a positive result because of the changes going on in your system. For instance, cervical and vaginal cancers are highly linked to HPV, so if you are infected with HPV you may have a positive pap (not always the case). But to determine what type of HPV you have, you have to have a different test.
You can request a blood test from your GYN to test specifically for STD's.
2007-05-25 16:27:03 · answer #4 · answered by deanie1962 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Pap Smear is strictly for looking for changes in the cells of the cervix. We're talking cervical cancer. It's not a test for STD's. But be aware that the changes in cells that cause cervical cancer, come from the HPV (human papilloma virus or genital warts) and this virus is sexually transmitted.
2007-05-25 17:16:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I had a pap smear the other day and she found that I had an STD, TRICH to be exact... But I think you would need to tell your doctor that you want to be tested for STD's too.
2007-05-27 15:59:23 · answer #6 · answered by lishaxlisha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Pap smears only test for cervical cancer. Though HPV which is an STD can cause cervical cancer. You need blood drawn for a complete STD test.
2007-05-25 16:23:12 · answer #7 · answered by opheliaissaved 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No you have to take a different test for that start with the Hiv test. A pap smear is for them to make sure you don't have Cervical cancer. How do I know because I am a survival of that.
2007-05-25 16:23:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
a million. i think of the pap in user-friendly terms tests for cancerous cells, for STD's you many times would desire to do bloodwork. 2. It shouldn't influence it, till you get in user-friendly terms somewhat tough and injure your cervix, wherein case whether that's contaminated it ought to throw off the pap smear try. 3. according to hazard they have been severe, yet interior the conventional limits. Did you ask your ordinary practitioner what that meant? He ought to furnish you a plenty greater advantageous answer to that query to your particular case and your particular try. 4. i do no longer think of they might do plenty once you're pregnant, yet that's additionally a question to your ordinary practitioner. Did she permit you realize you mandatory one? in case you do, i'm confident they're going to talk the risks and advantages with you so as which you additionally could make a properly-pronounced determination. 5. i think of they wait till she has the newborn because of the fact many maximum cancers remedies must be risky to an unborn infant. 6. you could no longer have any form of surgical operation on your uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, etc. once you're pregnant. many times in case you have maximum cancers, they alert you approximately being pregnant, tremendously if it particularly is interior the uterus the place the threat to the newborn i might anticipate is larger. 7. no longer inevitably, yet there is often a hazard. 8. stop stressing! talk on your ordinary practitioner approximately your concerns, all this rigidity isn't sturdy for you or the newborn. sturdy success, and congratulations!
2016-11-05 10:13:01 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pap smears do NOT test for std's. there is a separate test for stds
2007-05-25 20:11:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋