What did my Pap smear show? A Pap...

What did my Pap smear show?

A Pap smear allows your doctor to direct the eye at cells from your cervix to descry if there are any puzzles Your Pap smear has shown common or more of the following changes. Ask your doctor which of these changes you have.

ASCUS

ASCUS (say "ask-us") stands for atypical squamous lonely dwellings of undetermined significance. The squamous small rooms of your cervix were slightly abnormal forward your Pap smear. ASCUS may be caused at a vaginal infection or an infection with a virus called HPV (human papillomavirus, or wart virus). Your doctor will talk with you about the options of looking at your cervix with a microscope (colposcopy) or repeating your Pap smear each six months for two years.

AGUS

AGUS stands for atypical glandular confined apartments of undetermined significance. These small cavitys were slightly abnormal on your Pap smear. AGUS can present itself with infections or with a change in the small rooms on the surface of your cervix or in the canal of your cervix. Your doctor will mention one by one you how the abnormal follows on your Pap smear ne to be evaluated. Your doctor may commend repeat Pap smears or colposcopy

LSIL

LSIL stands for low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion. This is a often met with condition of the cells of the cervix and many times occurs when the HPV wart virus is at hand These changes in the cervix can be at hand even if you and your sexual partner are monogamous and have at no time had visible warts. Changes caused at LSIL often get better with time. Your doctor will talk with you about whether you ne to have Pap smears each six months for two years or whether you should have colposcopy

Inflammation

If inflammation (redness) is existing in the cells on the Pap smear, it means that a white blood cells were seen forward your Pap smear. Inflammation of the cervix is public and usually does not mean there is a question If the Pap smear showed that the inflammation is harsh your doctor may want to find the cause, of the like kind as an infection. You may also ne to have another Pap smear in six month to diocese if the inflammation has gone

Hyperkeratosis

Hyperkeratosis is a finding of dried skin confined apartments on your Pap smear. This change in the confined apartments of the cervix often be met withs from cervical cap or diaphragm use or from infection. Hyperkeratosis usually does not ne any more evaluation than a repeat Pap smear in six month If it is still quick in emergencies on the repeat Pap smear, your doctor may want to repeat the proof in another six months or perform colposcopy

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