These are two photos taken during a Papanicolau test (pap smear) done on a 25 year old woman 6 weeks postpartum. A pap smear can detect potentially pre-cancerous changes (called cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) or cervical dysplasia), which are usually caused by sexually transmitted human papillomaviruses (HPVs). The test may also detect infections and abnormalities in the endocervix and endometrium.
In the top photo, you can see the metal speculum used to open this woman’s vagina and the wooden Aylesbury spatula used to collect a sample of the cells from the endocervix. The spatula gently scrapes the area around the os in a circular motion to gather cells.
The bottom photo is of an endocervical brush being swiped in the os of the cervix. The cells gathered on the brush and spatula will be wiped/smeared on a glass slide and examined in a laboratory or under a microscope to look for abnormalities.
Wow. Looking at these pictures, it seems like it is painful but I never feel a thing other than the speculum going in. I always wondered what it actually looked like and this is just the bee’s knees.
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Nda YI Reply:
November 8th, 2011 at 10:59 pm
Yes, you right! it seems very painful! that s why I was so scared to do pap smear. But forsake of healthy I encourage my self to do pap smear, and it was like `doing that` with my husband. I think it will be better to not see the picture before we try real pap smear…
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Comment by Alishia — June 14, 2010 @ 2:29 am
I think you ought to change pictures of sampling with aylesbury spatula as this is no longer used in liquid based cytology
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Comment by hazel randall — June 17, 2010 @ 2:35 am
Where I love they still use both sampling techniques, actually they have another two.
Theres a swab like a large tongue depressor, a swab like a q-tip and these two.
Every pap, I have felt all of them, and its excessively painful. I find female dr. s are much rougher as with the female twice she caused pain, and the man twice cause very little to practically none.
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Comment by Kaida — July 3, 2010 @ 9:20 pm
I always wondering what my cervix looked like and now I know. I agree with kaida female doctors do make a pap painful!! My obgyn is currently a male doctor who is really wonderful and I never feel pain from begginning to end during a simple pap smear!! big diff!!
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lakeshia williams Reply:
April 23rd, 2011 at 1:36 pm
I have a female dr. And she is awesome she is very gentle and talks to me during the short process .. as far as a male dr. I don’t feel comfortable with him alone in the room with me
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Nda YI Reply:
November 8th, 2011 at 11:02 pm
I think male or female obgyn is not related to make our pap pain or not. It is depend on the `quality` of the doctor. Although in my own experience, my female doctor was not so gentle in doing her job
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Comment by maureen roche — July 10, 2010 @ 8:03 am
Hi, Kaida-
Some women don’t experience pain during these procedures. Also, your statement regarding doctors is sexist- surely not ALL female doctors are rougher. That has just been your experience. I know many gentle female practitioners including doctors and midwives.
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Comment by happy commenter — July 11, 2010 @ 6:35 pm
I have the opposite experience of docs – will always go to a female doctor if I have the chance! I’ve had much more painful pap smears with male doctors, but I agree it’s not possible to generalize. I think it’s up to each individual to find a doctor who seems sensitive and whom they can trust.
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Comment by Another — July 22, 2010 @ 7:09 am
I read somewhere that a woman asked her male doctor why he seemed to be gentle with pap smears. He said something along the lines of “Well, if you punch me in the nuts, you know it would hurt, but you don’t know the type/amount of pain that I would experience. It’s the same thing with pap smears. I know it’s not comfortable, but I can’t experience it, so I just try to be as gentle as possible.”
My female gynecologist is extremely gentle. I don’t experience “pain”, just discomfort. I like to believe she is as gentle as possible, especially knowing that she’s a woman and has had to experience the same procedure, too. It is very unfair to generalize; doctors should be treated as individuals, just like they should treat their patients.
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jg Reply:
September 20th, 2011 at 4:51 am
it’s true though, I’ve been to 7 different ob/gyns, 3 of them women, all women were rougher, in fact one of them must hate women deep inside – that’s what came to mind when I was lying on my back. Needless to say, I use the services of a male ob/gyn now.
Obviously, we have to differentiate here between stats and individual cases. I bet, if we did a survey, this would turn out true, but of course statistics have no information value as far as individuals are concerned.
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Paul B. Reply:
November 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
I attended a Pap smear “refresher” course some years ago where we were actually assessed on performing a Pap smear. In fact, the smear itself was not performed as it would be inappropriate to repeatedly traumatise the cervix of the volunteer (who was herself a nurse practitioner). I was however complimented on my gentle and respectful approach with the speculum.
It certainly is my routine, to offer a mirror for the patient to visualise her cervix and vagina with the speculum in place, to continuously explain my actions (including the preparation of the slide and ThinPrep or such) and to respond to any indications of discomfort.
It is a trifle difficult to explain exactly, but I tend to feel that many or most male doctors “respect” a woman’s genitals as having a sexual importance – indeed in much the same “respectful” way as they would (or should) approach their own wife (and yes, I have performed all but one Pap smear on my wife; I also recall an occasion of a Pap Smear Clinic a couple of years after we first qualified, when we were performing Pap smears “together” as it were, simultaneously in adjacent consulting rooms!).
Female doctors (including to some extent, my wife) or Nurse Practitioners are on the other hand, deluged with women “preferring” a female examiner and frequently with a tale of woe in which they are often clearly at substantial fault. Such a combination of factors can cause the doctor or NP to be somewhat less than sympathetic, which may then be reflected in a more direct and “businesslike” approach to the examination.
Very nice pictures of the Pap with ectropion demonstrated. Yes, the Ayres spatula is obsolete.
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Comment by VMB — August 1, 2010 @ 11:17 pm
this is so awesome
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Comment by Antoneal — August 16, 2010 @ 1:14 pm
my cervizx is NOT CENTRER its more to a right side CAN ANY ONE TELL ME if thats normal???
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Paul B. Reply:
November 11th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Quite common at least.
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Comment by miriam — September 8, 2010 @ 10:49 am
You have courage to post these images. I wonder if you have the courage to consider informed NON-consent to this procedure?
All people are not idiots. We deserve to have the information, and then decide for ourselves if we want to participate in this.
http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/unnecessary-pap-smears/
By the way, I learned that having a pap-test is NOT required to get birth-control pills.
Nice photos of cervixs, I’d like to keep ALL of mine thanks!
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Molly Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 9:52 pm
I wish more of the medical community would go by the guidelines that are set by ASCCP, which states that a female doesn’t have to have a pap until age 21. These are the guidelines that I go by as a Nurse Practioner. But if a patient is sexually active she has to be tested for STD’s.
The good thing about research like this is it helps us better understand the cervix and HPV. It research like this and pictures like this weren’t done then we would be still seeing a high incidence of Cervical Cancer.
If you want to read about the research the was done on cervical cancer you need to read “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Leaks”.
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Paul B. Reply:
November 11th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
No Pap required until 21 (guidelines are being revised with a view to make that 25) or two years after first intercourse, whichever falls later.
There is therefore, absolutely no reason for vaginal examination for any young girl requesting contraception with a view to becoming sexually active, which seems to be a common perversion practiced by American so-called “gynaecologists”. (“Droit du seigneur”)
Cervical cancer is virtually invariably a result of persistent HPV infection and there are very few plausible ways of acquiring HPV in this area other than sex. Vertical transmission (mother to daughter at birth) has been postulated, but never demonstrated as an actual cause of cervical cancer.
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Lina Reply:
November 30th, 2011 at 9:26 pm
I would like to state that I’m 19, going on 20 years old and have cervical cancer. It is important to get it checked out. My first doctor said it’s unlikely I had anything wrong, and ignored my bleeding and cramping that happened all month long. My second doctor checked it out and listened to me and found it. Please don’t forget that it can happen at any age.
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Paul B. Reply:
December 1st, 2011 at 10:00 pm
That is a most unfortunate situation indeed, to which I must necessarily be most sympathetic.
It does not however speak against my comments above, for reasons which may be a little subtle.
Firstly, in reference to the guidelines, there is necessarily an exception where sexual relations have started at a very early age and with many partners, which combination does carry such a greatly increased risk of cervical disease as to warrant Pap smears – beginning two years after initial sexual activity – even before the nominal “starting” age.
Secondly, it remains that cervical cancer is sexually acquired and there is absolutely no need for Pap smears prior to sexual experience. {Exception – maternal DES exposure.}
Finally, any woman presenting with symptoms such as bleeding that is evidently not menstrual, must be fully investigated by a gynaecologist and whilst such investigation may include a Pap smear, that does not by any means represent the totality of the investigation, in fact it is probably the least relevant part of such investigation. Cramping (pain with bleeding) would only occur in extremely advanced or aberrant cervical cancer and is more characteristic of other forms of uterine cancer which should not be confused with the type of cervical cancer which can actually be detected with a Pap smear. Adenocarcinoma of the cervix is generally not detected by a Pap smear but is probably the more likely type in a 20 year old.
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Lina Reply:
December 1st, 2011 at 11:59 pm
Thank you I appreciate the clarification
it helped me to understand your POV
Comment by Freeda — September 15, 2010 @ 12:20 pm
a very good informative website!
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Comment by elaquino — September 16, 2010 @ 7:02 pm
but i guess its kinda cool to see what your inside looks liek since we cant really capture this image on our own. i want to get into child birth do uu think i would see there cervix during this and how far up is it inside? is there any way people can check there own as show in this photo or something similar at home to see for healthyness?
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Audrey Reply:
September 1st, 2011 at 8:33 am
You can feel your cervix if you place a clean finger into your vagina, it will feel similar to the tip of your nose.
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Comment by brianna helm — September 21, 2010 @ 3:02 pm
I am a Womens Health Nurse.
When doing a papsmear for a first time recipient i always ask if they would like to see their cervix. i carry a mirror in my outreach container for that purpose. I also ask most women if they have ever seen their cervix & if they would like to. i believe it is very empowering to see the body parts that are part of our femaleness… i also respect any answer i receive- if they choose not to thats their personal choice, so i never make anyone “do”anything they do not want to, including having a papsmear.
also i prefer to use the words “the instruments gently touch the outside or the inside of the cervix” rather than use the word “scrape”(sounds a bit harsh to me)
as for the male/female discussion- i would hope that the women providing paps are gentler. however i have heard arguments for both as “negative” as each other!! this may have to do with the outcome of “getting a satisfactory pap test result” “getting the endocervical cells” no justification for any woman experiencing “pain” or “bleeding for days afterward” if someone is too rough!! there is no need to be “rough”
the cervix does have nerves that “feel”. the most common description is discomfort at the pubic bone area & a “funny tummy feeling”(like butterflies).these are normal responses to the cervix being touched- which makes the uterus contract-the feeling at the pubic bone, & the tummy feeling is related to the nerve supply from the sacrum of the spinal column which is related to the nerves from the belly button down- all this area is control by the sacral area of nerves. so these sensations are normal. & everyones interpretation of discomfort or pain is different as are their sensitivity of feelings in these areas.
wonderful site!!! empowering!! thanks brigitte:)
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Trisha Reply:
January 11th, 2011 at 1:10 pm
I just recently had a horrible experience with an intern…that’s what brought me here…anyway…I’m glad to see some bleeding is normal during the brush swab…was a bit freaked out…I am 43 and my doctors have always had a very hard time finding my cervix…One Indian Doc even said to me..”He is hiding like a theif, but I will find him!”…So my question is why is that>?
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Molly Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 9:56 pm
Each women is different. The cervix is never just right in the middle, it would make it a lot easier. Before you get your annual tell your provider that your cervix is hard to find. Also, it is so normal to cause bleeding with the brushes that are used. I usually tell my patients that they might have some spotting because of the brushes.
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LisB Reply:
June 18th, 2011 at 12:27 pm
That’s awesome, giving women the option to see their cervix during an exam. I’m 30, and didn’t know where it was/what it looked like until this week. Found it! Ha! I would have LOVED for my provider to ask me if I wanted a peek during an exam
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Comment by Brigitte Weber — September 24, 2010 @ 9:46 pm
To answer Miriam’s question: yes, normal, and PERFECTLY YOU!! Please do NOT let any one tell you different!
This is GREAT site giving both information and strength to women. Please, PLEASE keep up the outstanding work!!
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Comment by chris — October 12, 2010 @ 3:34 pm
Pelvic exams are a sick sexist invention that identifies a disease very few women will actually die from. Womenhood is not a disease that needs to be monitored treated and cured. Read Male Practice: How Doctors Manipulate Women By Michael ?
check out my video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pos8RHub2JY
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Brittany Reply:
March 26th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
wow I think your an idiot how in the world is it sick or sexist in the least bit?? guys get exams to. the gets there genitals checked and when there older the get prostate exams so I think you need to do a little more research before you say things like this.
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Paul B. Reply:
November 11th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
“a disease very few women will actually die from”
So it does not matter if they do?
Unbelievably ignorant!
{Some countries have very high levels of cervical cancer due both to poor medical care and widespread promiscuity. Pap screening has resulted in a massive reduction in cervical cancer incidence which as with immunisable diseases, means that people can now believe that prevention is apparently not a priority.}
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Comment by Cassandra — October 13, 2010 @ 9:42 am
They always struggle to find my cervix for my smear! Most recently I went around Day 10 for the smear and the nurse eventually found it – said it was ‘small’ and ‘facing the vaginal wall’. I’ve had one child (I’m 34), by section, and am TTC so hopefully this doesn’t mean much!
Any ideas anyone?
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Paul B. Reply:
November 11th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
The semen will find its way!
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Comment by Claire — October 27, 2010 @ 8:50 am
Agree with Cassandra. Especially as I know that pelvic exams are only done on asymptomatic American and Canadian women. Don’t know why your female organs are so different to the rest of the world’s.
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Comment by Justine — November 2, 2010 @ 8:42 pm
It is a very bad idea to have a pap smear 6 weeks after giving birth, you’re very likely to get a false positive due to trauma to the cervix and hormonal changes.
A competent and responsible Dr would not test a woman shortly after giving birth – you should wait at least a year. (if you choose to have smears)
Never agree to a smear while pregnant, you’re very likely once again to get a false positive.
See: “Abnormal smears in pregnancy” CancerResearchUK site.
Sadly the 1% lifetime risk of this cancer, combined with an unreliable test and greedy doctors means few women will keep an intact cervix. Most women by the time they’re 50 will have lost some healthy cervix with this testing. Low risk women have a near zero risk of getting cervix cancer.
Even 5 yearly screening from 30 carries a 35%-55% lifetime risk of biopsies, almost all are false positives. This test would not be approved today without express informed consent.
This cancer occurs as frequently as mouth cancer (“Screening” by A Raffle and M Grey) another rare/uncommon cancer. Yet most women now assume the cancer is common because of the high rates of false positives. Before testing few women had even heard of cervical cancer, since testing, all women who test share the burden through testing and false positives/biopsies, over-treatment.
Do your research and protect your beautiful cervix from harm. the in-tact cervix is rapidly disappearing due to cervical screening and false positives.
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Comment by Elizabeth (Aust) — November 9, 2010 @ 1:25 am
I just got my self-examination kit, and I have a beautiful OS & Cervix! I am going to track my cervix for the next 30 or 35 days…..how exciting…. all hail the mighty cervix….
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Comment by Yvonne — November 20, 2010 @ 2:47 pm
Cervix during orgasm as viewed on PBS five years late night: we all think of the cervix as a passive gatekeeper, a hunk of grissle that does little till it magically dialates during childbirth. Au contraire! This PBS film clip of the cervix during mutual orgasm was amazing! The cevix morphed into what only could be described as a marine sea slug that reached out and sucked/vacuumed up/ the semen and retreated back into her uterin lair. I did not personally see this PBS/Science channel documentary. My wife saw it, and, because she was miffed at me at the time, she did not wake me, nor did we have a DVR. I almost believe her, but she is famous for spoofs and practical jokes. I hope someone out there can confirm the PBS/Science channel documentary actually was broadcasted, or at least confirm that the cervix plays this important role in human Darwinian natural selection.
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Beck Reply:
February 6th, 2011 at 7:55 pm
i think the programme you are talking about is called The Human Body, it is a series that was on television as well, it now comes on DVD. You are right the cervix did dip up and down into the pool of semen it was quite amazing. Your wife is telling the truth.
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Comment by Kwg — November 24, 2010 @ 6:29 am
A common sense would tell us that if the dormant virus responsible for cervical cancer is present at the spot of the test it can get rubbed in to the cervical mucosa walls and actually trigger the cancer. Why is it that the USA do the most pep smears and have the highest cancer rates? Also the genital mutilation done on USA baby boys and with nothing left to protect the glans than it feel as a sand paper to the cervix as so many female report can also contribute to this cancer. Why is it that in my native Europe they do not circumcise or do so many pep smears they have less of this cancer? Paul
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Paul B. Reply:
December 5th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
Much as I sympathise regarding the hideous and barbaric practice of circumcision, there is no reason to imagine that the abrasion – as real as it may be – of a Pap smear or for that matter, the penis, would contribute toward cervical cancer.
The USA does not have “the highest cancer rates”, they are similar to other counties in comparable socio-economic groups. There is no doubt whatsoever that more effective screening – and proper treatment – massively reduces the incidence of cervical cancer but that it is a sexually-transmitted disease and so it has a higher incidence in regions and countries where there is more widespread sexual activity with less use of condoms.
The virus is not “dormant”. It is acquired – through sexual contact which on the cervix means penetrative intercourse – an infection occurs, the body’s immune system attempts to clear it and in most cases succeeds over a period of many months. If it fails to clear the virus, it becomes indolent and can then progress to cancer, but again not in all cases. There are other “promoters” for cancer of which the single most dramatic is smoking and acquiring more than one serotype of the virus is likely another; but there has never been any suggestion at all that Pap smears might do so.
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Comment by Paul Frohlich — November 27, 2010 @ 11:55 pm
So, do most women have visible SCJs? I have always been able to feel my cervix, but I’ve never seen it…and I’m thinking about following your photograph how-to. I’m 19, almost 20 and I check it at least once a month to make sure I don’t feel anything abnormal (I am a nursing student and a notorious hypochondriac
). I do have Nabothian Cysts that come and go, but recently felt an area around the inner rim of my cervix (the opening that leads to my uterus), that feels like different tissue..almost a gradient. I have no history of abnormal pap smears, as well as no known history of HPV. At what age does the SCJ change? Or does it ever change or grow outward? Could my SCJ have grown out further just recently, or could it be abnormal?
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Molly Reply:
March 19th, 2011 at 10:04 pm
I am a Nurse Practitioner and the tissue that you are feeling is Columnar epithelium, which is normal. When you cervix is changing at your age, squamous columnar epithelium starts covering the columnar epithelium. This is what we see with an ectropian. The SCJ will continue to move inward. Very normal what you are feeling. If my patients knew what i see on there cervix’s when I do a pap or colposcopy I think they would freak out.
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Comment by Hyly — December 17, 2010 @ 1:04 am
Interesting. I have always found paps to be extremely uncomfortable, but I do like to have the test done for my own peace of mind and to serve as a baseline for comparison in the future. In my personal experience, I have found the two male OBs I have gone to were much gentler than the female OB I used to see.
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Comment by Kate — December 22, 2010 @ 1:08 am
since i live iin england there is a very high risk of dying from cervical cancer and since three have died in my family i choose to have them . not having them just means if you do have it then they dont catch it early enough and you DIE . awesome website keep the good work up
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Rene Reply:
January 29th, 2012 at 4:45 am
Cervical cancer is a sexual disease, it’s coming from HPV, Human Pappilom Virus.
Find it out by Google and ask your doctor.
Here in Holland this woman start from here 30 years old start with cervix creeningsprogram by the goverment, they invite every 5 years for a sreening
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Comment by annemarie — January 9, 2011 @ 9:12 pm
From my personal experience, I would have to say that male doctors have always been more gentle with me than the female doctors. I will only see male doctors now for this reason.
As to the “scraping” call a spade a spade…it’s scraping. You can say collecting as well…but in order to collect, you have to scrape.
I hate paps! They hurt regardless who is performing them.
I do love the website as it is very informative! Thanks!
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Comment by T — January 12, 2011 @ 9:18 pm
I’ve always wondered what a pap smear looked like. Thanks.
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Comment by Tatum — January 30, 2011 @ 2:11 am
Thankyou for this wonderful website – education removes fear – for a long time after my Lletz procedure I felt ashamed and tainted – a doctor even said to me that I had sinned with CIN – It was only through reading and research, educating myself about HPV that I have come to a good level of acceptance and understanding about my diagnosis and given myself back some self esteem – I now have a wonderful and supportive husband, two little boys and have been clear for seven years. I stick to yearly pap checks – and am so grateful of the photographs which have given me another level of understanding about my experiences and my body – Thankyou to all that have given of themselves to this site you will reach and help so many – it is a true gift Thankyou x
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Comment by Megan — March 16, 2011 @ 1:00 am
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Pingback by Papsmear photos | Azwomeninblue — May 27, 2011 @ 3:08 pm
Hello -
I came across your website while trying to find some answers to my condition.
I am a 57 year old female who has never had children. I am in menopause, which has not been bad in itself. But my problem is that my os is narrowing and it makes pap smear exams very, very painful. I can only imagine that sex would be likewise. Is there a way I can stretch the os? Do I need hormone creams or be taking some kind of HRT?
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Paul B. Reply:
December 5th, 2011 at 9:07 pm
Technically speaking, it is not your “os” that is narrowing, because that is the opening of your cervix and you do not want to open that – a Pap smear simply samples what is at the opening of the cervix itself.
What you are referring to is your “introitus” – the opening of your vagina itself. Two things keep this properly stretched, oestrogen and regular use – by having sexual intercourse (or “fingering” for that matter).
I presume that you have had intercourse at least some time in the past, otherwise you would have no need for Pap smears at all.
If you have no other menopausal symptoms requiring HRT, then patch or oral HRT would not be recommended, but an oestrogen cream (initially used daily for a couple of weeks, thereafter twice a week) applied specifically to the area of tightness would be an excellent idea, prescribed by your GP. {I have just last week prescribed this to a lady with a related problem – a urethral prolapse.}
You will also want to gently and progressively dilate it to facilitate Pap smears and anticipated intercourse. Whilst dilators for the purpose might be obtained through medical supply companies, we have found it much more practical to visit one of the ubiquitous “sex shops” and select one or more inexpensive, unadorned, plain dildos that you judge to be appropriate, to be used with some lubricant (generally cheap at the supermarket).
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Comment by Lorraine — June 18, 2011 @ 11:10 am
Thank You for posting this. I have always wondered what the details were during paps. I have always held my breath, closed my eyes and prayed it was over in less than 5 seconds
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Comment by tanyetta — June 28, 2011 @ 1:11 am
I showed my sis n law and she said wow. this site is incredable.
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Comment by LORETTA — July 31, 2011 @ 12:43 pm
I’m just curious as to why something with bristles that looks like you would scrub dishes with it or something rough like wood would EVER be used…??!! I mean seriously a Q-Tip isn’t good enough? There’s no reason I should be “spotting” after this exam. I know that if a Q-tip was used instead of a rough bristled brush I wouldn’t bleed and wouldn’t be in pain during (and sometimes after) the exam. I know it would be just as affective too. They use q-tips for swabbing for DNA for heaven’s sake.
Oh and as for seeing my cervix – I’m 25 years old, pregnant and have NEVER seen it. I have no desire to EVER see it. There is a reason somethings were put on the inside.
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Comment by Loretta — August 17, 2011 @ 2:41 pm
hay everyone im 17 and i had my first pap smear a month ago……then 5 days later i had another onne………the reson why is because i was bledding for 49 days straight and they wanted to see if anything was wrong with my vagina i was scared as hell and the 1st one was a male doc at ecmc it hurt soooooo bad i yelled when he put it in me…..the 2ed one was a female and it didnt hurt as much but then she had to put her finger in me too……………it didnt hurt as much but anyways im better now and those vaginas look werid does mine look like that and btw im african american / black wel bye
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Comment by mariah — September 4, 2011 @ 12:40 am
Am so happy i found ds website,am 30 nt marrid scared of sex coz i wz told is very painfful. Tanx 4 ur comments!
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Comment by Habeebah Sulaiman — December 17, 2011 @ 5:24 am
omg so thats what they were doing. My first cervix exam was done by a student who didnt do it right, and i didnt know what was about to happen, second one i had was almost relaxing and done by a great doctor. apparently was difficult cuz i have an inverted cervix…i was wondering wtf they were doing down there xD
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Comment by Maria — December 17, 2011 @ 10:27 pm
hey everyone, i’m 18 and I just had my first pap smear ever today. During the extreeeeeemely awkward and somewhat painful procedure, my cervix started to bleed. Is it common to bleed your first time, because my doctor was kind of taken aback by it (which was not 100% comforting). Has anyone else had that happen?
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Comment by Joanna — December 20, 2011 @ 1:06 am