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abnormal pap smear
hey im 18/f and my dr. just called and said my pap smear came back abnormal. She said that she found cells that were abnormal i cant really remember what she called them. but she told me that they were the type of cells that are found when you cant have children. She said they're also from having sex with more than one partner, i've only had sex with 2. She said not to worry about it and that i need another pap smearn next year which i already know and she said hopefully they're gone before next year. But now im freaking out because i may not be able to have kids :( can somebody please help me. Like tell me if they know or they personally have had a doctor tell them that and everything was fine. Anything would be helpful! thanks very much
-Ashley
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Abnormal pap test results, are in fact, pretty normal. I’ve had them once or twice now, and then fine again. It happens to millions of women a year. It could be caused by many things, including many harmless things that will simply cure themselves. The most common causes are mild yeast infections and the virus HPV.
HPV is not a death sentence. There are hundreds of types of it, and only very, very few of them have any long term effects on female health.
Please, don’t flip out. It’s a good idea to have pap smears every six months rather than every year, just to keep on top of any developments, but really, infertility isn’t something to worry about until you have a lot more information. There are many, many other things it could be (including: nothing at all).
I HOPE your doctor didn't actually say abnormal cells were the result of 'sleeping with many people', because that is bullshit. Or that she could tell you’d slept with several because of the cells. That is also bullshit.
Abnormal cells could be the result of sleeping with ONE single person, who passed on an imbalance or virus to you. It only takes one person. Sure, people with more partners have a greater risk, but it’s not like something magical where your body KNOWS you’ve slept with too many guys so you get abnormal cells! And no, she can’t tell from looking at your body how many partners you’ve had.
The reason she suggested staying with one partner is so that you don’t pass whatever virus (and in most cases it is a virus that causes abnormal cells) around. The reason she said that, rather then ‘Don’t have sex!’ is because most of the viruses that cause abnormal cells aren’t too dangerous for women, and are almost completely harmless for men (except of course, that they can pass them on to other women). It’s really just plain out good advice not bang a bunch of random people :D
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well they do tests with whatever was done. thats how they can tell. its nothing to worry about, its not life threatening. im sorry about this though. :/
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