COLPOSCOPY with PAPA smear
COLPOSCOPY with PAPA smear
Colposcopy with PAPA smear needs to be done once a year, if the previous examination shows normal results.
- Colposcopy is a type of test where the uterus and vagina are inspected under a special microscope (colposcope). This enlarged image enables your doctor to analyze the surface of your cervix and vagina walls much clearer, and detect some suspicious changes. Just before the colposcopy, PAPA test is mandatory (these two methods are perfectly complementary).
Depending on the looks and scope of the detected changes, and the results of the PAPA test, the doctor will assess whether a biopsy is needed, to send a part of the tissue on the HP analysis.
Colposcopy with PAPA smear needs to be done once a year, if the previous examination shows normal results. This exam should be done for the first time not later than three years after the first sexual intercourse, and not later than the age of 21.
In modern gynecology, the following statement is generally confirmed and accepted:
Routine annual colsposcopic exam with PAPA test enables detection of premalignant and early stage malignant changes on the cervix, in the stage when they are completely curable with a smaller surgical procedure. In other words, this control method practically eliminates possibility of advanced forms of cervical cancer.
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