Things to note when taking a cervical smear

With the continuous improvement of living standards, more and more women are always busy with work and neglect their physical health. The long-term development is particularly prone to the occurrence of some gynecological diseases, and many gynecological diseases are particularly prone to cancer. Among them, cervical cancer is a common gynecological disease in life. Usually, the disease is detected through cervical cell examination, but if we want to make the examination results more accurate, we must pay special attention before the examination. Let’s understand the precautions of cervical cell examination.

Things to note when taking a cervical smear

1. The person being examined should avoid sexual intercourse within 24 hours before the scraping.

2. Do not flush the vagina, use vaginal suppositories, or perform intravaginal examinations within 24 to 48 hours before the planned examination.

3. When there is cervical inflammation, treatment should be carried out first, and then the scraping should be done to avoid the film being filled with a large number of white blood cells and inflammatory cells, which may affect the diagnosis.

4. It is best to schedule the examination during the non-menstrual period.

5. Anyone who has had sexual intercourse should have a cervical smear test. Regardless of whether they are married or unmarried, any woman who has had sexual intercourse at any age may develop cervical cancer. Among them, women who marry early or have sexual experience too early, give birth to their first child at a very young age, have many sexual partners, give birth frequently, or smoke have a particularly high risk of developing the disease. Therefore, any woman who has sexual activity should undergo a smear test at least once a year.

Methods of cervical smear

After fully exposing the external os of the cervix, rotate the scraper 360 degrees at the external os of the cervix and gently scrape the mucosa and secretions there. The secretions were then evenly spread on numbered slides, immediately fixed in 95% ethanol for 15 minutes, and removed and stained with the Papanicolaou staining method.

This diagnostic method does not cause damage to the cervix and is not painful.

1. Please seek examination from an experienced obstetrician and gynecologist, because in addition to the location and collection techniques of cervical smear sampling, the obstetrician and gynecologist's observation with the naked eye and accompanying internal examination are also necessary tasks. Clinical experience combined with the accuracy of smear sampling can improve the accuracy of smear.

2. Do not douche the vagina within 24 to 48 hours before the examination. Many women douche the vagina and the area before seeing a gynecologist as a courtesy, but this will ruin the situation and affect the results of the smear.

3. In principle, it is clearer to check right after menstruation. If there is no menstruation, or there is abnormal bleeding, or the secretions have an odor, samples can be taken for examination at any time. If someone who receives regular examinations finds any abnormalities before the scheduled time, he or she should go to the doctor for examination immediately.

4. There must be results after the examination. Nowadays, there are too many obstetrics and gynecology patients and some of them may be busy with personal matters and forget to look at the results. It should be noted that without results, it is equivalent to a waste of time, and in serious cases it may delay the disease.

5. Cervical smears can only be used for cancer prevention screening and cannot be used as a formal basis for diagnosis. The final conclusion will be determined by the report of the pathologist on the biopsy, so don't panic if you hear that there is abnormal cell lesions.

The above is an introduction to the precautions for cervical smear examination. I hope it will be helpful to many friends after understanding it, especially before doing cervical smear examination, you must avoid having sex and avoid flushing the vagina. This will make the test results more accurate, so that the disease can be better diagnosed and treated in time.