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When getting a Pap smear, intercourse should be refrained from atleast 24 hours before scheduled, thus avoiding confusion with vulvar pap smear results. During sexual contacts, semen and liquids produced in male organism get into the vagina and can make cells found in the cervix look abnormal for some time. Therefore, doctors insist on women restraining from sex 24 hours before having Papanicolaou test. When getting a Pap smear, intercourse should be refrained from atleast 24 hours before scheduled, thus avoiding confusion with vulvar pap smear results.

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Pap Smear Intercourse

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Vulvar, Pap Smear

However, the amount of cells that could be altered during ejaculation is very small and a woman may have normal Papanicolaou results even after having been with a man. Doctors still try to eliminate any possibility of getting confused test results and advise women avoid sex, douching, and vaginal jellies 24 hours before the procedure. When getting a Pap smear, intercourse should be refrained from atleast 24 hours before scheduled, thus avoiding confusion with vulvar pap smear results.

Other Topics: HPV Virus Symptom, HPV Picture Symptom Wart, HPV, Human Papillomavirus HPV, ASCUS HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Cervical Cancer Human Papilloma Virus, Cervical Dysplasia, Pap Smear Test, Genital Wart

Dr. Joe Glickman, Jr., M.D.

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