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Smear Test.

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Hey.

Can someone tell me about smear tests please? Do you HAVE to have them? What happens? How often? everything u can tell me please.

Karen x

Reply 1

nikk

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sparkle86

Hey.

Can someone tell me about smear tests please? Do you HAVE to have them? What happens? How often? everything u can tell me please.

Karen x

Hi Karen,

Below is a link to the NHS Cervical Screening Programme that gives quite a lot of information :smile:

http://www.cancerscreening.nhs.uk/cervical/

Reply 2

mangomaz

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Did you hear they've found a vaccine for cervical cancer?? Sorry I found out about this yesterday I was sooo amazed. Its probably somewhere else in the forum but I cant be bothered to find it.

No need to ever have a smear test again apparently. How amazing.

Reply 3

Special Patrol

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mangomaz

Did you hear they've found a vaccine for cervical cancer?? Sorry I found out about this yesterday I was sooo amazed. Its probably somewhere else in the forum but I cant be bothered to find it.

No need to ever have a smear test again apparently. How amazing.

You 100% still have to have smear tests even if you get vaccinated. The vaccination is for HPV which is a virus that increases your chances of getting cervical cancer, rather than a vaccine for cervical cancer itself. You can get cervical cancer even if you have never had HPV and even if you get vaccinated against HPV you can have already exposed to the virus before your vaccination, meaning that you are still at an increased risk of getting cervical cancer. Also the vaccine only protect you from certain strains of HPV. This one protects against HPV 16 and HPV 18, but not strains responsible for the other 30% of cervical cancers. So although the vaccine lowers your risk IF you are vaccinated before being exposed to HPV but it does not mean you can stop having smears :frown:

Reply 4

Lauren Hart

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i heard breifly about this, its all steps forwards though! Well done research people!

Reply 5

Lauren Hart

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oh, and if you look on the thread about frequently asked question at the top of the H&R forum, it'll link you to another thread on smears!

Reply 6

sparkle86

OP

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thanks xx

Reply 7

sparkle86

OP

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just looked at the link nikk gave me. so i dont have to have one until im 25???

Reply 8

Vixen

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I think I'd actually rather die than have a smear test.

Reply 9

Lauren Hart

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dont have one and you just might! They really dont sound THAT bad! Ok, its embarrassing, but if you plan to have babbies then someone will inevitably see you down there anyway! Its over in minutes! Its not exactly a huge big in depth vaginal exam!

Reply 10

sparkle86

OP

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its just no ones ever been down there before on me. me and my bf have discussed having sex and we both are ready. so i just wanna get lots of info.

karen x

Reply 11

Lauren Hart

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ok, you dont need one till your 25, so you'll have had lots of experience! And first time sex is amazing (mostly) Its so great when you go through all the firsts! I kinda miss the first times, lol, because they just blew my mind emotionally. Just make sure he goes at your pace!

Reply 12

Helenia

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sparkle86

its just no ones ever been down there before on me. me and my bf have discussed having sex and we both are ready. so i just wanna get lots of info.

karen x

You don't need one until you're 25 so don't worry about that. More important things are stuff like contraception etc.