1) To create awareness about the importance of Pap-Test
2) To provide the patients this facility at non-profit basis
If you have abnormal bleeding or foul watery discharge you must have a diagnostic test to rule out cancer. Pap tests are done on women who have no symptoms of cancer and have no findings suggesting a cancer. Thus, Pap tests are done only on women who are normal. If the woman has symptoms or findings suggestive of cancer of the cervix then a diagnostic test must be done to exclude a cancer or to diagnose a cancer. Diagnostic tests are usually biopsies.
What is Pap-Smear?
Pap smears consist of cells removed from the cervix which are specially prepared for microscopic examination. The cells are removed by a gynecologist or other health care provider by brushing or scraping the cervix during a pelvic examination. You will be asked to lie on your back with your feet in the stirrups. A pelvic examination will be done, and a speculum (an instrument used to dilate the body passage in order to examine the interior) will be inserted into your vagina and opened slightly. A small cotton tipped applicator is inserted and rubbed against the cervix to take a sample. The removed cells are evenly spread on one or more glass slides. Each slide typically contains hundreds of thousand of cells.
How to prepare for the test
The health care provider should be notified of a prior abnormal Pap smear, if you might be pregnant, and you are taking any medications or birth control pills. You should avoid douching, using tampons, having intercourse, and tub bathing 24-hours before the test. Empty your bladder just before the test.
How the test will feel
There may be some discomfort and a feeling of pressure during the procedure. A small amount of bleeding may occur after the test.
Risks
There are no risks involved.
Normal values
The test is negative, meaning there are no abnormal cells present.
What abnormal results mean Results are reported in 2 ways.
The traditional classifications are reported as:
Class I: Normal pattern, no atypical or abnormal cells.
Class II: Benign (harmless) abnormality, atypical (not normal) but nonmalignant cells present.
Class III: Atypical cells consistent with dysplasia (abnormal tissue development).
Class IV: Suggestive of, but inconclusive for malignancy.
Class V: Conclusive for malignancy (cancerous).
A more recent system of reporting divides the results into 3 main areas:
Benign or no cancerous, precancerous or
showing some abnormal cell changes,
and malignant or possibly cancerous.