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Not sexually active but nurse tells me I need a smear

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jay65953
jay65953

Hi I am a 29 year old female.

My nurse at my initial patient assessment (assessment for patients registering at a new practice) said that I "need to" have a cervical smear test even though I am not sexually active and never have been. She says I need to have it done because it shows pre-cancerous cells in the cervix and if I don't have it done the practice's computer system will keep showing a message that my cervical smear is outstanding.

The cervical smear test is all booked in for next month. I have never had sex or had anything like this done and I am worried it'll hurt.

Will it hurt if I have never had sex? Will the nurse I see understand that it's my first smear? 

I am so nervous and I feel like a complete chicken for being nervous over something like this.

Thanks

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  • eliz52
    eliz52 jay65953

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    http://www.bmj.com/rapid-response/2011/10/28/women-informed-consent-and-cervical-screening

    Jay, here is a great summary of the legal and ethical responsibility of the surgery/doctor to obtain your informed consent for cancer screening. Andrew Rouse is a senior lecturer at Birmingham University working in the public health area, this is his response to an article published in the British Medical Journal on Cervical Screening and Informed Consent. Sadly, few women see these articles and comments, instead we so often get misinformation, coercion, pressure and scare/unethical tactics etc. That's not ethical cancer screeening, not even close.

  • mrsanne
    mrsanne jay65953

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    Any health professional who is willing to break a womans virginity to give a smear needs to be struck off.  Why is no one telling this poor girl this?
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