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My daughter had a smear 10 days ago and I am terrified some thing will be wrong.
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Posted , 5 users are following.
My daughter had a smear 10 days ago and I am terrified some thing will be wrong.
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eliz52 claire75245
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Incredible there is so much hysteria about cc that women worry about it more than real risks to our health. Cc has always been fairly rare in the developed world, very rare before 30. We don't worry about other rare cancers, do we?
The evidence does not support screening before 30, it doesn't help but leads to lots of false positives, excess colposcopy, excess biopsy and over- treatment.
Now we know only about 5% of women aged 30 to 60 have a small chance of benefiting from a 5 yearly smear, those Hpv+....and you can test yourself for hpv, no need for a speculum exam.
Those HPV- and no longer sexually active or confidently monogamous can forget about further testing, unless they take a new partner.
i watch the Dutch, they have an evidence based program, women are offered 5 HPV tests or HPV self-testing at ages 30,35,40,50 and 60 and only the roughly 5% who test HPV+ are offered a smear test...every five years until they test hpv-
i don't have smear tests, hpv- cannot benefit but can be harmed by false positives and over- treatment.
The UK will move to hpv primary in the next few years but like Australia, is likely to stay with excessive and unnecessary testing, it's a great source of revenue for vested interests.
Marina_Dee claire75245
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claire75245 Marina_Dee
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Hi Marina
My daughter is 30 I suffer with really bad anxiety and get worried about the silliest of things. Just don't know how I would cope if it was bad new xx
Purpledobermann claire75245
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eliz52 Purpledobermann
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Did you know that adenocarcinoma of the cervix is usually missed by smear tests? Women tend to get a false negative, this can falsely reassure leading to a later diagnosis and poorer prognosis.
it's important to see a doctor with persistent and unusual symptoms or worsening symptoms, even If you recently had a normal smear test, in these cases you don't need a smear or another smear, but a proper investigation.
When I hear of a young woman with actual cervical cancer, it's usually an adenocarcima. Women are rarely told that this type of cc is usually missed by smear tests but the move to hpv testing should pick up more of these rare cancers.
Purpledobermann eliz52
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However there are rarely symptoms until advanced grades. So testing remains the only point of reference...
finnuala82216 Purpledobermann
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Many women are diagnosed with abnormal cells due to smear tests and LLETZ treatment is common. It is not a benign treatment, being associated with premature rupture of membranes in pregnancy, increased rates of C section, bleeding, infection etc. Approximately 80% of treatment for CIN2/3 comprises overtreatment as most of these women never go on to develop Ca cervix. It is the 13th most common cancer in the UK although most women believe it is a major killer. Disease mongering is necessary to make us all have those smear tests. Women need all the information about the potential for harm when undergoing any screening test.
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