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Originally Posted by Insomnia  Well I went for my first smear test today (I'm 23, we don't do them noramlly til you are 25 in the UK) and it turns out I have cervical ectopy/erosion. It also bleed so much when she touched it I now have to go have a colposcopy (not cool) and I have to go to haematology to get checked out for some girly version of haemophilia. All in all, not a great appointment.
So two questions:
1) what do they do about cervical ectopy?
2) what exactly is involved in a colposcopy and is it painful? |
I'm in the UK and 22 and I've had a smear test too. I don't know why they say on the website 25 - 64 because they've been sending me letters since I moved here and registered with a doctor.
ANyways I'm really sorry for you and I hope you're okay. I have no idea what they do for those things but I did a google search and found:
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Cervical ectopy is not necessarily an abnormal condition and does appear temporarily in a lot of women under hormonal influence during puberty and pregnancy. The use of the oral combined contraceptive pill is also known to favor its reappearance or persistence.
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Treatment is rarely needed for this condition. In cases when they become a nuisance cauterization may be used to eliminate ectopic cells.
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