So You Got An Abnormal Pap. Now What?
How concerned should you be?
“Your pap smear was abnormal” is a rather vague diagnosis, Dr. Johnson explains. “There are five different designations for abnormal. You have everything from normal all the way to cancer and five different subcategories in between. The closer you are on the cancer diagnosis end, the more worried you should be. If it’s just abnormal, you shouldn’t be too worried.”