How Gynecology Visits Change Throughout Your Life
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Julia Austin
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How often should you get screened?
There are conflicting views on how often a woman in her 20s or 30s should receive pap smears, especially after an irregular one. “If you’ve had an abnormal pap smear, I err on the side of what makes the patient comfortable,” says Dr. Gray. “If you’ve had an abnormal one, you should err on the side of getting screened every year. Even if you’ve had normal pap smears for a while. That might be how I differ from other gynecologists. I feel patients are uncomfortable not being evaluated on a yearly basis after an abnormal pap smear.”
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