Is it safe to have a smear during pregnancy?

Cervical smear test is chosen by many women during pregnancy to detect dangerous conditions for both mother and fetus.

Pregnancy does not prolong the process of changing cervical cells. Cervical cell changes or HPV do not affect the pregnancy either. It's best to see your doctor for prompt diagnosis and treatment. The following sharing will answer your questions about whether it is safe to have a smear test in the cervix, also known as a PAP test during pregnancy?

How to test for smear during pregnancy

Colposcopy is considered to be a safe method for pregnant mothers, but colposcopy can help you get more accurate results. If colposcopy is only helping you detect normal tissue, then you should have a Pap test (also known as a Pap smear).

During the cervical test, you are lying down with your vagina open. Then the doctor inserts a speculum (a device that helps make the cervix open) into the vagina to see the vagina and cervix. Your doctor will use a wooden stick to remove cells from the cervix. Then, the cell sample is taken into a laboratory to check and give results.

A set of cervical tests including blood tests, urine tests, cervical smear tests are the things pregnant mothers should do the first time.

What should you do when the test is positive?

The disease is spread through sexual contact can affect the mother and fetus. Most of the time, the disease is safely diagnosed and treated during pregnancy. If you have inflammatory problems such as gonorrhea or eczema, it is safe to take antibiotics before giving birth. In addition, your partner also needs to take antibiotics to avoid a relapse.

HPV is a virus, and of course it does not respond to antibiotics. In addition, pregnant women should not take a lot of antibiotics during pregnancy. If you have genital warts, your doctor can help get rid of these warts on your body. According to research, warts treatment does not affect the mother or the fetus.

The risks of cervical testing

There are not too many risks involved in having a smear during pregnancy. However, pregnant mothers need to be careful to prevent eye infections, lung infections and many other dangerous diseases.

The cervical smear test is a fairly advanced method currently available to detect sexually transmitted diseases during pregnancy. Hopefully with the above sharing, the pregnant mothers will have more medical knowledge to protect their health and their children well.