What is a Pap smear? How do you prevent cervical cancer?

The Pap smear is a simple procedure that protects you from cervical cancer... It is a swab from the cervix that is taken in the clinic with a wooden or cotton swab, and then it is spread on a glass slide and sent to the pathological lab.
Question: There is no need to go to the hospital or to undergo anesthesia?
Answer: Of course not... The smear is a very simple and completely painless procedure.
Question: For whom is this analysis conducted? Are there certain conditions for the woman who runs it?
Answer: It is possible to perform a smear for every married woman, regardless of her age or health status... In the West and developed countries, even a pregnant woman, a Pap smear is taken from her... I recommend it to every woman who suffers from recurrent gynecological infections or vaginal bleeding outside of menstrual times or bleeding after intercourse, or if She had genital warts or sexually transmitted diseases.
Question: When should a smear be done?
Answer: The smear can be done at any time of the month, but it is preferable to do it 15 days after the first day of the menstrual cycle, with attention to the need to stay away from intercourse and the use of creams and vaginal douches for 48 hours before the procedure...
Question: What are the smear results?
Answer: Either the smear is normal and then it is repeated every 2-3 years. Or the result is an inflammatory that treats the inflammatory changes and the smear is returned after 6 months, or the result is the presence of mild cellular changes predisposing to cancer and then we treat the infections because most of these results are caused by inflammation and we repeat the smear after 3 months, or the result is moderate or severe cellular changes predisposing to cancer and then we resort To the magnifying endoscopy of the cervix, and we take multiple biopsies, and if the result is confirmed, we cauterize the cervix... Of course, if the result is explicitly precancerous, it is treated as cancer and appropriate measures are taken.
Question: So do all infections in the cervix or cervical ulcers need you?

The answer is no, of course. Otherwise, we spent all our time in the clinic cauterizing the uterus… Only moderate or severe pre-cancerous lesions confirmed by smear, magnifying endoscopy and multiple biopsies need cauterization.