Question concerning inflammation?

[Giving My .02]

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I was wondering what inflammation on a pap smear might mean. My mom has had to go in like three times over the past 1/2 year, and now the Ob/gyn has scheduled her for a colo(?) spelling ? Is it a bad sign or could she just have a chronic infection. Just worrying, and thought someone around here might know.

 

[dread]

Chronic infection can cause a "false" positive pap smear. The colposcopy should provide your mother with further answers. Here is a link:
http://my.webmd.com/content/healthwise/70/17469.htm?lastselectedguid={5FE84E90-BC77-4056-A91C-9531713CA348}

 

[neilc]

http://www.vnh.org/OBGYN/PapSmears/PapInterpretation.htm#Inflammation

sounds like it is interfering with the pap, and they want to get some better samples.

 

[Giving My .02]

Thank you guys. I feel better now, and appreciate you finding the links for me.

 

[Giving My .02]

One more question? My mother just had the colposcopy done today and the results should be in Friday. What type of results are they looking for in her case?

 

[neilc]

colposcopy provides a magnified veiw of the cervix. so, the lesions could be easier to identify and biopsied. what likely occured is that they took a closer look at the cervix and biopsied it for the pathologist to review. it will give a more accurate picture of the histology than the pap smear.