smear tests

[gossipgirl]

i had my smear test earlier and i bled quite alot during despite having a period 2 weeks ago. The nurse told me that if i dont stop bleeding by tonight then im to call the surgery and ask to see a doctor immedietly, why is this? Also i told her that after having my coil fitted after having my daughter 16 months ago, i had alot of unexplained heavy irregular bleeding for about 10 months following that but has since has gone into the reverse effect and now when i am due on i mainly have spotting and ive been late on 2 periods. She seemed quite concerned, but didnt explain why. Can anyone shed a light on this, i dont know if i should be worried or not.

[sqad617]

Confused...you had a smear test earlier? when is earlier? and then you had a period 2weeks ago, so what was the time span between smear and period. Were you bleeding between smear and period and have you been bleeding since period of 2weeks ago.

[gossipgirl]

hi i had it about 10.30. i came off my period 10 days ago and have not had any bleeding since today when i hhad the smear. im still bleeding now

[sqad617]

So you have been bleeding for 8hrs?

Soaking a pad or not?

[gossipgirl]

not soaking but i would say its more than spotting. its fresh red blood its not changing colour to suggest that its coming to an end

[sqad617]

gossipgirl...I just can't see the "big deaL" as suggested by the nurse....."see a doctor immediately?" I just can't see the urgency.

It is quite common to bleed after a smear test up to a week I would suggest.

My advice, wear a pad and if it shows no sign of settling by tomorrow night then make an appointment to see you GP on Friday morning. If it starts to soak through your pad then of course see him tomorrow.

I have no idea what the nurse has in mind.

[gossipgirl]

thats what i couldnt understand! i wouldnt dream of calling a out of hours surgery over some bleeding, if i was in extreme pain as well, then i wouldnt hesitate of course, but im not. there ws quite alot of blood on the wand that they scrape the cells off with, would that give a abnormal test result?

[sqad617]

gossipgirl....any abnormal cells would be detected, bleeding or not. Excess bleeding would not produce in itself, abnormal cells confusing the issue and creating a false positive.

[gossipgirl]

thanks squad, ive stopped now so im not worrying anymore, just cant understand why the nurse made just a big issue of it.