Hello, I have a question, is the study for bacteria from the cervix called cytology, or is it something completely different?
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Klaudia Ćwiąkała Pharmacist, Editor
1 year ago
Probably not, the cervix is directly connected to the vagina, so a possible infection would be detectable in both swabs.
And I have one more question, how did I have a list made from the vagina and nothing came out, and something could come out of the cervical swab?
And I have one more question, how did I have a list made from the vagina and nothing came out, and something could come out of the cervical swab?
Klaudia Ćwiąkała Pharmacist, Editor
1 year ago
For @Kingusia: A vaginal swab, which is performed to obtain material for culture (i.e. "sowing" the collected material on a special substrate to observe what microorganisms will grow), is taken with a swab (a stick ending with cotton wool) from the posterior vault of the vagina, while a cervical swab is taken from the cervical canal located at the mouth of the vagina. In turn, cytology involves the collection with a special brush of epithelial cells from the vaginal part of the cervix. Swabs make it possible to detect inflammation and infections of the vagina or cervix caused by pathogenic microorganisms, and cytology makes it possible to detect precancerous conditions or tumors based on microscopic evaluation of the collected cells.
So vaginal culture and cervical culture are not the same thing, I understand correctly?
Anna Pochopień Pharmacist
1 year ago
Cytology is a test that allows you to detect cancer cells within the cervix. It does not detect bacteria in a woman's genital tract. Bacteria and other microbes, in turn, can be detected in the genital tract by microbiological examination of a vaginal swab. I encourage you to read the article that will help dispel your doubts: https://www.gdziepolek.pl/artykuly/jak-przygotowac-sie-do-wizyty-u-ginekologa