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How to deal with cervical screenings...

wormhaven_24

Hi. I'm new to this community so something like this may have already been discussed, but I am 25 and received the letter for cervical screening a few months ago. I have been terrified of the thought of it ever since I learned that it was something that is offered. 

With me, I have the following challenges due to being autistic: 

- Low pain tolerance

- Hypersensitivity to touch

- I am asexual/never been sexually active

I have watched videos about it on tiktok of people's experiences and they say it doesn't hurt, just feels a bit uncomfortable. I have difficulty with a lot of medical tests due to being hypersensitive to pain and having bad experiences in hospital in relation to this also. I did book one in but never went to it, and now I feel worried about trying to book another one. I wish there was a clinic I could go to, but no local ones do cervical tests. I have spoken to the GP about the process and asked questions but it didn't really help my anxiety. 

Does anyone have any advice on this? 

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  • Many years ago I did - a couple of times - go for cervical screening - and I found it very very difficult on multiple levels. But then I read an article that said that cervical cancer is caused by the HPV virus and that is sexually transmitted. I met my husband when we were very young and as we had never had any other sexual partners than each other I figured that there’s no way I could have had contact with the HPV virus - so I stopped having cervical smears. Obviously I’m not giving medical advice - but you could always look into the medical/scientific facts regarding this to get more information. If you’ve never been sexually active (and have no intention of a sexual relationship at this point) it might be that you could safely not have cervical smears at this point. You could ask your GP about this too. 

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  • Many years ago I did - a couple of times - go for cervical screening - and I found it very very difficult on multiple levels. But then I read an article that said that cervical cancer is caused by the HPV virus and that is sexually transmitted. I met my husband when we were very young and as we had never had any other sexual partners than each other I figured that there’s no way I could have had contact with the HPV virus - so I stopped having cervical smears. Obviously I’m not giving medical advice - but you could always look into the medical/scientific facts regarding this to get more information. If you’ve never been sexually active (and have no intention of a sexual relationship at this point) it might be that you could safely not have cervical smears at this point. You could ask your GP about this too. 

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