Why are PAP Smears so painful?

[Anonymous]

I've heard they are uncomfortable, but mine was far from uncomfortable! I almost passed out! I am used to pain and feeling crappy daily (migraines, dysmenorrhea, IBS), but that shit hurt like hell! Later that evening I blacked out and hit my head on hard wood floor, 🤮 5 times, and bled for 5 days (instead of 1-2). Very bad Dr. visit XP none to say the least.😅

[sage2021]

Oh wow girlfriend!! I've never heard of a pap smear that went that bad.
You do know that when they go inside of you with the speculum that they are taking a piece of your cervix to biopsy it for cancer right? And that kinda does hurt.

But what you are describing seems like there is something going on with your female organs.
And vomiting, etc?
I can't imagine how a pap smear can go so wrong. Hum!
I have never heard any girls growing up or women through out my long life have something like this happen to them.

Do you know what is causing you to get migraines everyday? My son and I and a roommate man all lived together in these nice apartments, but the very first night after we moved in, I started feeling really sick 🤢 right away.
Started getting migraines everyday and my teenage son did as well. The roommate had a job so he wasn't in the apartment all day and night like we were. Sick, pain, migraines and more.
Well, fast forward 15-1/2 years later my roommate fainted while he was on his way to the bathroom. Bam! He hit his face on the TV and VCR, and the stand the TV was on. He got pretty bloody and messed up.
But do you know what he was diagnosed with at the hospital? Carbon monoxide poisioning! It was from the gas stove with no ventilation to let the fumes out.

As soon as we moved out of that apartment my son and I didn't get anymore migraines and I got better. My roommate didn't faint anymore either.

I am just trying to think of things that could cause you to be so I'll.

I still have a pretty messed up digestive system though. That went away for 3 year's then came back.
There is such a thing as "Sick building syndrome" which can be your living environment to have something wrong with it that's making you so sick.

[Asker]

The smear part I didn't feel everything else I felt 1,000%. Migraines, nausea, and vomiting are anywhere and anytime. No one else living in the same house has it. I'm only 5 feet tall and 110 (was 110 lbs.). Since February of this year, I've lost 14 pounds due to vomiting/not being able to keep food calories down.

[Asker]

To be precise: Random (sometimes a few days in a row, sporadically, every other day, sometimes have a break in between. Always had these symptoms, but they worsened this February drastically. Not just from stress/anxiety/PTSD I had that growing up and symptoms didn't get like this) nausea, vomiting, migraine, dizziness, light sensitivity, fainting, lower back ache, loss of appetite, weight loss, heartburn, sharp abdominal pain (directly beneath sternum, directly beneath bellybutton, middle, lower, upper and lower left and right, upper and lower right), pain: sharp, achy, crampy, stabbing, throbbing, burning, twisted, excessive gass, constipation, diarrhea (sometimes mixed both & within the same day and bathroom visit), insomnia or extra tired, low energy, irregular bowel movements, bloating, shortness of breath, shaking/trembling, fatigue, sweats and chills, vaginal stinging/burning/soreness and spasms, irregular periods (every other week sometimes lasting 2 weeks or very heavy for regular "time" a. k. a. a week).

[Booklover_90]

Was it your first Pap smear?

[Asker]

Yeah, but people say it should be uncomfortable not hurting to the point I almost blacked out and couldn't speak or think

[Booklover_90]

Oh okay. I understand where you’re coming from. My first few Pap smears were an absolute nightmare. I would freak out and panic. However, as I had more of them, I discovered that, the more you freak out and panic, you tense of up down there, making it difficult for the doctor to inset the speculum. I know it’s difficult, but you can’t think about it. What I do now is take some deep breathes, relaxing myself as much as possible until the procedure is over. As you have more, it’ll become easier.

[Asker]

Inserting was fine and even opening it most of the way was fine, but fully open was no bueno. She wasn't prepped so opened the speculum fully inside me and then went and grabbed all the supplies and started asking a bunch of questions. That's when I couldn't think straight or really even speak to come up with/think of the answers to answer her questions. I kept just repeating, "I don't know."

[Asker]

Until after she took the speculum out, then I could think and answer the questions, the smear part I didn't feel.

[Booklover_90]

Ah. I see. Yeah, that part is nerve wracking. Still, you have to remain as calm as possible.

[Danny_dan92]

Ask your doctor

[Asker]

WDYM?

[Danny_dan92]

Ask the doctor why it hurts?