Pap Smear Flashcards

When your female patients come to you, it's good to help them feel more comfortable by breaking a language barrier. Learn Spanish phrases about pap smear with this deck.

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A Pap smear or test is a microscopic examination of cells and it can save your life.

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Una prueba de Papanicolaou es un examen microscópico de células y puede salvarle la vida.

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A Pap smear is a simple and relatively inexpensive procedure that can easily detect cancerous or precancerous conditions.

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La tinción de Papanicolau es un procedimiento simple y relativament económico que puede detectar con facilidad condiciones cancerosas o precancerosas.

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A Pap smear is a test your doctor does to check for signs of cancer of the cervix. It is is performed as part of a gynecological routine exam.

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Una tinción de Papanicolau es un examen que su médico hace para chequear señas de cáncer de cuello uterino. Se realiza como parte de un examen ginecológico de rutina.

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The cervix is part of your uterus (womb) and during a Pap smear; your doctor takes a sample of cells from your cervix by scraping it to be tested.

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El cuello uterino es parte del útero (matriz) y durante una tinción de Papanicolau su médico toma una muestra de células del cuello uterino ráspandolo para examinarla.

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You should have your first Pap smear when you start having sex or by age eighteen and then continue having it once a year.

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Usted debe hacerse su primer tinción de Papanicolau cuando empieza a tener sexo o a la edad de dieciocho años y luego conntinuzar ralizándolo una vez al año.

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Keep having Pap smears throughout your life, even after you’ve gone through menopause.

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Siga haciéndose tinciones de Papanicolau a través de su vida,inclusive después de haber pasado por la menopausia.

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The patient will lie on a table. The patient will place your feet in stirrups to position your pelvis for examination.

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La paciente se acuesta sobre una mesa. La paciente coloca las piernas en estribo con el fin de ubicar la pelvis para el examen.

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A speculum will be inserted into your vagina and opened slightly. A speculum is an instrument used to open the walls of the vaginal canal to see the interior.

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Se introduce un espéculo en la vagina y se abre suavemente. Un espéculo es un instrumento utilizado para dilatar las paredes del canal vaginal con el fin de examinar el interior.

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A sample of cells from the outside and the canal of the cervix is taken by gently scraping the outside of the cervix.

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Se toma una muestra de células del exterior y del canal del cuello uterino.

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The cervix is scraped with a wooden or plastic spatula, and then a small brush is inserted into the canal.

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Se raspa suavemente el exterior del cuello uterino con una espátula de madera o plástica y luego se inserta un pequeño cepillo en el canal.

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The cells are placed on a glass slide.

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Las células se colocan sobre una laminilla de vidrio.

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The cells are sprayed with a fixative, or put in a bottle containing a preservative.

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Las células se rocían con un fijador o se colocan en una botella que contiene un conservante.

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The cells are then sent to the lab for examination

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Luego se envían las células al laboratorio para su análisis.

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An abnormal Pap smear means that the cells of your cervix have shown some slightly abnormal changes.

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Una tinción de Papanicolau anormal significa que las células de la cérvix han mostrado ciertos cambios ligeramente anormales.

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Some abnormal cells are more likely than others to be cancerous. Ask your doctor which of the following changes you have.

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Algunas células anormales tienen una mayor probabilidad que otras de ser cancerosas. Pregúntele a su médico cuá l de los siguientes cambios es el que usted tiene.

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The health care provider should be notified if you have had a prior abnormal Pap smear:

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Se le debe informar al médico si se ha presentado un frotis de Papanicolau anormal previo.

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The health care provider should be notified if you might be pregnant.

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Se le debe informar al médico si existe la posibilidad de que la paciente esté embarazada.

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The health care provider should be notified if you are taking any medications or birth control pills.

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Se le debe informar al médico si está tomando algún medicamento o píldoras anticonceptivas.

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Avoid scheduling your Pap smear while you are menstruating,because blood and cells from the endometrial cavity may obscure the accuracy of the Pap smear:

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Se debe evitar la programación del frotis de Papanicolau mientras la paciente est é menstruando, ya que la sangre y las c élulaș de la cavidad endometrial pueden dificultar la precisión del examen.

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Empty your bladder just before the test.

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Se debe vaciar la vejiga justo antes del procedimiento.

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You should avoid having a shower tewnty-four hours before the test.

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La paciente deberá evitar duchas durante las veinte y cuatro horas anteriores al examen.

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You should avoid using tampons twenty-four hours before the test.

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La paciente deberá evitar usar tampones durante las veinte y cuatro horas anteriores al examen.

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You should avoid having intercourse tewnty-four hours before the test.

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La paciente deberá evitar tener relaciones sexuales durante las veinte y cuatro horas anteriores al examen.

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There may be some discomfort during the procedure. There may be a feeling of pressure during the procedure.

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Puede haber un poco de molestia durante el procedimiento. Puede haber una sensación de presión durante el examen.

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A small amount of bleeding may occur after the test.

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Puede presentarse una pequeña cantidad de sangrado después del examen.

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A normal value is negative. A negative value means there are no abnormal cells present.

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Un valor normal es negativo. El valor negativo significa que no hay células anormales presentes.

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A positive Pap smear means that your results aren’t normal. It can be a sign of some changes in the cells on your cervix.

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Una tinción de Papanicolau positiva significa que sus resultados no son normales. Puede ser una seña de algunos cambios en las células del cuello del útero.

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An inflammation (irritation) can be caused by an infection of the cervix. An inflammation can include a yeast infection.

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Una inflamación (irritación) puede ser causado por una infección del cuello del útero. Una inflamación puede incluir una infección por levaduras.

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An inflammation can include an infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) or herpes virus, or other infections.

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Una inflamación puede incluir una infección por el virus del papiloma humano (VPH), por el virus del herpes o por otras infecciones.

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Changes involving very early signs of cancer are called dysplasia.

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Los cambios que involucran señas muy tempranas de cáncer se llaman displasia.