Do-it-yourself PAP smear
Filed in archive Investigational on November 8, 2005
Someone has invented a do-it-yourself PAP smear:
Women may soon be able to carry out their own test for cervical cancer at home. A British designer has developed a kit that can be used without the need for medical help . . .
. . . Now industrial designer Maja Kecman has, with the help of doctors, invented a test device that could ensure such women don't fall through the diagnosis net.
Maja, 29, a graduate in Industrial Design Engineering from the Royal College of Arts, says she had wanted to design something to benefit other women.
"Many women say they do not want smear tests because they don't like them," she says.
"I think this will encourage more screening and, as a result, lead to fewer cancers."
. . . Now industrial designer Maja Kecman has, with the help of doctors, invented a test device that could ensure such women don't fall through the diagnosis net.
Maja, 29, a graduate in Industrial Design Engineering from the Royal College of Arts, says she had wanted to design something to benefit other women.
"Many women say they do not want smear tests because they don't like them," she says.
"I think this will encourage more screening and, as a result, lead to fewer cancers."
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Response from:
Summer Wilson
(11/20/06 9:55pm)
This is a great idea! I'm a homebirth midwife and many of my clients avoid most medical care. This is ideal for them. How can I order?
Response from:
Catie
(03/17/08 9:51pm)
i like the sound of a do it yourself pap smear because i do no want any one do see my private parts(its private) and its embarressing to me. i would like do do my own pap test.
the sound of doctors looking at my praivate parts makes me shake big time and i feel like im gonna faint off.
the sound of doctors looking at my praivate parts makes me shake big time and i feel like im gonna faint off.
Response from:
ashley
(03/17/08 9:56pm)
i like the sound of the do it yourslef pap test and i would like you to send out order forms to get your own kit to test yourself. i hate the sound of doctors touching me. i heard that a doctor sexually abuesed a little girl before. i faint when i here people talking about doctors got to see you private parts in a pap smaer so i would like to get the kit so i could prove i can do it myself in privacy
Response from:
mattie
(11/19/08 9:45pm)
I thank that this will make it better for all women now they do not have to fill degrated any more. I know that until this new do it your self kit makes it to the US. I will be watting for my first test! Thank You.
Response from:
Brian
(09/28/10 3:09pm)
It's about time!
Response from:
Norman
(05/10/11 2:20pm)
Done in the privacy of your home has the advantage of no scheduling problems.
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