When to do first gyn visit for teen?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to go to the doctor to get a so, you can do it at home. For many, a pelvic exam is unpleasant and unnecessary.

Not “so”, I meant Pap smear.
Teal wand gets mailed to you and you mail it back. Less invasive

Are you seriously suggesting that a teen who has never been to the gyn do her own pap? Or are you suggesting that it's less invasive if mom and dad were to do it? AND are you suggesting that those results are just as valid as the pap done by a medical doctror in an office setting????????

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to go to the doctor to get a so, you can do it at home. For many, a pelvic exam is unpleasant and unnecessary.

I assume that the many never have piv or cunnilingus?

Honestly this thinking is why people don't get mammograms or colonoscopies. Sometimes we just have to do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to go to the doctor to get a so, you can do it at home. For many, a pelvic exam is unpleasant and unnecessary.

I assume that the many never have piv or cunnilingus?

Honestly this thinking is why people don't get mammograms or colonoscopies. Sometimes we just have to do it.

No one's going "yay, a pap smear" or "yay a speculum" just like no one gets super excited about mole checks. But it's a couple minutes of discomfort. I don't get why it's a big deal.

I had a classmate die of cervical cancer in her 30s. That didn't have to happen.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to go to the doctor to get a so, you can do it at home. For many, a pelvic exam is unpleasant and unnecessary.

Not “so”, I meant Pap smear.
Teal wand gets mailed to you and you mail it back. Less invasive

The lunacy continues.

The teal wand is recommended for those 25 and older who have already been to a gyn, along with certain other caveats. Not for teens. But maybe for some people.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to go to the doctor to get a so, you can do it at home. For many, a pelvic exam is unpleasant and unnecessary.

Not “so”, I meant Pap smear.
Teal wand gets mailed to you and you mail it back. Less invasive

Are you seriously suggesting that a teen who has never been to the gyn do her own pap? Or are you suggesting that it's less invasive if mom and dad were to do it? AND are you suggesting that those results are just as valid as the pap done by a medical doctror in an office setting????????

A “teen” doesn’t need anything from the gyn- unless there is a particular abnormal issue. A pap isn’t even recommended until 21, even if sexually active before then.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to go to the doctor to get a so, you can do it at home. For many, a pelvic exam is unpleasant and unnecessary.

I assume that the many never have piv or cunnilingus?

Honestly this thinking is why people don't get mammograms or colonoscopies. Sometimes we just have to do it.

No one's going "yay, a pap smear" or "yay a speculum" just like no one gets super excited about mole checks. But it's a couple minutes of discomfort. I don't get why it's a big deal.

I had a classmate die of cervical cancer in her 30s. That didn't have to happen.

Sad for your friend, but irrelevant for this discussion. Current recommendation is pap starting at 21, then every 3-5 yrs. No annual pelvic exam necessary unless having issue or at high risk for something. You also have to figure majority of today’s teens- boys and girls, has been vaccinated against HPV. They are less likely than our generation to even be exposed

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You don’t have to go to the doctor to get a so, you can do it at home. For many, a pelvic exam is unpleasant and unnecessary.

I assume that the many never have piv or cunnilingus?

Honestly this thinking is why people don't get mammograms or colonoscopies. Sometimes we just have to do it.

No one's going "yay, a pap smear" or "yay a speculum" just like no one gets super excited about mole checks. But it's a couple minutes of discomfort. I don't get why it's a big deal.

I had a classmate die of cervical cancer in her 30s. That didn't have to happen.

Sad for your friend, but irrelevant for this discussion. Current recommendation is pap starting at 21, then every 3-5 yrs. No annual pelvic exam necessary unless having issue or at high risk for something. You also have to figure majority of today’s teens- boys and girls, has been vaccinated against HPV. They are less likely than our generation to even be exposed

It is more than relevant to this conversation. My friend's 21 year old died of cervical cancer. Are you 100% sure you would know what the symptoms of cervical cancer are?

[Anonymous]

My GYN said it was necessary for my daughter to go to a GYN unless they were having issues.

When the time comes, our family nurse practitioner can do paps and breast exams.

[Anonymous]

sorry, wasn't necessary

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teens don't need to go to the gynecologist. Gyne's are specialists who you see if there is an issue.

Their regular doctor can handle questions about birth control / sex etc.

Disagree. Mine hasn’t gone yet, but I plan on taking her this summer before she goes to college. There was a long thread about this a few weeks ago.

It’s really hard and long waits to be seen by a gyn as a new patient with no issue. Don’t waste their time and take up needed spots to others. If all your teen needs is the safe sex and birth control options talk (and a prescription), the pediatrician or family doctor are completely qualified and do this all the time.

One way to avoid this is to build a relationship with doctor before an issue presents itself. Like, perhaps when you’re 17/18.

So you are going to have her meet and build a relationship with every kind of specialist just in case down the road she has an issue? Bizarre. She doesn't need to see a neurologist or a cardiologist or a gynecologist or an internist or a hematologist or a psychiatrist as a teen to build a relationship in case she has a future health issue.

That’s not the same. Almost all women will need an Ob/Gyn throughout their lives. I don’t think I would trust the pediatrician to be up on the newest birth control and what’s best for each patient.

Sure, but for a teen, it may be decades before they have a need for a GYN specifically.

I don’t know, gynecologists are not only doing a pap smear but they can spot early signs of cervical cancer a young women’s disease. They are more knowledgeable about all of the STDs and what to look for. They discuss abnormalities in the monthly period. Diagnose the possibility of PCOS or endometriosis. They do breast exams routinely not just an occasional one.

Young women are diagnosed with breast cancer, cervical cancer and other gyn problems every day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At what age did you take your teen to the gynecologist for the first time?

Our obgyn said 22 or whenever you start having sex.