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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For what it's worth, healthy, low-risk women do not need routine annual pelvic exams. http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/expert-panel-says-healthy-women-dont-need-yearly-pelvic-exam-201407027250 However, I agree that it would be good for a sexually-active 18-year-old to talk to a doctor (whether a gynecologist or generalist) about disease prevention and contraception, especially long-acting reversible contraception, which is highly effective. http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Committee-Opinions/Committee-on-Adolescent-Health-Care/Adolescents-and-Long-Acting-Reversible-Contraception[/quote] I wish they would quit saying that. I skipped one annual exam because of that guideline and guess what I got? Cervical cancer, stage 2. I had never had any kind of issue before that and had I done my usual annual exam it would have been caught and handled before it ever progressed to cancer. [/quote]
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