Cervical screening must be done after the menstrual period is completely over, as long as you avoid your period. No coitus, vaginal medications, etc. are allowed three days before the test.
Normally, cervical screening should be done during non-menstrual period, after menstruation is completely over, avoiding the menstrual period, mainly to avoid menstruation interfering with the test results. In addition, you need to avoid sexual intercourse, vaginal medication, vaginal douching, etc. for three days before the cervical screening.
Cervical screening is mainly to check for the presence of cervical pre-cancerous lesions and cervical cancer, which includes HPV test and TCT test. Secondly, if one suffers from pelvic inflammation, vaginitis and other diseases, one needs to wait until the condition recovers before going to the hospital for cervical screening. It is also necessary to prohibit coitus for three days after the examination and pay more attention to rest.
To summarize, women need to know the relevant precautions and contraindications before doing cervical screening to prevent the results from being affected.