Recently, as part of a preventive action against cervical cancer, I had a pap smear test, I got a result stating: AI, BI, CIb, II according to the Bethesda system, Hemophilus vag sticks. background smear and inflammatory changes in individual cells. Please interpret this result for me, because I have read a lot about the Bethesda system on the Internet, but I cannot find an article giving a detailed explanation of the system's symbols. I am very upset and worried because recently my mother died of cervical cancer and I have an appointment with my gynecologist in a month.

Dear Madam, Most likely there was an error as a result. Group II is definitely determined according to Papsanikolau and it is a correct result, although there is a vaginosis, i.e. an inflammation of the vagina, which should be treated and then the cytology result repeated.

Remember that our expert's answer is informative and will not replace a visit to the doctor.

Dr. Michał Barwijuk

Assistant at the Department of Obstetrics, Women's Diseases and Oncological Gynecology at the MSW Hospital in Warsaw. Member of the Polish Gynecological Society (PTGP), member and founder of the Polish Society of Plastic Gynecology (PTGP) and the Polish Society of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Gynecology (PTGEiR).

Co-organizer of trainings and lecturer for doctors in the field of plastic, aesthetic and reconstructive gynecology. Organizer of trainings and lecturer in laser techniques in aesthetic gynecology. He completed prestigious training at the Institute of Aesthetic and Reconstructive Gynecology in Florida (USA).

On a daily basis, she operates and assists in the most complex plastic and reconstructive gynecology procedures, and also performs minimally invasive aesthetic gynecology procedures, restoring the functionality and aesthetics of intimate zones. He trains doctors in laser techniques, carboxytherapy, platelet-rich plasma and hyaluronic acid in plastic and aesthetic gynecology and in surgical techniques in plastic gynecology. Since 2016, he has been conducting the first in Poland course in plastic gynecology on non-fixed preparations as part of practical classes at the CEMED medical education center.

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