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Sexual abuse survivors aren’t going for smear tests because it’s too ‘distressing’
SEXUAL abuse survivors are avoiding getting potentially life-saving smear tests, because it's too "distressing", a worrying new study has found.
Nearly three quarters of survivors (72%) either delay or skip their screenings completely, according to Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust.
Smear tests detect early signs of cervical cancer, with 3,000 cases being diagnosed in the UK every year, but the uptake for tests is at a 20-year low.
A speculum is inserted into the vagina during the checks, meaning it can be uncomfortably intimate for women who have experienced sexual abuse.
One 28-year-old survivor told Cosmo it took her over a year to pluck up the courage to get a smear test - because she received her letter six months after being assaulted while travelling in Europe.
"The idea of having a stranger touch me was incredibly distressing, and one of the main reasons that it took so long for me to have a smear test," she said.
With the help of her partner, who came to the smear with her, the survivor did finally get tested - but described it as a "triggering" experience that left her feeling "anxious and distressed".
Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust is now working in partnership with Rape Crisis, to educate medics so they can provide emotional support for survivors.
"Cervical screening is an inevitably intimate and invasive process and for some survivors it can trigger memories or even flashbacks," Katie Russell from Rape Crisis said.
"Survivors deserve the same right to important healthcare as everyone else."
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