How much does a biopsy hurt during a colposcopy?

[avanliamsmum]

Thanks for your advice, I feel a bit better about it now!

[Mother Goose]

Hi there,

There should be no residual pain. You should be sedated and completely unaware of what is happening. The biopsy (unless they are removing a large area) is the size of a little bigger than a pin head (at best). The best way to describe how we do it is to say that we put a cord type thing into the scope and it has teeny little "clappers" on the end. We can open and close them as though they are clapping... they have little teeth on them (kind of like croc teeth) and we open it over the area we want to biopsy, and then close it and remove the cord. Honestly - it is extrordinarily small. Any discomfort you may feel post proceedure should be managable with panadol or paracetamol.

I hope that helps.

MG