How many is too many?
Aug. 12th, 2006 09:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
semperfionaHuh.Medicare defines it as five.
(There's a notice in my gynecologist's office that explains that PAP smears are only covered every three years, except for women in high-risk categories, who can have one every year. Five partners in a lifetime is considered a high-risk factor.)
(There's a notice in my gynecologist's office that explains that PAP smears are only covered every three years, except for women in high-risk categories, who can have one every year. Five partners in a lifetime is considered a high-risk factor.)
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Date: 2006-08-12 02:55 pm (UTC)In terms of estimating the risk of infection by, or at least exposure to, a specific pathogen, in this case HPV, five is probably a reasonable number.