Do not assume that you are being routinely tested for STD/STI during yearly gynecological exams.

STDs are not routinely screened during annual pap smears.

Most physicians concur that all patients, male and female, being evaluated for STD's should be offered HIV testing. Most would also suggest a blood test for hepatitis B.

There is uniform agreement amongst doctors that routine STD testing in women most definitely requires a Pap Test. The Pap test, also called a Pap smear, checks for changes in the cells of a females cervix. The cervix is the lower part of the uterus (womb) that opens into the vagina (birth canal). The Pap test can detect an infection, abnormal (unhealthy) cervical cells, or cervical cancer.