28th June 2023

A 35-year-old woman is seen in the sexual health clinic with a one-month history of post-coital bleeding.

A 35-year-old woman is seen in the sexual health clinic with a one-month history of post-coital bleeding. She had a normal cervical smear test last year at her routine screening, with no previous changes identified, and has had one pregnancy and delivery two years ago. She has been on the combined pill since the delivery of her child and wishes to continue with this contraception. How should this bleeding be investigated first?

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