For patients · ColpoCare
An abnormal result, sorted in one visit.
An abnormal Pap smear or a positive HPV result is worrying. It does not have to mean months of waiting. We check, and treat where needed, in a single visit.
Colposcopy and treatment, where needed, in a single visit. Specialist-led, on a designated EMR and POPIA-compliant, in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Is this for you?
ColpoCare is for you if any of these apply.
These are the results and referrals ColpoCare is built for. Not sure? Ask us to call you, or call your nearest site, and we will guide you.
- You have an abnormal Pap smear or a positive HPV result.
- Your nurse or doctor saw something on your cervix they want checked.
- You bleed after sex, after menopause, or your periods are unusually heavy.
- You have a discharge that will not settle.
What happens
One visit, start to finish.
Most of what you need happens in a single sitting. You leave with your results explained and a clear follow-up plan.
01
The look
A colposcopy is a careful look at the cervix with a magnifying instrument. It is done in the consulting room and takes about 20 minutes.
02
Treatment, same visit
If treatment is needed, it usually happens in the same sitting: thermal ablation where there is no visible lesion, or LLETZ where a lesion is seen. Some findings need a small biopsy first.
03
Your results
You get your results and a clear follow-up plan. Your own doctor gets them too: a check at six months, then once a year for five years.
Special situations
If you are pregnant, living with HIV, or treated before.
The plan adjusts to keep you safe. Here is what changes.
- Pregnant: screening is safe before 20 weeks. Treatment usually waits until six weeks after the birth.
- Living with HIV: screening starts at 25 and repeats every five years, for life.
- Treated before: you need a follow-up check every year.
Cover
Confirmed before you commit.
Cash and medical-aid pathways are available, and we handle the authorisation directly with Discovery where it applies. We confirm your cover and what you will pay before anything happens.
Register for ColpoCare.
You do not need a referral. If you have results, have them ready and we will take it from there.