View category for people with the Atkinson surname. Atkinson is a surname of Anglo-Scots origin with Norman antecedents. It derives from the pet name Atkin, which is a diminutive of Adam.
If you are 70 years or over and have had two normal Pap smears in the last five years, you do not have to keep having Pap smears, unless you wish to do so.Women who are over 70 years who have never had a Pap smear, or those who request a Pap smear, of course could have a pap smear.Remember that, with the advent of HPV testing that goes along with the papsmear test, women over the age of 30 need only to have a pap with HPV every 3 years, if both of negative. Patricia Geraghty, NP, Advanced Practice Nursing, answered. A woman over 30 years old, who has had normal pap smears and negative HPV tests, should continue to have pap smears every 5 years. She may stop having pap smears at age 65.
1 Women between ages 21 and 29 should have a Pap test done every 3 years. 2  HPV testing should not be used in this age group unless itâs needed after an abnormal Pap test result. 3  Women between the ages of 30 and 65 should have a Pap test plus an HPV test (called âco-testingâ) done every 5 years. Women between ages 21 and 29 should have a Pap test done every 3 years. 2  HPV testing should not be used in this age group unless itâs needed after an abnormal Pap test result. 3  Women between the ages of 30 and 65 should have a Pap test plus an HPV test (called âco-testingâ) done every 5 years.