Female genital granulation

Most women wash their genitals every day because good hygiene habits can reduce the occurrence of gynecological diseases in women. Some diseases can cause granulation tissue to grow on the female genitals. If this happens, the patient must go to the hospital for examination in time, because this may be a symptom of genital warts. Genital warts are a common contagious disease. Let’s learn about it in detail.

1. Symptoms of Genital Warts

The incubation period of genital warts is 3 weeks to 8 months, with an average of 3 months. It is more common in young women aged 20-29. The clinical symptoms are often not obvious, and most patients seek medical treatment for vulvar growths. Some patients experience vulvar itching, burning pain, or bleeding after sexual intercourse. The lesions are common in areas that are easily injured during sexual intercourse, such as near the navicular fossa, labia majora and minora, around the anus, vaginal vestibule, and urethral opening. The vagina and cervix may also be affected.

50%-70% of vulvar warts are accompanied by vaginal and cervical warts. Genital warts initially present as single or multiple small pink papules with sharp tips and nipple-like protrusions. As the disease progresses, the lesions gradually increase in size and number, and may appear cauliflower-shaped, cockscomb-shaped, or lumpy, with an uneven, peak-shaped surface. The warts are often white, pink, or dirty gray, soft, and brittle, and the surface may be ulcerated or infected. In a small number of patients with reduced immunity, warts may proliferate excessively and develop giant condyloma acuminatum.

After the occurrence of genital warts, due to the interaction between HPV and the body's immune factors, the lesions in 10%-30% of patients may regress naturally, while the lesions in some patients may persist and further develop in some patients. Cervical lesions are mostly subclinical HPV infection, and no obvious lesions can be seen clinically, so they need the help of colposcopy and acetic acid test to assist in detection.

2. How to treat genital warts

How to treat genital warts? The principle of treatment for genital warts is first to remove the growths such as "nipples, cauliflowers, cockscombs", and secondly to control recurrence as much as possible. Generally speaking, there are topical corrosive drugs, such as podophyllotoxin tincture and podophyllotoxin tincture, to make the growths rot away. In addition, carbon dioxide laser, liquid nitrogen freezing, high-frequency electric knife, surgical resection and other treatment methods are also good. These methods can remove warts quickly. However, the recurrence rate of warts is high, and recurrence is most common 3-6 months after treatment.

If the physical therapy is not deep enough and the base of the wart is not removed, some small or atypical genital wart lesions are ignored and missed during treatment, genital warts are prone to recurrence. At the same time, patients with poor physical resistance, moist vulva, and emotional tension are also prone to relapse. Therefore, thorough treatment and improving one's own immunity are the key to preventing the recurrence of genital warts.

3. Prevention of Genital Warts

1. Resolutely put an end to unclean sexual life: Genital warts are mostly transmitted through unclean sexual life. If one person in a family contracts a disease from society, it is easy for him or her to infect the spouse through sexual intercourse, and it is possible to spread it to other people in the family through close contact. This not only brings physical pain, but also causes family disharmony and mental stress. Therefore, improving sexual morality and avoiding extramarital sex are important aspects of preventing the occurrence of genital warts.

2. Sexual intercourse should be prohibited after the spouse becomes ill: If the spouse has only undergone physical therapy, although the visible genital warts have disappeared, the patient is still carrying the human papillomavirus and should also receive comprehensive treatment with oral and topical medications, and undergo a follow-up examination after treatment. If you have sex during this period, you can use condoms for protection.

3. Pay attention to personal hygiene: wash the vulva and change underwear every day, and personal underwear should be washed separately. Even family members should have their own basin and towel for each person to use.

4. Prevent contact transmission: Do not use other people's underwear, swimsuits and bathtubs; encourage showers; do not swim in swimming pools with high density and poor disinfection; try to use squat toilets in public toilets; remember to wash your hands after going to the toilet.