What should pregnant women do if they have acute

Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease that has a great impact on human health. It is prone to recurrence and is difficult to treat. If you develop genital warts during pregnancy, you need to go to the hospital for examination and diagnosis as soon as possible. After finding out the cause, actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment. It is best to take medication under the guidance of a doctor, maintain personal hygiene, and avoid spicy and irritating foods.

Does genital warts have any effect on the fetus?

Pregnant mothers with genital warts are at risk of vertical transmission. Most of the time, the disease is transmitted to newborns through the soft birth canal, causing laryngeal papilloma in infancy. Studies have found that in addition to birth canal infection, the virus can also travel through the pregnant woman's blood through the placenta and amniotic fluid to infect the fetus in the uterus. But the risk is very low, with an incidence rate of 1/400-1/1000.

If I am infected with genital warts during pregnancy, can I still give birth naturally?

Because the fetus is usually infected with human papillomavirus when it passes through the birth canal, some pregnant mothers may wonder if they can still give birth naturally? The mode of delivery for pregnancy complicated by genital warts is mainly based on prenatal indications and cannot be decided based on the incidence of laryngeal papilloma in infants and young children. Only when giant warts block the birth canal should cesarean section be considered.

How to treat genital warts during pregnancy?

Due to the influence of hormone levels during pregnancy, genital warts will increase significantly in size and number. Newborns born to mothers infected with HPV may also suffer from laryngeal papilloma. Therefore, once genital warts during pregnancy are discovered, early treatment should be sought. In the beginning, the lesions are relatively small and easier to treat. If allowed to develop, they will be difficult to treat. However, genital warts are prone to recurrence during pregnancy, which troubles many pregnant mothers and they do not want to find a quick cure. In fact, the purpose of treating genital warts during pregnancy is to improve appearance, reduce the chance of infection and the impact on the fetus. It may disappear on its own after delivery, so there is no need to cure it too radically, and you should try to minimize the harm to yourself.

When the wart is small, it can be treated with local medication

Small warts can be treated with topical medications. When the warts are small, pregnant mothers can apply medicine on the affected area to let the warts fall off on their own. Try not to use physical therapy, because genital warts have rich blood supply, and physical therapy is prone to bleeding, and it is also painful and irritating, which can easily cause premature birth. The more commonly used drug is trichloroacetic acid, which is not absorbed by the human body, rarely causes local reactions, and has no adverse effects on the fetus, so pregnant mothers can use it with confidence. The cure rate of trichloroacetic acid is low. It is necessary to apply the medicine repeatedly every week until it is cured. Generally, the lesions will subside after several uses. However, trichloroacetic acid is less effective in treating giant warts. In addition, drugs commonly used to treat genital warts during non-pregnancy, such as podophyllum and 5-fetouracil, should be contraindicated during pregnancy because both can cause fetal malformations.