Is female genitalia particularly serious?

If female friends suffer from genital warts, it is quite painful. It will affect many problems and make them unable to have children again. In daily life, they will often feel pain and itching in the vagina. Therefore, it is best to find out the real cause of genital warts first. If it is related to a tumor, it can only be treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

The lesions initially appear as small, light red papules, which gradually increase in size and number, and are distributed singly or in clusters. They are moist and soft, with an uneven surface and appear as nipple-like, cockscomb-like, or cauliflower-like protrusions. Red or dirty grey. The roots often have pedicles and are prone to erosion and exudation, and bleed easily when touched. Purulent secretions often accumulate between the cracks of the skin lesions, causing a foul odor, and secondary infection may occur due to scratching. This disease often has no subjective symptoms, and some patients may experience foreign body sensation, pain, itching or pain during sexual intercourse. Genital warts in the rectum may cause pain, blood in the stool, and a feeling of tenesmus.

1. HPV subclinical infection

HPV infection cannot be identified clinically by the naked eye, but evidence of HPV infection can be found by acetic acid whitening test (local whitening after applying or compressing with 5% acetic acid solution), tissue pathology or nucleic acid detection technology.

2. Relationship with tumors

A large amount of epidemiological data shows that HPV infection (mainly high-risk HPV, such as HPV-16 and HPV-18) is closely related to the occurrence of genital cancers, such as cervical cancer and penile cancer.

The prognosis is generally good after treatment. However, no matter which treatment method is used, recurrence is possible.

There are different types of HPV. The most common HPV types that cause genital warts are HPV types 6 and 11. HPV can easily survive and reproduce in the warm and humid conditions of the human body, so the external genitalia and perianal area are the most susceptible areas to infection. There are several ways of transmission:

1. Sexual contact transmission

is the main route of transmission. Therefore, this disease is prone to occur among people with disordered sexual relations.

2. Indirect contact transmission

A small number of patients may become ill through contact with items used by patients, such as underwear, bath towels, bathtubs, toilet seats, etc.

3. Mother-to-child transmission

During delivery, the disease is transmitted through the birth canal and may cause laryngeal papilloma in the infant.