What are the symptoms of HPV in women?

Women must pay attention to their sexual habits, avoid having multiple sexual partners, and keep their sex life clean and hygienic, otherwise it is easy to be infected with the HPV virus. You should know that many patients with cervical cancer are infected with HPV, so the risk is very high. What are the symptoms of HPV in women? What are the symptoms of HPV infection in women's anus? There are no symptoms at the beginning of the infection, but in the middle and late stages, there will be symptoms such as vaginal bleeding and fishy leucorrhea.

Three data tell you how powerful HPV is:

1. More than 90% of cervical cancer patients are infected with HPV, so being infected with HPV means that the risk of cervical cancer is greatly increased.

2. Up to 80% of people will be infected with HPV.

3. Cervical cancer is the second most common gynecological malignancy, and the most common malignancy is breast cancer.

There are more than 100 members of the HPV (human papillomavirus) family discovered so far, and the most powerful ones are HPV16 and HPV18 subtypes, because 70% of cervical cancer is caused by these two subtypes.

What happens if you are infected with HPV?

1. What are the symptoms of HPV infection?

There are usually no symptoms in the early stages, and many people only discover abnormalities during vaginal examinations. Gynecological examinations can show that patients infected with HPV have superficial inflammation of the cervix or a small amount of leucorrhea.

In the middle and late stages, there will often be an increase in leucorrhea, a fishy odor, irregular vaginal bleeding, persistent pain in the sacrum, buttocks and thighs, and even worse, symptoms such as urination and defecation disorders.

2. Will HPV-positive affect pregnancy?

If a woman encounters HPV while planning to get pregnant, the correct choice should be to treat HPV before considering having a baby. In addition, it should be noted that in the case of HPV virus combined with other genital tract infections (such as bacterial vaginitis, vulvovaginal candidiasis, etc.), the complications should be actively treated before becoming pregnant. For genital warts caused by HPV, genital warts should also be treated before considering pregnancy.

3. Is HPV positive really that scary?

Not really! It has three major killer features for human health:

1. Men and women spread the virus to each other (when the moon is dark and the wind is strong, when people are in close contact and are in love with each other, this virus will start to take effect)

2. Wide-ranging impact (According to data, women have an 80% chance of being infected with HPV in their lifetime, but under normal conditions, 90% to 95% of women will eliminate the virus from their bodies.)

3. Strong explosive power (may cause: cervical cancer, vulvar cancer, penile cancer, anal cancer, etc.)

However, only long-term, continuous, and high-density exposure to HPV can cause cervical cancer.

HPV virus infection is like a cold in a woman's cervix. Most of the time it is just a transient infection, which is very common. Most women can eliminate the HPV virus that enters their body through their own immunity.

Only a small number of women with weak immune function or defective immune mechanism are unable to eliminate HPV that enters the body, resulting in persistent HPV infection and the possibility of developing cervical cancer.

It takes years or even decades for HPV infection to develop into cancer. Therefore, as long as women have a sense of self-care and have regular check-ups, most diseases can be prevented. In addition, cervical cancer has a relatively long precancerous period. It takes an average of 10 years for precancerous lesions to develop into cancer. If the lesions are discovered and treated correctly during this period, the development of cancer can be completely blocked. It can be said that cervical cancer is a very rare complication after a very common viral infection.

The main route of HPV infection is sexual contact. In daily life, any woman who has sexual life may be infected with the HPV virus. According to statistics, approximately 60%-70% of women have been infected with HPV in their lifetime, with the peak infection rates being in the 18-28 and 40-44 age groups.

Warm reminder: Women of childbearing age must not neglect annual gynecological examinations, including cervical cytology examinations such as Pap smears or liquid-based cytology (TCT) tests, which are important methods for detecting cervical precancerous lesions and cervical cancer.

Especially for the following people who are prone to cervical cancer, they should not take it lightly:

1. People who are persistently infected with high-risk types of HPV, that is, those who are positive for HPV16 and HPV18 in HPV virus tests.

2. People with bad sexual behavior factors, including starting sexual life too early, multiple sexual partners, and poor sexual hygiene, will increase the risk of cervical cancer.

3. Women who marry early, have children early, and have many births and pregnancies.

4. Patients with sexually transmitted diseases, whether male or female, suffering from genital warts, syphilis, gonorrhea, etc. will increase the risk of cervical cancer in women.

5. People with low immune function, smoking, or malnutrition.

How to prevent HPV?

There is currently no effective treatment for HPV virus in the world, so the best way to reject HPV virus is prevention, prevention, and prevention again!

Targeting the causes of HPV virus: sexual behavior and unclean hygiene products.

What we need to pay attention to is: women should not have sexual life too early and should use sanitary products that have been strictly disinfected and of good quality; women who have had sexual life for more than three years should undergo cervical HPV virus testing; and female friends should also have regular physical examinations to detect problems early so that they can solve them.

Having said so much, how should we face HPV?

Two key words: don’t be afraid and take it seriously.

Do not underestimate the existence of HPV just because the probability of cervical cancer after infection is low; and do not give up on yourself just because you are infected with HPV. Active prevention and active treatment are the correct way for us to face HPV!

Therefore, it is necessary to have regular gynecological examinations and regular private maintenance to avoid unnecessary consequences!