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Dr. Wen Kepu: Dr. Cheng Qionghui
Every time I go out to the clinic, there will be patients with HPV infection who ask me anxiously, "Will I get condyloma acuminatum?" Will you get cervical cancer? Doctor, what should I do? " .
Condyloma acuminatum is an embarrassing sexually transmitted disease, which is caused by HPV infection and easy to recur, which will have a great impact on patients’ body and mind. Cervical cancer, one of the common malignant tumors in women, is also mainly caused by HPV infection.
Therefore, when HPV infection is detected, many people will panic.
After being infected with HPV, you may not get it.
Condyloma Acuminatum and Cervical Cancer
1. Over 80% of women will be infected with HPV.
About more than 80% of women may be infected with HPV in their lifetime, but not all of them may develop condyloma acuminatum or cervical cancer.
2. There are many HPV types.
At present, more than 200 subtypes of HPV have been identified, of which more than 40 subtypes can spread through sexual contact and infect the anal genital area.
HPV can be divided into low-risk type and high-risk type according to the carcinogenic risk. 90% ~ 95% of condyloma acuminatum cases are caused by low-risk viruses HPV6 and HPV11, and high-risk HPV persistent infection (mainly HPV16 and HPV18) can progress to cancer.
3. After being infected with HPV, most of them can clear themselves.
According to some data, most people will detect HPV within one year after they have sexual contact with HPV.
In most immunocompetent people, genital infection is only temporary. Within 1 ~ 2 years after HPV infection, the infection can be cleared by oneself through their own immune resistance, which is medically called transient infection.
4. After infection, HPV may be latent and persistent in vivo.
A few people with normal immunity, or when the immunity is not enough to clear HPV, HPV virus will lurk in the body for a long time, which is called persistent infection in medicine.
If you already have condyloma acuminatum, the number and size of warts may increase after the first appearance of warts, or they may disappear on their own. HPV infection may persist even after the visible warts subside. Mechanical stimulation, injury, immunosuppression, inflammation and other extracellular factors will affect the copy number of virus in latent infected cells, which may lead to the recurrence of warts.
Persistent high-risk HPV infection may lead to cervical cancer, penile cancer, anal cancer’s disease, oral cancer and other diseases.
Pay attention to these four points after being infected with HPV.
After being infected with HPV, don’t be too nervous or ill, and the suggestions are as follows:
1. Timely medical treatment
Women who continue to be infected with HPV will go through a rather slow process if cervical lesions may occur in the future. Once the infection is found, they must go to a regular hospital in time, and if necessary, they can consider corresponding treatment measures to speed up the elimination of HPV infection and reduce related risks.
2. Regular review and detection of HPV, regular physical examination and screening.
After being infected with HPV, remember to regularly review and monitor HPV viral load and TCT. Regular physical examination and cancer screening, once the disease progresses, can be found early and treated early!
3. Vaccinate with HPV vaccine
The best time for vaccination is 9-13 years old recommended by the World Health Organization and 9-26 years old recommended by the United States. In short, before having sex, the earlier the vaccination, the better.
If you have been infected with HPV, you can also be vaccinated. Because the vaccine covers many types of HPV viruses, the infected HPV may only be one or several types, and it can still play a preventive role against some uninfected HPV viruses after vaccination.
4. Avoid other risk factors
The increase in the number of sexual partners and the unfixed sexual partners will significantly increase the probability of HPV infection and increase the risk of cervical cancer. Therefore, it is recommended that sexual partners be fixed and single, and they should be covered all the time.
In addition, pay attention to quit smoking, avoid multiple abortions, have a good sleep, eat a good meal, exercise more, maintain a positive and optimistic attitude and a happy mood, and enhance immunity.
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