Many do not know what the human papillomavirus is. HPV is an infectious disease transmitted primarily through sexual contact. It is manifested by the appearance on the mucous membranes and skin of specific formations - papillomas, genital warts, warts of various types.
In addition to skin tumors, this disease does not have specific symptoms, so it can go unnoticed for a long time. Warts and papillomas are benign growths of the skin, consisting mainly of small vessels covered with epithelium. Their size can vary from 1 mm to 2 cm. Genital warts, otherwise called genital warts, arise directly in the genital area and affect the mucous membranes of the head of the penis, vagina or cervix.
Diagnosis and treatment of the human papilloma virus are the responsibility of a dermatovenerologist. Initially, if you find a suspicious growth on your skin or mucous membrane, you can contact a dermatologist, gynecologist, urologist.
Currently, about 70 viruses have been identified that can infect the human body and manifest as various skin neoplasms. Some of them are safe for health and can cause only psychological discomfort and cause some physical inconvenience. Others are considered dangerous in terms of the development of cancer. So, viruses with numbers 16 and 18 lead to malignant tumors of the cervix uteri. They require special attention from specialists.
How to treat human papillomavirus
Diagnosis of HPV includes the following research methods: external examination, colposcopy, cytological smear, cervical biopsy. The most reliable research method, allowing to determine the presence of a particular HPV, is a painless digene-test conducted by a gynecologist for the patient.
Treatment of the human papilloma virus, which does not have high oncogenicity (the ability to provoke cancer), can be carried out in a cosmetology clinic. Such institutions remove various papillomas and warts using modern methods. For example, using a laser or liquid nitrogen (cryodestruction). It is imperative to control those formations on the skin that quickly progress or cause inconvenience. For example, whether or not to remove a small single wart, everyone decides for himself.
The presence in the body of a “dangerous” virus that can cause cancer requires observation in a regular medical institution. Having discovered the disease in young women, doctors recommend not rushing with its treatment, since in this case it may be temporary. Any therapeutic measures are taken to reach a woman of 30 years of age and only if her body has HPV that has high oncogenicity.
Treatment of the human papilloma virus involves the complete removal of its effects that have arisen on the skin and mucous membranes, whether it be warts, papillomas or condylomas. There is currently no single treatment regimen that allows you to forget about the disease forever. In addition to removing warts, a specialist can prescribe immunomodulating drugs (to enhance immunity) and / or antiviral agents to the patient.
It should be said that treatment of the human papillomavirus can last a lifetime, since its pathogen remains in the body in any case and, when conditions favorable for it occur, it can make itself known. Prevention of HPV in women is a special vaccine that is administered before the age of 26. Before you agree to vaccination, you must weigh the pros and cons.