Can papillomas disappear on their own? This question is often of interest to patients. Usually, doctors with papillomatosis prescribe antiviral medications and recommend removing warts. Is it obligatory? Can the growths on the skin and mucosa disappear without drug therapy and removal? We will consider these issues in the article.
Causes of Papillomatosis
Before answering the question whether papillomas can disappear themselves, we will understand the reasons for their appearance.
Papilloma is a growth on the skin. This neoplasm is benign. Papillomatosis occurs due to the ingestion of HPV. This microorganism is most often transmitted through sexual contact, as well as through household contact with a sick person.
However, the pathogen is a conditionally pathogenic microorganism. He can dwell in cells in a "sleeping" state for a long time and not manifest himself in any way. Growths on the skin are formed only when a person's immunity is reduced.
There are many strains of the HPV virus. They are divided into 2 groups:
- Non-oncogenic. These types of virus cause the appearance of warts on the skin. However, such neoplasms are not dangerous. They do not degenerate into malignant tumors.
- Oncogenic. Such strains of the virus lead to the appearance of dangerous papillomas, which, without treatment, can degenerate into cancerous tumors.
To determine the strain of the virus is possible only with the help of special tests. If an oncogenic type of pathogen is detected in the blood, then it is urgent to undergo a course of therapy. In this case, you can not wait for the tumors on the skin or mucous membrane to pass by themselves. This can be extremely dangerous to life and health.
What to do if warts are caused by non-oncogenic types of the virus? Can papillomas disappear themselves in this case? It is important to remember that the HPV virus stays in the cells forever. To date, there are no drugs that could destroy the causative agent of papillomatosis. The growths on the skin may disappear themselves under certain circumstances, but a person will forever remain a carrier of the virus. And with any weakening of the immune system, the pathogen can be activated, which will lead to a relapse of papillomatosis.
Types of Papillomas
Not all papillomas can disappear on their own. With the activation of the HPV virus, the following types of rashes are observed in patients:
- Simple and vulgar warts. These neoplasms form on the skin in childhood and adolescence. They have the appearance of rounded growths that fit tightly to the skin.
- Genital warts. This type of papilloma often appears on the mucous membranes, for example, in intimate places or in the mouth. They look like papillary growths on the leg. In advanced cases, condylomas merge, and then large tumors appear on the mucous membrane, similar to a comb or head of cauliflower.
- Filiform warts. Appear in people of middle and old age. Such papillomas have an oblong shape and are attached to the skin with the help of a leg. They grow in the axillary region, on the face, neck and torso.
Usually, only simple and vulgar warts disappear without treatment. Filiform papillomas and genital warts do not pass on their own.
How do papillomas disappear
How is the process of disappearance of papillomas? Under the influence of various factors, the blood supply to the tumor is stopped. After that, the wart darkens, dries and falls off.
This process proceeds absolutely painlessly. It is not accompanied by the release of blood and the formation of a wound. If a bleeding sore appeared on the site of the wart, then this suggests that the papilloma did not disappear on its own, but was accidentally disrupted.
Reasons for extinction
Why do papillomas sometimes disappear even without treatment? Most often this happens due to increased immunity. If a person is a carrier of the HPV virus, then with the weakening of the body's defenses on the skin and mucous membranes, warts appear. But if subsequently the functioning of the immune system normalizes, then the papillomas can completely disappear.
Papillomas can appear due to impaired functioning of the endocrine glands. If the patient is cured of endocrine pathology, then after normalizing the hormonal background, warts may disappear.
There are cases when growths on the skin appear during a course of antibiotic therapy. Long-term use of antibiotics leads to a decrease in immunity. Against this background, an exacerbation of papillomatosis is possible. After drug withdrawal, skin rashes may disappear on their own.
The following factors contribute to the disappearance of warts:
- pregnancy;
- puberty;
- activation of the immune system;
- accidental trauma;
- the appearance of a vascular tumor.
Let us consider in detail the main causes of the disappearance of papillomas.
During pregnancy
Can papillomas disappear during pregnancy themselves? During the period of gestation, both the appearance and the sudden disappearance of warts can be noted. This is due to hormonal changes in the body of a woman. But this only applies to simple warts on the skin.
Often, patients ask whether papillomas can disappear in intimate places during pregnancy. On the mucous membrane of the genital organs, not ordinary warts are formed, but genital warts. Such neoplasms never disappear on their own. An urgent need to undergo a course of treatment. Condylomatosis in the expectant mother can adversely affect the development of the fetus. There is also a high risk of contracting the baby during childbirth.
In children and adolescents
Can papillomas disappear in a child themselves? In childhood, simple and vulgar warts are most often found . They can go on their own during puberty. In adolescents, a serious hormonal restructuring of the body occurs. This can lead to the disappearance of papillomas.
However, hormonal changes can provoke the occurrence of warts. Simple papillomas in adolescence are not a pathology. In the puberty, such neoplasms can appear and disappear. Children's warts finally disappear in adolescence, when the hormonal background is stabilized.
Activation of immunity
Can papillomas disappear on their own for no apparent reason? This often happens with activation of the immune system. Suppose that the patient has changed his lifestyle: he began to eat properly, abandoned bad habits, regularly takes vitamins. This leads to the normalization of the immune system, and in some cases to the disappearance of warts.
Papillomas can disappear even after a course of therapy with immunomodulators. These drugs do not affect the activity of the HPV virus, but they strengthen the body's defense. Sometimes this treatment is enough, and the warts disappear themselves.
Other reasons
However, there are also quite dangerous reasons for the disappearance of papillomas. Sometimes a person accidentally rips off a wart and does not notice it. It seems to him that the growth has disappeared on its own, but in fact there was a trauma to the papilloma. In this case, a bleeding wound is formed at the site of the rash.
It is important to remember that trauma to warts is very dangerous. This can provoke malignant degeneration of papilloma cells. There is also a risk of infection in the wound. It is necessary to treat the damaged area with an antiseptic, apply a bactericidal adhesive plaster on top and consult a dermatologist.
Sometimes patients notice that next to the usual papilloma appeared the formation of red color. Soon after, a simple wart disappears, and a new rash remains on the skin.
This means that the patient has a benign vascular tumor - hemangioma. It looks like a red or purple growth on the skin. The neighboring wart begins to darken and gradually dies. This is due to the fact that the hemangioma draws a lot of blood, and the tissue nutrition in the papilloma ceases.
Genital Condylomatosis
Can papillomas disappear on their own in intimate places without treatment? As already mentioned, genital warts usually form on the genitals. Such rashes cannot disappear on their own. They are subject to mandatory therapy. It is important to remember that genital warts are often formed when infected with oncogenic types of HPV. Therefore, there is no way to do without treatment.
Often patients seek to avoid removal of genital warts. Can papillomas disappear on their own in intimate places after treatment with medicines? The use of antiviral drugs and immunomodulators leads to the disappearance of growths on the mucosa only in mild cases. With extensive and confluent rashes, you can not do only conservative methods of treatment. Today, there are many less traumatic and painless ways to remove papillomas. Therefore, you should not be afraid of such a procedure.
Papillomas in the mouth and throat
Can papillomas in the mouth disappear on their own? On the mucous membrane of the oral cavity, both ordinary flat warts and genital warts are observed. Not all rashes disappear on their own.
In any case, you should not wait for the papillomas in the mouth to pass by themselves. After all, they can be very easily injured while eating. And this is fraught with malignant degeneration of neoplasms. Therefore, papillomas in the oral cavity must be treated, and if necessary, removed.
Can the papillomas in the throat disappear themselves? Patients often ask this question to otolaryngologists. There are cases when rashes on the tonsils and in the throat disappear themselves. However, one should not count on such an outcome. Papillomas in the throat cause severe discomfort to the patient when breathing and swallowing. In addition, they often degenerate into malignant tumors. Therefore, in this case, you can not delay with treatment.
Is treatment necessary
Do I need to be treated for small warts? Or is it better to wait until they disappear on their own? Hoping for self-healing is not worth it. In mature patients, papillomas very rarely disappear without treatment.
It is necessary to visit a dermatologist and undergo a diagnosis. This is especially necessary if papillomas on the skin and mucous membranes are formed systematically. After all, such a symptom indicates the presence of HPV in the body. Laboratory diagnostics will help determine the strain of the virus and its oncogenicity.
Relapse prevention
Even after the independent disappearance of papillomas can occur again with any violation of the immune system. How to prevent their appearance? Dermatologists give patients the following recommendations:
- enrich your diet with vitamins;
- to refuse from bad habits;
- do not supercool;
- small wounds on the skin timely treated with antiseptics;
- avoid excessive dryness of the skin;
- Do not overwork.
These measures will help strengthen immunity and prevent the recurrence of papillomatosis.