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The article was professionally consulted by Doctor Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vinmec Hai Phong International General Hospital.
Genital warts are a common sexually transmitted disease in the community. Genital warts cause many people to worry about the ability to self-heal as well as the possibility of definitive treatment of the disease.
1. What is genital warts?
Genital warts are one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. The causative agent is a virus called Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The primary lesion caused by this virus is small pale pink or cauliflower-like papules that may initially be as small as a pinhead or may progress to large masses.
Lesions are common in wet areas of the genital area, in the vulva, vagina, perineum, and cervix in women; glans penis, shaft of penis, scrotum and anus in males. Sometimes lesions can also infect the mouth and oropharynx if oral sex with an infected person. In addition, all epithelium of the sloughed genital warts contain HPV, so HPV can also be easily transmitted and cause disease on the skin and mucous membranes that have direct contact with the lesion.
2. Can warts be cured completely?
Many patients with warts often hesitate in treatment, due to questions about whether warts will go away on their own. Dermatologists said that for genital warts, if the patient does not feel uncomfortable, treatment may not be needed; If the person feels itchiness, burning, or is not confident, they should see a doctor. However, there is currently no cure for this disease, and it cannot be cured without treatment.
A good solution for current treatment is to burn the lesions with CO2 laser or electrocautery, directly affecting the lesions on the surface of the skin and mucous membranes. However, due to the nature of the disease caused by a virus, and these burning methods only remove the warts, but not the virus, the lesions are easy to grow back afterwards. Accordingly, patients must continue to monitor and treat until completely no new lesions are seen, at least the incubation period is up to 8 months. After 8 months, it is possible to assess whether the warts are completely cured or not.
In addition to the above methods, warts caused by warts can also be solved with trichloactic acid solution, 20 - 25% podophyllotoxine solution and only applied to genital warts lesions in the vulva, vulva and vulva. vaginal, should not be applied to the warts on the cervix or in the anal opening, because the extent of mucosal ulcer damage caused by the drug cannot be controlled.
3. What to do when you have genital warts?
Do not expect warts to go away on their own, but should visit a dermatologist as soon as possible as soon as there are suspicious signs. The doctor will identify the disease, rule out other common skin lesions, and develop a treatment plan before the damage spreads.
From there, if you actively follow the regimen, monitor and mobilize your partner to participate in treatment, people with warts can hope to prevent the disease from progressing to dangerous complications as well as avoid spreading. others.
Because warts cannot go away on their own and definitive treatment is extremely difficult, prevention should be a top priority. In particular, it is best to get the HPV vaccine right before having first sex, possibly starting in adolescence. Vinmec International General Hospital provides HPV vaccination service with 2 types of vaccines:
Single type: GSK company Cervarix vaccine made in Belgium Combination type: Vaccine- Gardasil 0.5ml of MSD company is produced in the US, effective in preventing cervical cancer, genital papilloma, genital warts. In addition, it is necessary to ensure personal hygiene such as washing the genitals with appropriate soap and water before and after sexual intercourse. In addition, using condoms can also prevent genital warts and other sexually transmitted diseases. However, the virus that causes this disease can still penetrate skin and mucous membranes other than the genitals.
To best protect our sexual health, we should proactively visit a reputable hospital to detect the earliest signs of disease and have timely intervention.
Vinmec International General Hospital is currently implementing a screening package for social diseases for all ages, for both men and women.
Target users include: Customers with risk factors such as unsafe sex, tattooing or injecting drugs, patients who have to have blood transfusions or blood products; Customers do certain occupations with risk factors such as: medical staff, barbers, tattooists,... Customers may not have or have symptoms of STDs.
Screening for social diseases to detect diseases early to have effective treatment and avoid complications.
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