Sexual Health
Do you know that genital warts can also be classified as true or false? How to treat genital warts and recover quickly
Genital warts are one of the common sexually transmitted diseases in today's life, but there are also differences between true and false genital warts. Do you know? Pseudo genital warts have certain similarities with genital warts, so many people confuse them. Let's understand the difference between the two!
The difference between true and false genital warts
From an age perspective
Genital warts: As a sexually transmitted disease, they can occur in all age groups.
Pseudo condyloma acuminatum: mostly seen in sexual maturity women, mostly 18-38 years old, especially 20-30 years old.
From the perspective of sexual history
Condyloma acuminatum: Patients often have a history of impurity, but also have non sexual relationships, often accompanied by other sexually transmitted diseases.
False genital warts: Some patients do not have a history of sexual disorder, while others do not even have a history of sexual activity. Married patients do not transmit it to their spouses. No contagiousness.
3. From the perspective of self-limiting and symptoms
Genital warts: no self-limiting; Local itching and pain, with 70% of patients asymptomatic; Two common areas around the external genitalia, vagina, cervix, and anus occur simultaneously (44.4%), with light red or gray, moist small papules, warty protrusions, and often fused to form cauliflower like vegetation.
Pseudo genital warts: self limiting, generally asymptomatic, and some may have local itching. Symmetrically distributed on both sides of the labia minora, with both parts occurring simultaneously (13.4%). Local manifestations: symmetrical fish or pearl shaped papules, some appearing as polyps, not fused, distributed in small groups, with a granular sensation.
How to treat genital warts?
Choosing the right method is important
There are many clinical treatment methods for genital warts, including treating triggers, improving immunity, chemotherapy, freezing, laser, electrocautery, surgery, etc. Different treatment methods have their own advantages, disadvantages, and indications. The condition of different patients with genital warts varies greatly, so it is important to choose methods that are suitable for the patient's condition when treating genital warts. It is necessary to ensure treatment effectiveness and reduce the probability of recurrence of genital warts.
2. Few antiviral drugs
At present, macrocyclic triterpenes are clinical antiviral drugs for the treatment of genital warts. Its main function is to kill some viral products hidden in the skin. The treatment time of this disease is long, but the incidence rate is very low after cure.
3. Disinfection treatment
Due to the unique location of genital warts, clinical hygiene measures are also necessary. However, some external cleaning products can also be used to maintain hygiene, such as iodine tincture, bromogeramide, or other drugs for external treatment. It is also necessary to cooperate with systemic treatment to achieve the goal of treating the disease.