Post Date April, 15 2023
Many patients who are suddenly diagnosed with genital warts may feel very puzzled. Why did they not show any abnormalities in their bodies for several months or even six months after high-risk life, until the head of the genital department showed something like a vegetable, and when they went to the hospital for examination, they were told by the doctor that they had genital warts?
Genital warts virus, also known as human papillomavirus (HPV), can cause human papillomavirus and tumors. After being infected with the genital warts virus, patients may experience a brief period of activity, and their clinical symptoms may subside due to the active immune system, increased resistance, or temporary treatment. However, at this time, clinical biochemical tests will show positive results for genital warts. It takes a period of transition from the infection of the patient's skin and mucosa with the genital warts virus to the occurrence of genital warts damage, This period is called the incubation period of genital warts. The incubation period of genital warts is generally 3-8 months, and most genital warts have an incubation period of about 3 months. The shortest incubation period is 3-4 weeks, and the longest incubation period is 8-12 months. During the incubation period, the infected person has no symptoms and can only be detected through biochemical tests, making it extremely difficult to detect and treat early. Moreover, after years of clinical observation, it has been reported that patients infected with the genital warts virus often experience longer than the incubation period before noticing the obvious symptoms of genital warts. Therefore, as long as high-risk life or unclean sexual activity occurs, one should be vigilant.
The typical symptoms of genital warts are light red or red papules at the beginning of the genital lesions, and later the papules gradually increase and even become flakes or fused into papillary, cauliflower like or cockscomb like growths. The surface of the wart is white, gray or pink, with itching, burning pain, and a foul odor.
Infection with the pathogen human papillomavirus requires certain conditions, mainly including the following:
1. Damage to skin and mucous membranes
Normal skin and mucosa are the first line of defense against foreign pathogen infection. If there is damage, it is easy to cause microbial invasion. Some genital warts often occur after skin trauma or surgery, and there are reports that genital warts can occur in this area after trauma such as circumcision and separation of foreskin and glans adhesions.
2. A warm and humid environment
Genital warts are more common in the genital and anal areas, as well as in areas such as the toes, armpits, folds under the breasts, and mouth. These areas are often warm and moist, which is conducive to the growth of human papillomavirus.
3. Contact with pathogens
Infectious diseases, the invasion of pathogens is a necessary condition, the more invasive viruses, the more likely to cause infection. There are various ways of contact, but the probability of infection varies.
4. Susceptibility of the population
Not all cases of genital warts develop after exposure to sufficiently pathogenic human papillomavirus. Previous studies have found that there are susceptible immune types to genital warts, and this type of population has a congenital susceptibility to genital warts.
5. Immune dysfunction
When the immune state of the human body decreases, the probability of developing the disease after infection also increases. This view can be supported by the fact that organ transplantation and HIV infected people are prone to condyloma acuminatum. It is also pointed out that the decline in cellular immune function is closely related to the onset of this disease
