Which behavior is prone to contracting genital warts? These two types of people are often targeted by genital warts

Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease that typically grow in the external genitalia (such as the glans, foreskin, and scrotum in males, labia minora, labia minora, and around the urethral opening in females), sometimes in the vagina and cervix, and sometimes around the anus.

These two types of people are prone to contracting genital warts

1. From one's own perspective, if a woman suffers from vaginitis, male foreskin elongation, balanitis, urinary tract infection, etc., the probability of contracting genital warts will also increase.

2. The amount of virus exposure can affect the probability of infection. The more opportunities there are for exposure to the virus, the more susceptible people are to infection, such as sexual confusion, multiple sexual partners, sex workers, and having sexual intercourse with unfamiliar people.

Which method is easy to get genital warts?

1. Sexually transmitted diseases

Condyloma acuminatum is a sexually transmitted disease, and since it falls within this range, sexual contact is definitely the main route of transmission for genital warts. But don't worry too much. It is not a high-risk behavior that leads to genital warts.

The probability of transmission of any infectious disease is not 100%, and whether it can be transmitted depends on whether the other party has been infected with the virus of genital warts (HPV). The second is whether the amount of virus one is exposed to is sufficient to infect oneself. The third is whether one is easily infected. If the skin and mucous membranes are complete, it is difficult for the virus to enter the skin

2. Indirect transmission

Another way of transmission is indirect transmission, which is rare but cannot be ignored. There are clinical examples of this. Both spouses have no genital warts, but they are unaware of it. The possibility of indirect transmission is high. For example, if a person with genital warts encounters the virus with their hand and is not washed clean afterwards, or if they encounter damaged skin and mucous membranes during sexual activity, there is also a possibility of indirect infection of the virus in the hands.

It should be emphasized here that condyloma acuminatum is a sexually transmitted disease, but it is not 100% transmitted through sexual contact transmission. If you find condyloma acuminatum, do not suspect it without reason. After all, there is the possibility of indirect transmission.

How to treat it?

1. Drug therapy

(1) 5% 5-fu ointment is a commonly used anti-tumor drug that can inhibit cell proliferation with mild strength and generally requires treatment for 2-3 weeks.

(2) Acetic acid: Trichloroacetic acid is a strong acid that can be used to cauterize warts and is generally used to treat type II lesions. Before applying, apply a cotton ball dipped in 2% cocaine patch to the affected area for 3-5 minutes. Then, use a cotton swab dipped in 50% trichloroacetic acid to apply to the affected area, allowing the solution to reach the base; When applying medication, be careful not to damage surrounding healthy mucosal tissues, and do not use during menstruation; Take medication twice a week. Alternatively, apply 20% salicylic acid glacial acetic acid.

3. Laser therapy

Suitable for surface warts around the external genitalia and anus, characterized by fast effectiveness and the shedding of warts during treatment. The commonly used method is carbon dioxide laser, which burns the wart body and can cause it to fall off in one go. However, due to the excessive concentration of laser beams, laser treatment is only suitable for small genital warts. If the wart is large, laser treatment is prone to recurrence. The cure rate can reach 80%.

3. Electrocautery therapy

Electric cautery is an older treatment method. In the past, dermatology often used high-frequency knives or electric soldering irons to burn common warts, pigmented nevi and other skin neoplasms. Its characteristic is simple operation and fast effect. The high-frequency knife can directly remove and dry the wart body, and the treatment is also thorough, but the healing of the electric burn surface is slow. In summary, electrocautery treatment can be used for the treatment of any genital wart, but it has high technical requirements for construction personnel and excessive or insufficient burning is harmful. At the same time, pay attention to sterile operation to prevent infection. High frequency electrocautery or electroacupuncture is more suitable for treating small lesions of the cervix or vagina. Larger warts require batch electrocautery.

4. Microwave therapy

This is a treatment method that emerged after the 1990s. The principle is to use the high-frequency vibration of microwaves to evaporate the water inside the wart body, causing necrosis and detachment. The characteristic of microwave therapy is that the warts are completely destroyed and less prone to recurrence, but the wound recovery is slow and prone to secondary infection. So microwave therapy is particularly suitable for treating large, isolated, and scattered genital warts, while keeping away from the frenulum of the foreskin to prevent damage to the frenulum and affect male sexual function.

5. Cryotherapy

Dry freezing with liquid nitrogen or carbon dioxide can cause necrosis of wart tissue (i.e. local skin damage). Genital warts are benign hyperplasia of the skin and mucous membranes caused by infection with the genital wart virus. There are numerous small blood vessels that proliferate rapidly. Freezing genital warts using freezing methods can cause local high swelling of the tissue and damage the wart body. The biggest benefit of cryotherapy is that there are no traces left locally, and the cure rate is about 70%. During the treatment process, there are generally no obvious sequelae except for local redness, swelling, pain, and blister reactions. Spray method or direct Contact process method can be used, which is suitable for flat and small warts. Generally, freeze once a week for 2-3 consecutive times. Generally speaking, treatment after menstruation.