Seeing HPV infection does it mean cervical cancer?

When many people heard HPV, they immediately put it with cancer, especially cervical cancer. If the HPV infection was detected in the medical examination, I felt very panic: Does this mean cervical cancer?

Indeed, this misunderstanding and fear are exciting. According to reports, in 2018, about 110,000 cancer cases in China can be attributed to HPV infection [1]. And about 48,000 cervical cancer annual deaths in my country, almost 100%of cervical cancer, 88%anal cancer, 50%of penile cancer, 43%of vulvar cancer and other tumors are related to high -risk HPV persistent infection [2 2 ].

Seeing the words "cancer", "death", and "100%", do you feel more terrible? No, no, in fact, HPV infection does not have serious thoughts, and sometimes does not even need to be treated. Today, Dr. Zeqiao came to take everyone to understand how to first aid when HPV infection?

01. What is HPV?

We must first know that HPV is Human Papilloma Virus, which is a virus rather than disease. At present, there are more than 200 types of HPV types, some of which will not cause any problems, and this will even occur: while infection with HPV, we don't know that such a thing is.

However, some of them are linked to cancer. According to whether there is cancerous, HPV can be divided into high -risk and low -risk types.

According to the World Health Organization WHO, my country will

HPV16/18/31/33/35/39/45/51/52/56/58/59/68 is defined as a high -risk type, and the HPV 26/53/66/73/82 The well -known type 16 and 18 causes the highest risk of cancer.

(Source from the Internet)

02. Infected from HPV to cervical cancer

Seeing HPV infection does it mean cervical cancer?

This is not the case. It is estimated that more than 80%of women have at least once HPV infections in their lives [3], but more than 90%of HPV infections can be cleared naturally within 2 years. For less than 1%of patients, patients will develop Cervical cancer and cervical cancer. So if you detect HPV infection, you don't have to panic blindly, because most infections can be removed by our immune system.

And it is clear that the continuous HPV infection of high -risk HPV is a necessary factor for the occurrence of cervical cancer and pre -cancer lesions. Note that there are two key points here, one is high -risk type, and the other is continuous infection. HPV infection, which was cleared in four months, did not meet this necessary condition.

In addition, from HPV infection to developing into cervical cancer, there is a process of 10-30 years. After the high -risk HPV is continuously infected, level 1, 2, and 3 of cervical lesions will gradually occur. The smaller the level, the greater the probability of the disease reversal. , The higher the probability of advanced cervical cancer [4]. Therefore, in this long process, we can still adopt many treatment measures with the help of a doctor to prevent the development of the disease.

03. What if HPV is infected?

If it is HPV16 and HPV18 -type positive, the doctor will further conduct vagoscopic examinations, and perform cervical biopsy under the vaginal mirror to eliminate cervical cancer and cervical cancer.

If it is positive for other high -risk HPVs, it is necessary to perform thin layer liquid cytology examinations, that is, the cervical TCT examination we know. If the TCT checks normally, it can be reviewed once a year. If the TCT results indicate that there are some hyperplasia, then the colposcopy needs to be performed. If there is no abnormality in the vaginal mirror examination, it is also recommended to review it once a year.

If the examination shows that it is only a simple HPV infection and no cervical lesions. Generally, special treatment is not required. Most of the virus can be removed from the body through the autoimmune system.

We only need to ensure a balanced diet, strengthen exercise, and avoid staying up late to improve our immunity, which is helpful for removing viruses. If necessary, you can also use anti -HPV biomin protein dressing, red Nokae cell wall skeleton, interferon or some vaginal suppositories under the guidance of a doctor to enhance local resistance and perform auxiliary treatment [5].

04. How to prevent HPV infection and cervical cancer?

● Avoid high -risk sex: Avoid multiple personality partners, cleaning and sexual life before sexual life, it is recommended to use condoms.

● Inoculation of HPV vaccine can greatly reduce the chance of infection. Studies have shown that after the vaccination of women aged 13-24, the 16/18 HPV infection decreased by 30-60%[6].

● Cervical cancer screening is carried out on a regular basis. In view of the current characteristics of cervical cancer in my country, the starting age is recommended at 25-30 years. [7] should be noted that even if vaccine is vaccinated, cervical cancer screening needs to be performed!

After seeing Dr. Zeqiao's introduction to HPV, is it everyone's fear of HPV infection a lot?

However, it is still necessary to note that if the symptoms of suspected cervical lesions such as irregular vaginal bleeding, after sexual intercourse, and abnormal leucorrhea are occurred, they should still seek medical treatment in time and early treatment.

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