Article on HPV alone in women

  Some questions for women with simple HPV infection: 1. Strategically, you should pay attention to HPV infection, because HPV infection is the culprit of cervical cancer, a necessary condition but not a sufficient condition, without HPV there is no cervical cancer. Therefore, doctors want you to stay away from HPV. 2. Tactically, you should take it easy, not that you will have cervical cancer once you are infected, the two are a hundred thousand miles away, long-term (8-10 years) high-risk HPV infection will lead to cervical cancer, in principle, its carcinogenicity is not higher than that of hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B virus.  There are more than 100 types of HPV infection, but only 10 types are cancer-causing high-risk types, with 16 and 18 being the most common. Low-risk transient infections are not cause for alarm.  4. HPV infections are also common, and it is estimated that more than half of women will have a transient HPV infection during their lifetime. It is as common as the herpes virus on the mouth.  5, HPV infection alone generally does not require treatment, there are no effective oral medications and no effective topical medications. Early prevention is currently feasible, and there are HPV vaccines that can be applied, which are recommended to be injected between the ages of 9 and 16, before having sex.  6.People with high risk type 16,18 infection can undergo colposcopy to further exclude cervical cell changes.  7.Checking for HPV infection is a means to prevent cervical cancer, so that the potential of cancer-causing viruses can be detected early and vigilance can be raised to prevent tumors, but if it causes panic, it will be more than worth the loss, as the “anxiety state” itself brings much more physical harm than “HPV infection”. “The reason why women are recommended to have annual cervical cancer screening is because of this frequency, if it turns into cancer in a few months then annual screening will lose its meaning.  9.HPV infection is mainly transmitted through close contact of sexual relations, there may be other ways of close contact as well, but the former is the main one, reduce the chance of infection, your health you are in charge.  10.After HPV infection is cleared and HPV test is negative, you should undergo cervical cancer screening (TCT and HPV tests) every 1-2 years, just like other women.