Men can also be infected with HPV, and one study found that the overall genital HPV infection rate in men can be as high as 45.2%. It is only because of their physiology that they are less likely to show signs of disease. So, what are the signs of HPV infection in men?
1. Not showing any symptoms
After men are infected with HPV, most of them may not have any symptoms and the virus will be cleared by the body’s immunity. There is also a latent infection type, that is, they are still in the latent period, no visible warts, but carry the HPV virus, in contact with other people have genital contact, the virus can be transmitted to others.
2, the skin appeared a variety of benign warts
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The most important thing is that the wart can be found on any part of the body, mostly on the hands. They appear as pea-sized or larger round, polygonal papules with a rough surface, keratinization, and papilloma-like proliferation on the surface of higher skin planes.
3, the anus or external genital area appeared skin mucous membrane superfluous organisms, namely condyloma acuminata
The actual fact is that you will find a lot of men in the genital area on the warts. The location of the perineum, perineum, penis or coronal sulcus, foreskin (inside), glans, ligament place or urethral orifice.
In the early stage, the shape is small and may appear as red dots, red spots, red papules and other dermatitis-like lesions around the skin and mucous membrane, or warts of the size of a needle point, a small grain of rice or a green bean, with a keratinous raised surface in the form of spiny warts, which are typical of warts in the developmental stage and may not be painful or itchy.
The skin of the wart may be pink in color and may be itchy or painful.
In severe development, they may spread to the corners of the mouth, the perianal area, inside the urethra, and even inside the bladder. The swellings may fuse with each other, and yellow fluid may flow out when the glans is pinched by hand, and there may be pain when urinating, or in severe cases, bleeding and ulcers, which are painful when touched.
In addition, some men will also show swollen lymph nodes, especially in the groin, thigh root lymph nodes distributed more places, touching with the hand will feel obvious lumps, with finger pressure will have a painful feeling.
If you’ve got any of the above signs and symptoms, it is advisable to go to the hospital for a clear diagnosis, if you are diagnosed with condyloma acuminata, it is advisable to be treated by laser removal or surgical excision, and topical application of drugs to supplement the treatment.
The majority of HPV infections in men are transient and can be cleared by autoimmunity after infection, which usually does not cause any symptoms and does not affect health. However, if persistent infection with HPV16 is present, it can cause cancer. The common cancers associated with HPV in men are penile cancer, anal cancer, ⾆ cancer, tonsil cancer, and throat cancer. Therefore, it should also be taken seriously.
Reference.
[1]Wu ZM,Chen YI,et al. Analysis of HPV infection status and influencing factors of male sexual partners of female HPV-infected patients[J]. Chinese Journal of Male Science,2019, 33(3):3