Patients are often alarmed and anxious when HPV infection is found in the cervix and come to the clinic
1. HPV infection is strategically important because it is a necessary but not a sufficient condition to cause cervical cancer. So doctors want you to stay away from HPV
2. Tactically, you have to take it easy. It is not true that cervical cancer will occur as soon as you get infected, but the two are a million miles apart.
3. There are more than 100 types of HPV infections, but only about 10 types are cancer-causing high-risk types, with 16 and 18 being the most common. There is no need to be alarmed by low-risk transient infections.
4, HPV infections are also common, and it is estimated that more than half of all women will have a transient HPV infection during their lifetime. It is as common as the herpes virus in 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 possible, and there is a vaccine for HPV that can be used, recommended between the ages of 9 and 16, before sexual intercourse.
6. People with high-risk types 16 and 18 infection can undergo colposcopy to further exclude cervical cell changes.
7. Screening for HPV infection is a means of preventing cervical cancer, which allows early detection of the potential for cancer-causing viruses and raises awareness to prevent tumors, but if it causes panic, it is more than worth the cost. “
The reason why women are advised to have annual cervical cancer screening is because of this frequency, if it turns into cancer in a few months then annual screening loses its meaning.
9, HPV infection is mainly transmitted through close sexual contact, there may be other ways of close contact, but the former is the main, reduce the chance of infection you can try to do.
10. After HPV infection is cleared and the HPV test is negative, you should undergo cervical cancer screening (TCT and HPV) every 1-2 years, just like any other woman.