What happens when genital warts are most serious?

It is well known that genital warts are a type of sexually transmitted disease. However, due to the particularity of the disease, many patients dare not face their condition. They feel embarrassed to go to the hospital and worry that others will misunderstand and question their character after knowing their condition, which leads to excessive psychological burden and they give up treatment. In fact, this idea is very wrong. In the long run, not only will the disease not be treated, it may even worsen.

So what harm will it cause if we really delay treatment? Our experts will explain this disease in detail below, and we hope that everyone will have a new understanding of this disease. No matter what disease you have, you must receive timely treatment so that the disease can be eliminated in its infancy and you can recover your health as soon as possible. If genital warts are not treated in time, they will cause many harms. If genital warts are not treated in time, they will continue to grow and increase in number. They can also merge with each other to take on nipple-like, cockscomb-like, cobblestone-like, cauliflower-like appearances, and can vary in size and grow into huge genital warts. There is often itching and a feeling of pressure, and if there is a bacterial infection, there may be a foul odor. Compression of adjacent tissues and organs causes corresponding compression symptoms.

If patients with genital warts do not receive treatment for a long time, they may develop cancer after a few years, most commonly in the penis and around the anus. However, if discovered and treated in time, it can generally be cured within 1-2 weeks and will not turn into cancer. About 15% of cervical warts and 10% of vulvar and perianal warts can develop into malignant tumors; 18% of penile cancer and 9% of vulvar cancer are induced by genital warts. But not all HPV infections will turn into cancer. If the treatment is active and thorough, the above-mentioned lesions may not occur at all. Moreover, some viruses may disappear after a certain period of time. Can remove viruses. Although not every patient with genital warts will develop into cancer, once you have genital warts, you should detect and treat them early. Choosing a regular hospital and reliable treatment methods can completely cure them.

In addition, if patients with genital warts do not receive active or thorough treatment, they may be infected with other serious sexually transmitted diseases. Not only that, the disease is highly contagious and can be transmitted to family members or other people, causing infection. The longer you delay treatment, the more the patient's immune system will be suppressed, making the disease more difficult to cure. The above is the expert’s introduction. I hope the above content can increase your understanding of it and you will no longer be afraid of it. I hope everyone will seek treatment immediately if they are sick, and not delay treatment and cause more health problems.

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