What are the symptoms of vulvar flat warts

Flat warts refer to human papillomavirus. This disease is common in adolescents and often causes flat papules. If vulvar flat warts occur, it will cause great harm to women's health. If you do not pay attention to timely treatment, it will often induce more serious gynecological problems. Moreover, this type of flat warts is also highly contagious and can be transmitted to others through sexual transmission, so the infection should be controlled and treated in time.

Clinical manifestations

It is common in adolescents and can occur suddenly. The lesions are mostly on the face, back of the hands, and arms, and appear as flat papules of varying sizes, slightly raised, smooth on the surface, round, oval or polygonal in shape, with clear boundaries.

They may be densely distributed or arranged in lines due to local scratching. Generally, there are no subjective symptoms, and some patients experience mild itching. The course of the disease is chronic and can last for many years, and some patients can get better on their own.

Are vulvar flat warts a sexually transmitted disease? Characteristics of flat warts

Flat warts are a viral skin disease, and like the familiar genital warts, they are both caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), but there are significant differences in the virus typing of the two. In addition, the sites where sexually transmitted diseases occur are basically genital abnormalities and the area around the genitals. Flat warts are more common on the face and back of the hands, so there are differences between flat warts and gender.

Are vulvar flat warts considered sexually transmitted diseases? The transmission routes are different.

Both flat warts and genital warts are highly contagious. Flat warts are directly transmitted more through trauma, while sexually transmitted diseases are directly transmitted more through sexual intercourse. In addition, sexually transmitted diseases such as flat warts and genital warts can also be transmitted indirectly through contaminants. However, there is a difference between the transmission of flat warts and sexually transmitted diseases.

Through the above introduction, I believe many friends have some understanding of the question of whether vulvar flatness is a sexually transmitted disease. Experts on the relevant methods remind that if the vulvar skin morphology and abnormalities are confirmed to be flat warts, then sexually transmitted diseases can be ruled out. Since the symptoms of the two are similar, attention should be paid to differential diagnosis.