Are there any neoplasms on your skin? Did the doctor diagnose papilloma? What is it and how to get rid of the disease? Don't be afraid to go to the doctor. Treatment depends on the nature and type of the virus. This can be either the use of medication or surgery or cauterization of papillomas. Modern medicine is able to remove any type of neoplasia and help prevent the disease from recurring in the future.
Causes of papillomas
Have you ever heard the diagnosis of papilloma? What is it and why did you have the problem? Microtrauma, contact, sexual intercourse and even childbirth - all of these can become a factor of infection by papillomavirus viruses. The incubation period, during which the disease will not appear, can be one month or six months. The virus causes the formation of benign tumors that look like warts.
Almost everyone knows the appearance of a papilloma, as the disease is one of the most common skin problems that adults and children face. Over time, growths can increase in both size and number. However, it turns out that papillomas remain almost invisible, flat and in small numbers.
The cause of this neoplasm is always the human papillomavirus. It causes changes in tissue growth, affects mucous membranes, causes considerable discomfort on a daily basis. Doctors share more than 100 varieties of the virus, which only a specialist can determine.
Risk zone
The human papillomavirus, which causes neoplasms to appear, most often attacks people with weak immunity. Often, they are children and adolescents whose immune systems weaken during active growth. Smoking, alcohol abuse, promiscuous sex - all of these bad habits can also become a factor in the development of the disease. Since the virus is easily transmitted from person to person, those who use other people's towels or shoes periodically and do not follow hygiene rules are also at risk. Women who have been using oral contraceptives for a long time are also at risk of finding papillomas of various etiologies in the body or mucous membranes.
Diagnosis of the disease
The papillomavirus can take a long time to become known, there are no neoplasms and the question of whether or not to remove the papillomas does not arise for a person. In this case, the disease can already be harmful to health. For example, in women, it can affect the genitals, including cervical cancer. That is why, to find out if a virus is present in the body, it is necessary to regularly have a DNA test, which determines exactly what problems are in the body.
Types of papillomavirus
Modern medicine distinguishes more than a hundred types of papillomavirus, which, in turn, are divided into groups: non-oncogenic, viruses with low oncogenicity and types with high oncogenicity. The papilloma virus, whose symptoms are often hidden, belongs to the latter group, can cause cancer of the rectum and genitals in men and also lead to cervical cancer in women. The main role here is timely diagnosis, which allows you to recognize the virus in time and minimize these formidable health consequences by prescribing an effective remedy for papillomas in time.
Viral papillomas
Often, viral papilloma occurs on the hands and other parts of the face and body. What is it and what are the harms that cancer causes to health? It looks like a papilloma, usually called vulgaris, like a mole on the leg. Sometimes, the base of a benign formation is quite wide, the surface is irregular, looking outwardly like cauliflower. The keratinizing papillomas fuse with each other, forming rather extensive affected surfaces.
Viral skin papillomas occur most often in the arms, armpits, eyelids, under the breasts and on the neck. The main characteristic of these neoplasms is that they can disappear periodically and reappear in the same place. Treatment is prescribed by a dermatologist. It may be the removal of papillomas with nitrogen or drug treatment.
Genital warts
This type of papilloma is located in areas that are usually injured during sexual intercourse. This is the anus, the femoral region of the groin, the buttocks. In shape, the condyloma resembles a rooster crest on one leg. The location feature makes neoplasms vulnerable. Often, they hurt, bleed and release a foul-smelling fluid.
Genital warts cause pain and discomfort during sexual intercourse and can interfere with normal childbirth. In some cases, giant warts cause considerable discomfort when moving, limit a person's normal mobility and the question of removing papillomas becomes unequivocally affirmative.
Flat warts
A regular examination by a gynecologist will help to identify flat warts in time - a type of papilloma, which is the main cause of cervical cancer. Early neoplasms can be diagnosed by biopsy and colposcopy, since it is almost impossible to visually detect the disease.
This type of papillomas also occurs in children. Traditionally, the disease is accompanied by redness, itching and pain in the affected skin. Smooth, flat bumps merge with the color of the skin and can be polygonal or rounded.
Filiform papillomas
The appearance of papillomas, called filamentous, is known by 50% of the population over 50 years. The formations appear in the groin, armpits, eyelids and neck. Small, yellowish elongated lumps grow rapidly, reaching a size of about 5 mm, are sore and inflamed. By themselves, filamentous neoplasms do not disappear. Medical intervention is necessary, for example, the removal of papillomas with nitrogen.
Treatment methods
- Cauterization of neoplasms with chemical agents. When using this method, the papilloma dies, a crust forms in its place, which is replaced by healthy, smooth skin in a week. To prevent the abnormal development of skin cells after removal, a qualified physician must perform the procedure, which will accurately determine the nature of the problem and conclude that this technique is appropriate.
- The surgical technique, which consists of cutting the neoplasia with a scalpel, is performed under local anesthesia and requires the subsequent application of a pressure dressing at the cut site.
- The safest and most modern remedy for papillomas is laser removal. The method is used in neoplasms of any size and at any depth, it does not require long-term rehabilitation.
- Cryodestruction (freezing) has also proven itself well. The removal of papillomas with nitrogen is a painless and simple procedure, performed in neoplasms with a very superficial formation. They prefer to remove the deep papillomas by other methods, because during freeze-destruction it is difficult to control the tissues in depth, which can lead to incomplete removal of the papilloma or the occurrence of burns.
- Electrocoagulation, based on the impact on the papilloma with high frequency current, allows removal of sufficiently deep neoplasms. During the procedure, protein tissue coagulation occurs, excluding infection and bleeding. Anesthesia is used only to remove large papillomas.
- High-precision removal of the papilloma occurs with the radio wave therapy method. This allows to obtain an almost perfect result, avoiding scars and burns. That is why this method is so popular for removing papillomas located on the face and other open areas of the body. You will simply forget about the appearance of a papilloma.
- In case of recurrence, the above methods require complex antiviral treatment to prevent disease recurrence.
- Traditional methods of treating papillomas, for example, celandine or apple juice, which our grandmothers recommend to remove neoplasms, can only be relevant as auxiliaries.
Prevention measures
Have you ever encountered a problem like papilloma in the body? What is it and what is the reason for its occurrence, do you know for sure? It is worth protecting yourself with the help of available preventive measures. It is the rejection of bad habits, compliance with basic hygiene rules, adequate food, which allows immunity to be maintained at a high level, the absence of frequent stress, regular medical examinations.