Male condyloma acuminatum

Men's private parts are generally ignored, so it is very likely to cause viral infection and thus develop genital warts. If a man has genital warts, he must not panic too much, and he must not scratch it with his hands because it itches, because this will cause the genital warts to spread. Therefore, men must pay attention to their private hygiene in daily life, so that they can effectively avoid the occurrence of genital warts in a timely manner.

After the human body is infected with human papillomavirus, the disease will occur after a latent period of half a month to eight months, with an average of three months. Since condyloma acuminatum is often painless and itchy at the beginning, and the rash is not obvious, most patients generally have no symptoms. If condyloma acuminatum can be discovered and treated early, it is not a big problem. If the wart is not large, it can be directly removed by physical methods. If it is discovered too late or not treated in time, resulting in the wart growing larger or spreading widely, it usually takes multiple treatments to completely remove the wart.

Clinical manifestations

This disease often has no conscious symptoms, and some patients may experience local pain or itching. The basic damage is initially small light red bumps of varying sizes, distributed singly or in clusters, moist and soft, with nipple-like, cockscomb-shaped or cauliflower-like protrusions, red or dirty gray, often with pedicles at the roots, and prone to erosive exudates, and easy to bleed when touched. Purulent secretions often accumulate in the cracks of skin damage, causing a foul odor, and secondary infections are often caused by scratching. Due to continuous local moisture and chronic stimulation, it often grows rapidly. This disease often has no conscious symptoms, and some patients may experience local pain or itching. Occasionally, it can transform into squamous cell carcinoma.

The most common sites of this disease are the coronal sulcus, glans penis, foreskin, frenulum of the foreskin, urethral opening, urethra, penis body and root, perineum, around and inside the anus (rectum), and groin.

The incubation period of male condyloma acuminatum is 3 weeks to 8 months, with an average of 3 months. It is more common in sexually active young and middle-aged men, with the peak age of onset being 20 to 25 years old. Male patients with a course of 3 to 5 months will develop the disease soon after sexual contact; while male patients with an average course of 12 months may not develop the disease in sexual contact. Subclinical infection refers to lesions that cannot be identified by the naked eye clinically, but 3% to 5% acetic acid solution can be applied topically or wet-applied for 5 to 10 minutes to show that the HPV-infected area turns white, which is the so-called "acetic acid white phenomenon."