What are the symptoms of HPV in men?

Most people are more familiar with HIV, also known as AIDS. In comparison, many people do not know about HPV. In fact, HPV refers to human papillomavirus. This virus is actually very harmful and easily contagious. For example, it can be transmitted through sexual intercourse between men and women, and even close contact can cause infection. Some people can even be infected indirectly. So what symptoms will occur when men are infected with this virus?

First, benign skin manifestations

(1) Common warts: Papules the size of rice grains, with obvious keratinization on the surface, rough and uneven, thorny tops, and hard texture. The lesions can be single or multiple, and can gradually increase by self-inoculation. They often occur on the hands, feet, etc.

(2) Disease manifestations in special parts of the body:

Periungual warts: occur around the fingernails and toenails, and are characterized by thickening and keratinization under the nail.

Plantar warts: They occur on the soles of the feet. Bleeding spots and black spots may be seen on the surface of the skin due to pressure.

Filiform warts: multiple, soft, thread-like warts that occur on the neck and eyelids

Flat warts: They often occur on the face and trunk. They are mostly flat papules 2-5mm in size, skin color or light brown, with a smooth surface, round or quasi-round. Occasionally, they may be scratched due to itching, resulting in self-inoculation, or they may be implanted along the surface of skin injuries.

Second, benign manifestations of external genital diseases

(1) Genital warts (condyloma acuminatum): There are three states: typical manifestations, subclinical infection, and latent infection.

(a) Typical manifestations: Typical skin lesions visible to the naked eye: papilloma-like, cauliflower-like, granular, chicken comb-like, etc.

(b) Subclinical manifestations are difficult to identify with the naked eye and can only be observed with the help of a magnifying glass or acetowhite test. Histological and cytological tests show typical HPV pathological changes.

(c) Latent infection is when HPV enters the cells of the skin and mucous membranes and does not cause any clinical manifestations or histological abnormalities, but can be detected in the cells of the skin and mucous membranes through molecular biology methods, nucleic acid hybridization, etc.

Prone areas: Female vulva, vagina, cervix and anus, anal canal, and urethral opening; male vulva, penis, testicular surface, urethral opening, anus, and anal canal, etc.

Rare locations: armpits, umbilical cord, between toes, under the breasts, etc.

Third, high-risk HPV infection

1. Skin manifestations

There is data showing that epithelial tumors of the skin, such as Bowman's disease, basal cell carcinoma, Paget's disease, and squamous cell carcinoma, are also associated with this type of viral infection.

2. Mucosal manifestations

Cervical cancer, anal canal cancer, tonsil cancer, oral cancer, laryngeal cancer, nasal cancer, esophageal cancer, etc.