Do men who are HPV16 positive need treatment?

Research has found that some men have been tested positive for HPV16. However, most men do not understand the actual meaning of the test results. According to statistics, many men roughly understand that HPV is related to genital warts, but they know very little about the details. So, what does it mean for men to be positive for HPV16? The following is an authoritative report on this issue.

The doctor introduced that HPV is a common virus called human papillomavirus. There are more than 200 different types, most of which are relatively harmless and do not cause any significant symptoms. But about 30 types can cause infection in the male and female genital areas. According to the different pathogenicity or carcinogenic risk factors of HPV subtypes, HPV can be divided into low-risk and high-risk types. HPV16 belongs to the high-risk type and often causes genital warts. Authoritative experts said that genital warts are contagious, and the common transmission methods are as follows.

1. Infection from maternal and infant supplies: This is mainly because pregnant women with genital warts, especially those with no obvious clinical manifestations but viral infections in the cervix, have viruses in their reproductive system. During normal delivery in clinical medicine, the fetus passes through the birth canal, causing the newborn to be infected with viruses and suffer from genital warts.

2. Indirect transmission: Indirect transmission is also a type of transmission, mainly because some patients with condyloma acuminatum are infected with human papillomavirus through indirect means, the most common of which is daily necessities such as underwear, bathtubs, etc. Therefore, especially for long-term travel and tourists, this method should be taken seriously.

3. Direct infection: Condyloma acuminatum belongs to genital tract infection, so direct transmission is the most important route of transmission for condyloma acuminatum, just like other sexually transmitted diseases. When having sex with a patient with condyloma acuminatum or a patient with this virus, warts will grow and develop in the genital area. Then the virus in the warts and epidermal tissue can fall off and be vaccinated to the sexual organs of the sexual partner, causing infection with human papillomavirus and the disease. Therefore, condyloma acuminatum is very easy to occur in people with very complex sexual behaviors.

HPV16 is an analysis of HPV. If it is positive in a man's body, it means that the male patient is infected with HPV16. Experts and professors kindly remind you: Among the many HPV types, HPV16 is classified as a high-risk type. Therefore, if a man is tested positive for HPV16, he should not ignore it, but should turn the positive result to negative as soon as possible to ensure that he will not be harmed by it again.

Can HPV16 in men be cured?

Most men who test positive for HPV16 can be cured. For men, if they are only infected with high-risk HPV16 but do not have warts, they do not need treatment. In clinical medicine, this is true not only for men but also for women. Most patients who are only infected with high-risk HPV can eliminate the virus by improving their own immunity. There is no need for special treatment. The recovery time is about half a year to a year, which actually depends on their own immunity.