Three key points in diagnosing genital warts

　　Is it necessary to diagnose genital warts? How do we treat genital warts? Let’s take a look at the experts’ answers below.

　　(1) Acetic acid white test : Dip a cotton swab into 5% acetic acid solution and apply it to the skin lesion to be inspected and nearby areas. skin On the mucous membrane, you can see that the HPV infected area turns white after about 1 minute. It is a uniform whitened area with clear boundaries around it.

　　(2) Histopathological examination: The main manifestations are parakeratosis and mild hyperkeratosis of the cornea, characterized by papilloma-like hyperplasia, high acanthosis, thickening and elongation of epidermal processes, and obvious vacuolated cells in the middle and upper layers.

　　(3) Cytological examination: Using vaginal or cervical wart tissue smears and Pap staining, two types of cells, namely vacuolated cells and dyskeratotic cells, can be seen coexisting, which has diagnostic value for genital warts.