What are the clinical symptoms of genital warts?

　　What are genital warts? male What are the symptoms of genital warts? Tianjin Sunshine Men’s Clinic Hospital Authoritative experts say: Male genital warts are difficult to cure disease , the causative bacterium is human papillomavirus. Such pathogenic bacteria have very high environmental adaptability and infectivity. Most often occur in young people. The occurrence of genital warts is often caused by people's lack of understanding of the disease. If the symptoms of genital warts can be recognized, early treatment can be achieved. Next, let’s learn about the symptoms of genital warts.

　　Symptoms of genital warts in men:

　　The lesions initially appear as small light red pimples, varying in size, distributed singly or in clusters, moist and soft, with nipple-like, comb-like or cauliflower-like protrusions, red or gray, penile pearl rash, often with a pedicle at the root, and prone to erosion and exudation, and easy bleeding when touched. Purulent secretions often accumulate in the cracks of the skin lesions, causing a foul odor, and secondary infections may occur due to scratching. Due to constant exposure to local moisture and chronic irritation, they often grow rapidly. The disease often has no symptoms, but some patients may experience local pain or itching. Occasionally, it may transform into squamous cell carcinoma.

　　Symptoms of male genital warts: Condyloma acuminata that occur at the urethral opening or anterior urethra are generally not easy to observe. Because male genital warts are rich in blood vessels and prone to bleeding, some patients often come to the doctor due to blood in the urine after sexual intercourse or exertion. Generally, there are no subjective symptoms such as pain. Condyloma acuminata that occur in the anus are easily confused with hemorrhoids, but condyloma acuminata that occur in the anus are difficult to observe without an anoscope, and sometimes appear as bleeding after defecation.

　　Self-examination of male genital warts patients:

　　Typical symptoms of genital warts: The diagnosis of genital warts is not difficult. If you find vegetations or small warts on the external genitalia, perianal, perineal and vaginal parts, you should suspect genital warts. If the warts are single or multiple small papules, papillary, cauliflower-shaped or cockscomb-shaped, with a rough surface and pedunculated roots or fused into sheets, they can basically be identified as genital warts.

　　Condyloma acuminata white vinegar experiment: Atypical skin lesions need to be combined with the acetic acid whitening test. That is, use gauze or cotton swabs dipped in 5% glacial acetic acid solution (i.e. edible white vinegar) to apply it tightly to the affected area. Observe after 2 to 5 minutes: if it is condyloma acuminata, the local area will turn white, which is a positive reaction; if it is pseudocondyloma, it will be a negative reaction, that is, it will not change color.

　　Symptom incubation period of male genital warts

　　The incubation period of symptoms of male genital warts is 3 weeks to 8 months, with an average of 3 months. It is more common in sexually active young and middle-aged men. The peak age of onset is 20-25 years old. Male patients with an average disease duration of 3-5 months will develop the disease soon after sexual contact. Male patients with an average disease duration of 12 months may not develop the disease in sexual contacts. Most patients are generally asymptomatic. The damage varies in size and shape. It can be just a few, or it can be a large number of needle-like lesions: large tumors can grow in the vulva and anus, with a sense of oppression and a foul smell; sometimes small condyloma can cause pain and discomfort in the vulva, and the patient can have blood in the urine and difficulty urinating; condyloma in the rectum can cause pain and blood in the stool, while large condyloma in the rectum can cause tenesmus.

　　Through the introduction of the symptoms of genital warts, we realized that genital warts cannot be ignored! Scientific and standardized treatment is very important, "miraculous photodynamic therapy", which is a new top treatment technology for genital warts highly recommended by the World Health Organization.

　　Miraculous photodynamic therapy

　　The principle of photodynamic therapy is to first inject a photosensitizer into the patient's diseased area, and then irradiate the diseased area with laser light of a specific wavelength band. After the photosensitizer is activated, it produces a photodynamic reaction and causes a photoactive process to occur at the lesion site, producing reactive oxygen species such as singlet oxygen to kill abnormally proliferated cells, while adjacent tissues are not affected in any way. This therapy places high demands on doctors and hospitals during the treatment process.