What is HPV test

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Now more and more skin diseases come into our life, but we don't understand it. It's really bothering our life. Now there is a kind of examination method called HPV examination. What is it? Let me introduce it to you.

What is HPV test

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a kind of papillomavacuolar virus A belonging to the family lactuloviridae. It is a spherical DNA virus, which can cause the proliferation of human skin and mucous membrane squamous epithelium. At present, more than 130 kinds of HPV have been isolated, and different types cause different clinical manifestations.

Skin type HPV infection rate is very common, such as the above common verruca vulgaris, toe warts, flat warts, etc., can not get specific infection rate, more attention is paid to high-risk HPV infection and low-risk HPV infection of external genitalia caused by genital warts and cervical cancer, according to statistics in the global sexually transmitted diseases, HPV infection caused by genital warts accounted for 15-20%.

One of them is HPV flat wart, which mostly occurs on the face and trunk. Most of them are flat papules with the size of 2-5mm. The skin color is light brown, and the surface is smooth, round or quasi round. Occasionally, it is scratched due to pruritus to form self inoculation or planted along the damaged surface of the skin.

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For high-risk HPV and mild cervical lesions found in screening, especially for infertile young women, there is no better way to remove the virus and cure the corresponding lesions.