What is HPV?

HPV stands for styling the human papillomavirus . The HPV virus is of the family  papillomaviridae , causing  skin or mucosal lesions. In most cases, the lesions are limited growth and regress some of them alone.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the main risk factor for cervical cancer in women is HPV infection. The incidence and mortality rates for cervical cancer in Latin America are among the highest in the world.

How do you get HPV?

HPV transmission occurs by direct contact with infected skin. Genital HPV is transmitted through intimate relationships, may cause lesions ( warts ) in the whole male or female intimate area. There are also studies showing the rare presence of viruses on the skin, in the larynx (voice box) and esophagus. Have subclinical infections are found in the cervix. The development of any clinical or subclinical damage (not apparent) in other regions of the body is quite rare.

What is HPV?

What are the symptoms of HPV?

The condyloma is the main symptom that the person is infected with HPV. Condyloma is a set of sizes and varied aspects warts that look like cauliflower. If someone has warts and divide for example a bath towel who has warts, the person who is not infected is in serious danger of contracting the disease. In some cases, papillomavirus infection is silent and does not exhibit any visible symptoms.

Treatment for HPV

It is important to emphasize that only the physician treats the disease caused by HPV, namely condyloma acuminata . HPV infection diagnosed by scans and does not have warts is called latent HPV infection, that can be combated by the immune system of the infected. Thus, HPV takes on average about one to two years to be removed from the body, but only the physician can tell if there is need for treatments that enhance immunity and to help in the elimination.

The treatment for HPV is done in various ways, and the main goal of any one of them is to destroy the damaged tissue (when there is the presence of condylomata acuminata) and improve the body's immunity. It can be done surgically, immunosuppressant drugs with tricoloroacético acid or podophyllin.

HPV has no cure?

The HPV has no cure , and it depends on a few factors. When the immune system who contracted the disease is not in order, there is the possibility of producing new virus diseased cells and thus keep the disease in the body even after treatment. However, fortunately, in most cases with the treatment of lesions of the body itself so the virus.