How to distinguish a papilloma on the genitals from another mass

Equally, both men and women can develop papillomas on the genitals.

Of course, such formations cause severe discomfort both in ordinary life, when wearing underwear, and during intimacy. Pain can often be experienced during intercourse.

Why does the disease develop?

The reason for the appearance of genital papillomas is absolutely all experts indicate human papillomavirus . This microscopic organism is transmitted from a sick person to a healthy person through sexual intercourse.

It is able to penetrate through microcracks and fix itself in the mucous membranes, on the internal organs of the female reproductive system, and on the skin, both in women and in men.

But not only unprotected intimacy becomes the cause of infection. The virus is able to live for a long time outside the human body, so infection is possible:

• When using someone else’s towels.
• In the pool, bath, sauna.
• If personal hygiene is neglected, then papillomas can appear on any part of the body.
• From a sick mother to a baby in the process of passing through the birth canal.

But the virus can remain unnoticed in the body for a long time. If a person’s immunity works well, then the vital activity of the microorganism will be suppressed, and it will show its manifestations only when the protective barrier decreases.

1. Frequent colds.
2. Long-term use of drugs.
3. The presence of bad habits (alcohol, nicotine, drugs).
4. In women, hormonal imbalance.
5. Frequent stress.

Distinctive features of neoplasms

Usually, the growths that are caused by HPV look like pointed growths ( warts ) or flat warts. They rarely differ in color from the skin around the genitals, but may have a stratum corneum.

In men, genital papillomas occur:

• around the head of the penis.
• On the scrotum.
• All over the penis .

Papillomas on the female genital organs can be located on:

1. Small and large labia.
2. The mucous membranes of the vagina.
3. The cervix.

In a person of either sex, formations can appear on the skin in the inguinal region, around the anus and urethra .

Symptoms

Very often, papillomas on the genitals, in addition to their presence, do not give any other symptoms. This is only in the case when the formations are not injured in any way. But during intimacy and even when wearing certain types of underwear, the growths can tear, and then they carry a triple threat.

• First, it is the focus of the virus. When papillomas on the genitals are damaged, it is from here that the virus enters another person or household items.
• Secondly, another infection can be added to such an open wound, even a small one. Then it is already necessary to treat not one disease, but several.
• Thirdly, formations that are often injured can degenerate into malignant ones. Sometimes this causes cancer. Very often, papillomatosis becomes the cause of cervical cancer.

Almost always, experts note that the number of formations in the intimate area is rapidly increasing. This is due to the fact that damaged papillomas can infect neighboring healthy tissues, and not just another person. Therefore, when a patient turns to a doctor, there are already a lot of formations.

In order to establish the correct diagnosis and prescribe appropriate treatment, a man  should contact a dermatovenereologist, and a gynecologist will help a woman.

How to treat

For the treatment of papilloma, doctors most often use a complex method of treatment. It includes medications and removal. As medicines, antiviral agents are suitable, which reduce the activity of the pathogenic organism that caused the appearance of formations.

This will help reduce the spread and growth of growths. It is also necessary to restore the body’s immune system. For this, immunomodulators and vitamin complexes are used. Such events will not help get rid of the external manifestation, but they will protect against relapse.

Removal of papilloma on the genitals, the doctor can carry out in the following ways:

1. Excision with a scalpel . The procedure is quite painful and is performed under general anesthesia. Usually chosen in order to remove large papillomas or in the case when papillomatosis is present (accumulation of a large number of formations).
2. laser removal . After this procedure, the result is immediately visible, there are no scars and the period of tissue recovery is minimal.
3. Electroknife . It’s also a pretty quick process. The pain is practically not felt, but given the fact that the tissues on the genitals are very sensitive, local anesthesia is used.
4. Radio wave removal . A special apparatus destroys not only the formation, but also the affected tissues. Therefore, after the procedure, repeated papillomas very rarely occur.
5. Liquid nitrogen also works well with such growths. But there are limitations on the use of such a procedure. It is perfect for removal from the external genital organs in both men and women, but if you need to remove formations from the cervix, then cryodestruction  is not used.

Only the doctor decides how to get rid of papilloma  in a particular case. After all, the course of the disease can be supplemented by other diseases that were obtained in the same way with intimacy, like HPV, or join after damage to the papilloma. Self-medication can cause unpredictable consequences.