What is the danger of flat warts?

What are the hazards of 扁平疣? Flat warts are a common viral skin disease that can occur at all ages. Some people don't take flat warts seriously and think it's not a big deal, at best they are not beautiful. However, medical research has found that some cases of HPV infection can cause skin cancer and cervical cancer, so people are paying more and more attention.

Experts pointed out: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is a DNA virus, and humans are its only host. The host cells are skin and mucosal epithelial cells. The virus exists in spinous cells and can promote cell proliferation to form wart-like damage.

The incubation period of the disease is one to three months. Traditional Chinese medicine refers to flat warts as "flat warts" and "thousand-day sores." It is believed that the skin is more than that of the skin. The skin and the skin are not closed, the wind-heat toxin invades the whole body or the whole body is liver and blood dryness, the muscle qi is not melted, and the heat toxin causes blood stasis to prevent skin diseases.

According to clinical observation, verruca plana is a flat smooth papule from cap needle to mung bean, which is round, oval or polygonal, and hard in quality. Normal skin tone or light brown. It can occur on the face, back of hands, armpits and other parts of the body. Generally, there are no conscious symptoms such as pain and itching. However, due to its contagious nature, scratching cannot be done because scratching will damage the skin, and wart virus will invade from the damaged site, causing infection by autologous inoculation. The longer the time, the more. Sometimes flat warts beaded along the scratch.

In fact, flat warts not only affect the hazards of beauty, but are also highly infectious. Cause the patient's great mental stress and emotional impact. Its infectiousness creates a barrier between families. The greater risk is that human papillomavirus can cause cervical cancer in women. According to the World Health Organization, cervical cancer is closely related to human papillomavirus infection. The carcinogenic rate is 4.7%-10.2%. Among female malignant tumors, cervical cancer is second only to breast cancer, and the age of onset is getting younger and younger. Medically proven. Because many people don't know the dangers of flat warts. Although there are warts caused by flat warts or other types of human papillomavirus, not too much attention is paid until regretting the serious consequences.

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