What is cervical papilloma virus?

HPV

is a widespread virus, many people may be infected with HPV throughout their life, in most cases, HPV infection is transient, the body's immune system can clear the virus, does not cause obvious health problems. However, in some cases, persistent infection may lead to the occurrence of lesions. At the same time, HPV has many subtypes, some of which are considered high-risk types, such as HPV16, HPV18, etc., and cervical cancer and other malignant lesions are closely related. HPV infection can cause genital warts and other benign lesions. It is important to identify HPV types for risk assessment and subsequent management strategies.

In addition, after finding HPV positive, it is not possible to judge the severity of the disease based solely on this result. It is usually necessary to conduct a comprehensive evaluation in combination with cervical cytology (such as TCT). If the cytology is normal, it may only need regular reexamination; if the cytology is abnormal, further colposcopy is needed to determine whether there are lesions in the cervix and the extent of the lesions.