What does HPV high-risk subtype positive mean?

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High-risk HPV is clinically divided into dozens of subtypes. If one of the dozens of subtypes shows a positive result, it indicates that there is a high-risk HPV infection in the clinic. The most important high-risk HPV infection in the clinic is that it may cause precancerous lesions of cervical and vaginal mucosa, or cancer manifestations. Therefore, we must pay attention to this high-risk HPV infection. once high-risk HPV infection is found, it is recommended to go to the hospital for colposcopy within 3-7 days of menstruation. The main purpose is to understand whether cervical epithelium or vaginal epithelium has developed lesions under high-risk HPV infection. If there is no lesion, as long as regular review is given, it can be done. Because high-risk HPV infection is about 80%, it will turn negative after about 1 year.

What does HPV high-risk subtype positive mean?



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