What happens if genital warts are not treated?

In life, there are many people suffering from genital warts. Some people do not want to seek treatment because of face. What will happen if genital warts are not treated? Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease caused by human papillomavirus. If not treated in time, they can be transmitted to the health of the partner, the elderly and children at home. If genital warts are not treated in time, they are likely to cause malignant tumors such as penile cancer in men and cervical cancer in women in the future. It must be taken seriously.

Genital warts are a type of sexually transmitted disease. Many patients dare not face their condition and feel embarrassed to go to the hospital, fearing that they will be laughed at by everyone. This leads to excessive psychological burden and they give up treatment. In fact, this idea is very wrong. If things go on like this, not only will the condition not be treated, but it will also lead to psychological illness, which is extremely harmful to the body and will have endless consequences.

No matter what disease you have, you must receive timely treatment so that the disease can be eliminated in its infancy and you can recover your health as soon as possible. If genital warts are not treated in time, they will cause many harms. If genital warts are not treated in time, they will continue to grow and increase in number. They can also merge with each other to take on nipple-like, cockscomb-like, cobblestone-like, cauliflower-like appearances, and can vary in size and grow into huge genital warts. There is often itching and a feeling of pressure, and if there is a bacterial infection, there may be a foul odor. Compression of adjacent tissues and organs causes corresponding compression symptoms.

If patients with genital warts do not receive treatment for a long time, they may develop cancer after a few years, most commonly in the penis and around the anus. However, if discovered and treated in time, it can generally be cured within 1-2 weeks and will not turn into cancer. About 15% of cervical warts and 10% of vulvar and perianal warts can develop into malignant tumors; 18% of penile cancer and 9% of vulvar cancer are induced by genital warts. But not all HPV infections will turn into cancer. If the treatment is active and thorough, the above-mentioned lesions may not occur at all. Moreover, some viruses may disappear after a certain period of time. Can remove viruses. Although not every patient with genital warts will develop into cancer, once you have genital warts, you should detect and treat them early. Choosing a regular hospital and reliable treatment methods can completely cure them.

In addition, if patients with genital warts do not receive active or thorough treatment, they may be infected with other serious sexually transmitted diseases. Not only that, the disease is highly contagious and can be transmitted to family members or other people, causing infection. The longer you delay treatment, the more the patient's immune system will be suppressed, making the disease more difficult to cure.