What are the reasons for recurrence of genital warts after surgery?

I believe everyone has heard of genital warts in our lives. It is a common sexually transmitted disease in clinical practice, and in recent years, more and more people have been suffering from genital warts. Many people suffering from this disease think that everything will be fine after the treatment of genital warts. In fact, they don’t know that even after treatment, genital warts are very likely to recur if they are not properly cared for. Now let me introduce to you the factors that cause the recurrence of genital warts.

Although treatment of genital warts can make the warts disappear completely, the recurrence rate is quite high. Domestic data show that the recurrence rate within 3 months is 30% to 60%; foreign data show that the recurrence rate within 6 months is 30% to 70%. The recurrence of genital warts can be said to be one of the most troublesome problems for patients. Broadly speaking, if new wart tissue reappears within six months to one year after the visible warts have been eliminated after treatment of genital warts, it can be considered a relapse.

The recurrence of genital warts may be caused by the following reasons:

① The existence of subclinical infection and latent infection.

②The body’s immune function is impaired.

③Sexual behavior: According to a survey by foreign scholars, people with a large cumulative number of sexual partners and a large total number of sexual partners within 5 years have a significantly higher incidence and recurrence rate of genital warts. In addition, it is also related to the age of first sexual intercourse. The recurrence rate of genital warts is significantly increased in those who first have sexual intercourse at the age of less than 19 years old.

④ Pregnant women: The infection develops very quickly during pregnancy, the number of skin lesions is large, the recurrence rate is very high after treatment, and it disappears significantly after delivery, which may be related to the increase in estrogen levels in the body during pregnancy.

⑤Phimosis, excessive foreskin, local inflammation, poor hygiene, infection with multiple sexually transmitted pathogens, smoking, drinking, prostitution, not using condoms, etc. are all risk factors for recurrence of genital warts.

The recurrence rate of genital warts is as strong as its infectious ability, so even after treatment, you must pay attention to care in daily life and not be too careless. Based on the above reasons for the recurrence of genital warts, I hope you pay more attention to it, because if genital warts recur again, it will be a second injury to both the patient himself and his family.