The reasons why genital warts are prone to recurrence are as follows:
① Abnormal cell-mediated immune function of the patient: Studies have shown that the incidence of genital warts in patients who take long-term oral rejection drugs after renal transplantation and AIDS patients increases significantly, suggesting that patients with immune deficiency, especially those with abnormal cell-mediated immune function, have a greatly increased chance of developing human papillomavirus infection.
② Subclinical infection phenomenon of genital warts: Due to the latent infection of human papillomavirus, new clinical and subclinical lesions occur in non-lesional areas. After local removal of warts by laser or cryotherapy, the wound is repaired by human papillomavirus-infected cells around the wound, causing new lesions to occur in the original lesion area.
③ The patient has a higher estrogen level: Polymerase chain reaction studies have shown that the number and intensity of estrogen receptors in genital warts tissue during pregnancy are higher than those in non-pregnant genital warts tissue. This is consistent with the rapid growth rate and large size of human papillomavirus infection during pregnancy, indicating that estrogen is related to the activity of human papillomavirus and is one of the auxiliary factors in the occurrence of genital warts.
