Can the HPV virus go away on its own?

HPV (Human papillomavirus) is a sexually transmitted infection that most often occurs, both in men and women. People who have this infection may wonder whether the HPV virus can go away on its own or requires certain treatment to be completely cured. Check out the reviews below to find out the answer.

The HPV virus can disappear, as long as …

HPV is not a dangerous virus if it does not cause diseases, such as genital warts or cancer. However, the presence of HPV in the body is certainly a cause for concern.

Antonio Pizzaro, MD, an Obstetrician and Gynecologist, told SELF, normally the HPV virus will go away on its own.

Some people may find that the virus persists for years, while others may only take up to six months to a year.

Even Antonio added, if someone is infected with the virus when they are under 30 years old, the chance of losing HPV is greater.

According to the CDC, more than 90% of people infected with HPV, their bodies will begin the cleansing process 6-12 months after HPV spreads in the body.

Normally, the body will produce antibodies that fight the infection, so that the HPV virus can disappear without the need for treatment.

This also applies to people who have recently been infected, have a high risk, or people who are not aware of the presence of the virus.

HPV may not be detected by laboratory tests

HPV can indeed disappear, before you even realize that the body is being infected by the virus. However, HPV can also go undetected even after testing in the laboratory.

This means that there are two possibilities, namely the HPV virus has been cleaned by the body or the level of HPV virus infection is very small, so it cannot be detected.

In addition, it should be noted that this one virus can hide behind infected skin or mucosa for several years.

This is what then makes the virus often undetectable even after laboratory tests.

Factors that make HPV not completely disappear

Even though the HPV virus can disappear from your body, there are still some cases where the infection develops into a disease.

This is evidenced by a study from the journal Plos Computational Biology in 2015.

In this study, it appears that the body's ability to destroy the virus is very influential in the development of HPV into diseases, such as cancer.

However, these factors cannot be used as a benchmark because the results of this study actually show the opposite.

More than 300 young women were collected and tested for the HPV virus every 6 months for 4 years. From there, researchers measured the influence of cells in the body and how long it took to get rid of the virus.

The results were quite surprising because almost every participant had different factors in eliminating the virus. However, the immune system still plays an important role in the process of clearing HPV.

Therefore, it is likely that HPV will not go away and develop into a disease mostly due to their low immunity.

However, further research is still needed what are the factors that affect quickly or slowly HPV is lost from the body.

The HPV virus can indeed disappear without the need for any treatment. Even so, maintaining health, eating nutritious foods, and exercising regularly is still recommended so that the body remains fresh when attacked by HPV.