Will HPV become negative as your immunity improves?

First of all, it can be clearly stated that in most cases, improving the immunity of people with normal immunity can indeed help HPV become negative, but this is not a 100% "gold standard" and there are many exceptions.

I have come into contact with many HPV-positive friends. The one that impressed me the most was a 26-year-old girl who was diagnosed with high-risk HPV 16 and 52 in a physical examination last year. TCT showed no lesions. The doctor did not prescribe medicine, but only asked her to go back to adjust her daily routine and exercise more, and not to be too anxious. At that time, she just quit her job in the Internet to prepare for the graduate school entrance examination, so she gave up the late nights that she had been doing for five or six years. She went to bed before 11 o'clock every day, and got up at 7 o'clock in the morning. When she was tired from studying, she would go downstairs and dance for half an hour with Pamela.

But I have also seen many people who have been struggling for several years and have not turned negative. Another 34-year-old mother of two children is a typical example. She has Hashimoto's thyroiditis, her immunity is weaker than ordinary people, and she has to take care of two children. She often stays up until one or two in the morning to go to bed. She has been infected with HPV18 for almost 2 years. She has tried taking selenium tablets, running marathons, and various folk remedies. The last reexamination was still positive, and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions were also detected. She is now undergoing clinical intervention.

In fact, there is no completely unified conclusion in the academic community on this issue. Many doctors in the Department of Infectious Diseases believe that HPV itself is a transient infection, and 90% of infections will be cleared by the immune system within 1-2 years. As long as the immune function is not defective, it is the most natural way to rely on self-immunity to clear it. There is no need for excessive medical treatment.； However, clinical gynecological doctors have seen too many cases of high-grade lesions appearing slowly. Instead, they would remind everyone not to blindly believe that "immunity can turn negative", especially those who are infected with highly carcinogenic high-risk types such as 16 and 18, or those who have been infected for more than 18 months and have underlying immune diseases. Don't wait for immunity to take effect. Intervention is necessary.

In fact, you can just think of your immune system as the cleaning lady of your house. Usually she is in good health and works quickly, but if there is some dust in the house (HPV infection), she cleans it up within two days, and you don’t even notice it.； But if the aunt has backache and leg pain and lacks strength, or the dust has accumulated thickly (persistent infection, precursor to disease), then just relying on the aunt to sweep by herself will not be able to clean everything, and you will have to hold the cleaning tool to help.

I have also seen many people go to the other extreme. In order to improve immunity, they buy thousands of imported anti-HPV oral liquids and organic selenium tablets, and eat them in handfuls every day. As a result, their immunity is not improved. They first take high transaminases, which is not worth the gain. In fact, it doesn't have to be so complicated for ordinary people to improve their immunity. Staying up less late at night, moving for half an hour three or four days a week, and not being too anxious to eat every day are more effective than taking any number of supplements.

Generally speaking, if you find out about HPV, don’t scare yourself first, and don’t put all your hopes on “improving your immunity”. It is safest to follow your doctor’s instructions for regular check-ups and adjust your response methods according to your own situation.