A patient is undergoing treatment that involves the burning of lesions with heat or chemical agents. The nurse recognizes that this patient most likely has which condition?
a. Syphilis
b. Chlamydia
c. Hepatitis B
d. Genital warts
ANS: D
There is presently no known cure for papillomavirus infection. The warts may be treated by freezing, burning, or chemically destroying them or by manipulating the patient's immune system to attack the virus. Cryotherapy (freezing) of the warts may be done by touching each wart with a cryoprobe or a liquid nitrogen–soaked swab. Warts may also be burned or electro-coagulated with an electrocautery or a laser. Heat causes the proteins to coagulate, resulting in death of the wart tissue. A. B. Syphilis and Chlamydia are treated with antibiotics. C. Hepatitis B virus may be treated with immune globulins as well as supportive treatment.
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