Amathumba ayisicaba abangelwa kukutheleleka kweengqimba eziphezulu zesikhumba nge-human papillomavirus (HPV), ngokuqhelekileyo iintlobo eziphantsi kwingozi. Uninzi lwabantu bathwala i-HPV, kodwa amathumba avele kuphela xa kukho izinto ezongezelelweyo ezifana nokuncipha kwamandla omzimba, ukulimala kwesikhumba, okanye ukunakekelwa kwesikhumba okunganele okwenza kube lula i-virus ukuba iqale ukukhula.
Amathumba ayisicaba athathwa njengaphephile xa kuziwa kwingozi yomdlavuza kwaye phantse awaguquki abe yingozi. Iingxaki eziphambili kukuphazamiseka kokubukeka, ukopha okungenzeka okanye ubuhlungu ukuba zihlala zilimala, kunye nokuthambekela kokusabalala okanye ukuphindaphinda esikhumbeni.
Amathumba ayisicaba angasuswa ngezindlela ezithambile ezifana ne-laser, i-nitrogen ewuketshezi (cryotherapy), ukuhlinzwa ngamaza omsakazo, okanye i-electrocoagulation. Kwezinye izimo, ukusikwa kokuhlinzwa nge-histology kuyasetshenziswa, ikakhulukazi ukuba isimo singacacile. Ukuzisika, ukushisa, okanye ukuklwebha amathumba akuphephile kwaye kungabangela ukopha, ukutheleleka, amanxeba, nokuthola isimo esingalungile. Ngisho nangemva kokususwa, amathumba amasha angavela, ngoko ukulandela nokuvimbela kubalulekile.
Unganciphisa ingozi yamathumba ayisicaba ngokuvikela isikhumba sakho ekucindezelekeni okungapheli, ukugcina ukuhlanzeka komuntu okuhle, nokwelapha izifo nezifo zokuziphatha ngexesha. Ukuqinisa amasosha omzimba, ukusebenzisa ukuvikelwa kwelanga, nokugwema ukuvezwa kwe-UV okanye imisebe engadingekile nakho kuyasiza. Ukuhlolwa komuntu siqu okuvamile nokuvakashela ugqirha wesikhumba kusenesikhathi ukuba izilonda zishintsha kubalulekile.
Bona ugqirha wesikhumba ukuba uqaphela amabhampa amatsha, amaninzi ayisicaba abukeka njengezithumba, ngakumbi ezandleni okanye ebusweni, okanye ukuba amathumba akhona eshintsha, eopha, okanye elimele kaninzi. Ukuhlolwa okuqhelekileyo kuyanceda kubantu abanamanxeba amaninzi, amasosha omzimba abuthathaka, okanye ezinye izimila zesikhumba.
Amathumba ayisicaba ngokuvamile awaphuthumi kwaye angahlolwa ekuvakasheni okuhleliwe kodokotela wesikhumba. Funa usizo lwezokwelapha ngaphambi kwesikhathi ukuba isilonda sishintsha ngokukhawuleza, sikhala ngaphandle kokulimala okucacileyo, siba buhlungu, okanye sibukeka sihluke kakhulu kwamanye amathumba akho.