Genatal warts symptoms - genetal wharts treatment
Genatal wart signs and symptoms can be very obvious, or very difficult to notice but still be very contagious. It is the HPV virus that is causing genetal warts (genital wharts). Genital herpies, although similar is not the same as genital warts.
Genatal warts
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Genitle warts will typically show up as small bumps in flesh-color, sometimes flat in their appearance and very often rather minute. The wharts can often be found on the penis or somewhere in the vicinity of the anus or between the scrotum and the penis. For women, the worts can be found on the vulva or sometimes on the cervix or in the neighborhood of the vagina. Genitel warts may be of different sizes, sometimes even too small for the eye to register. Genetical wharts can sometimes lead to development of cancers. For men it is penile cancer and for women it is cancer in the cervix. Genital warts are not the same condition as genital herpies although sometimes confused because of the similarities.
Genatal warts are very contagious. Typically there is a 70% risk of developing a genital warts infection within 2-3 months if you have sex with someone who is already infected with the genetial wharts.
What is genetal warts (genetical wharts) looking like?
Color of genetal warts can be gray, or flesh-colored. Genetile warts (or genetical wharts) appear as small dimple-like bumps found in the genital or in the anal area and the worts are equally probable to occur in both men and women. Genital wharts are the symptom of the presence of a virus, HPV (human papilloma virus). Unfortunately, it is possible to suffer from genitile warts without showing any signs or symptoms at all, which means that there is a high risk of spreading the disease.How can you get infected with genetal warts?
Genitel warts may appear at any age but it is most common in the age span from 15 to 30 years of age. Genetial warts are very contagious - the risk is over 50% of getting infected if having sex with someone who is infected with genetile warts (genetial wharts).Genatal warts may also appear in very young children (infants) and in these cases the theory is that transmission occurs during normal manual contact (non-sexual). However - presence of genetal warts in a very young child does warrant some level of suspiscion of previous sexual abuse.
What is the transfer mechanism of genital wharts?
Genital wharts are classified as a Sexually Transmitted Infection (abbreviated STI). This infection is a virus called HPV, or human papilloma virus. Most typical cause of transfer of the virus is via sexual contact, that could be any of vaginal, oral or anal sex with someone who is infected with this virus. It is possible that a sexual partner is infected although he/she shows no symptoms of genitile warts. The problem, or danger, with genitel warts are that they can be present and contagious and still almost without symptoms of genetal warts. The wharts could be located on both the inside and the outside of the body. The use of condoms helps protecting against transfer, but it is not completely safe as genital warts can be present in places not covered by the condom.What are the causes of symptoms of genitile warts?
Typically, genital wharts are caused by the HPV virus, but not any of the types of this virus - it is normally the types 6 and 11 that are responsible for genetical worts. Fortunately, these two types of the virus also are the ones with the lowest risk of initiating cancers. Several other strains of the HPV-virus are able to generate genitile warts. Of these other strains, the HPV-16 is the most dangerous one as it is the cause of nearly every second case of cervical cancer. There are also the types 18,31 and 45 that are accountable for another 30% of cancers.Diagnosing signs of genitel wart symptoms
When noticing any form of worts in the genital area it is advisable to seek medical advice and get a thorough examination by your doctor. A specialist can in some cases make a secure diagnose by ocular examination only. When it comes to internal genitel warts in female patients, a PAP test is advised for investigating any cervix changes that could be triggered by genetial warts signs (worts symptoms).Treating genetial warts
Treatment will focus on removing the warts as there is currently no cure that will remove the HPV-virus. So although the wharts can be removed, they are likely to recur at a later time as the original source of the problem (the HPV virus) is still present although dormant in periods. For this reason, a patient may have to go through genetal warts removal several times.If genital warts are not treated, there is is a risk that the genital wharts will grow and develop into a problem. It is more probable that you will infect your sexual partner if you have active and untreated genitile warts. There can sometimes be complications such as the development of abnormal cells growing the surface of the cervix. These can later develop into cancer cells. In a similar way, there is a risk that cancers develop in other places such as vulva, penis, vagina or anal region if there are genitel warts that are not treated. The risk of cancer is low though.
How to remove genital warts (gential wharts)
Genetial warts removal options include freezing (cryotherapy) and laser therapy - both good methods for genetical warts removal. Newer methods such as LEEP - Loop Electrosurgical Excicion Procedure - have also been developed. This is when genetal warts are being removed by the use of a sharp surgery instrument, passing underneath the whart to cut it off. Chemical treatment is also available for genital wharts removal. There are chemicals that can dissolve the genatal wart and by using these, sometimes more than one application over a period of a few weeks can completely remove the whorts. It is not advised that you use over-the-counter chemicals for hand warts removal, as these are normally much to concentrated for use on genatal warts. Genetal warts.