HPV stands for human papilloma virus. HPV genital warts are the most common sexually transmitted disease (STD).
There are about forty variations of this virus that causes HPV genital warts. A person can contract HPV genital warts through sexual intercourse with a partner that already has a HPV condition. Once a person becomes infected with HPV then the chance of contracting HPV genital warts rises dramatically. Both women and men are equally prone to suffering from HPV genital warts.
Where Does It Affect You?
HPV genital warts affects the area of the skin where the mucous membranes that lie in the vicinity of the genitals. The HPV infects the anus, cervix, rectum the penis and the vaginal lining. A visual examination of the genitals will determine whether a person has contracted HPV genital warts. The incidence of HPV genital warts is very high and in the US alone there are an estimated more than twenty million people that suffer from this condition.
In fact, more than fifty percent of people that engage in sexual activity are also likely to develop HPV genital warts and worse still the condition can be transmitted from an infected person to another person through skin contact of the genital areas and therefore it is not a condition that only gets transmitted through sexual intercourse.
Another distressing aspect to dealing with HPV genital warts is that most often the condition does not display any symptoms. This indicates that the person with a HPV genital warts infection can have the condition without even being aware that they have become infected. Therefore if a person thinks they are infected with HPV genital warts, it is imperative to get it diagnosed by the doctor and get the treatment required. If not treated, the HPV genital warts infection can worsen and the individual can be susceptible to cancer.
Some common HPV genital warts symptoms that an individual can be aware about are:
- Development of small sized bumps (pink in color) that are shaped in the form of a cauliflower.
- Bleeding from the urethra.
There are several medicated treatments that can help eliminate HPV genital warts. They are also methods to remove the genital warts, but it does presuppose that your immune system is strong enough to withstand the procedure to remove the warts and in addition the size as well as type of wart too plays an important role in deciding how and when to remove the warts. It is best to consult a physician what method of action is viable for you for the treatment of HPV genital warts.
