Genital warts often occur in clusters and can be very tiny or can spread into large masses in the genital or anal area. In women the warts occur on the outside and inside of the vagina, on the cervix, uterus or around the anus. While genital warts are approximately as prevalent in men, the symptoms of the disease may be less obvious. When present, they usually are seen on the tip of the penis. They also may be found on the shaft of the penis, on the
scrotum, or around the anus. Rarely, genital warts also can develop in the mouth or throat of a person who has had oral sex with an infected person.

Genital warts often disappear even without treatment. In other cases, they eventually may develop a fleshy, small raised growth that looks like wadi. There is no way to predict whether the warts will grow or disappear. Therefore, if you suspect you have genital warts, you should be examined and treated, if necessary.

Depending on factors such as the size and location of the genital warts, a doctor will offer you one of several ways to treat them.

* Imiquimod, a topical immune response cream which you can apply to the affected area

* A 20% podophyllin anti-mitotic solution, which you can apply to the affected area and later wash off

* A 0.5% podofilox solution, applied to the affected area but shouldn’t be washed off

* A 5% 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) cream

* Trichloroacetic acid (TCA)

* Pulsed dye laser

* Liquid nitrogen cryosurgery

If you are pregnant, you should not use podophyllin or podofilox because they are absorbed by the skin and may cause birth defects in your baby. In addition, you should not use 5-fluorouracil cream if you are trying to become pregnant or if there is a possibility that you could be pregnant.

If you have small warts, the doctor can remove them by freezing them, burning them or with laser treatment. Occasionally, the doctor will have to use surgery to remove large warts that have not responded to other treatment.

Some doctors use the antiviral drug interferon-alpha, which they inject directly into the warts, to treat warts that have returned after removal by traditional means. The drug is expensive, however, and does not reduce the rate that the genital warts return.

Although treatments can get rid of the warts, they do not get rid of the HPV virus, so warts can recur after treatment. However, the body’s immune system typically clears the virus anywhere from 6 months to a year. There is even some suggestion that effective treatment of the wart may aid the body’s immune response.

The virus that causes genital warts is spread by skin-skin contact. Condoms do not adequately protect against genital warts, because the infected spot may not be covered by a condom. The only reliable prevention is to have no skin contact with potentially infected tissue.

Gardasil, an effective HPV vaccine, is currently undergoing a phase III clinical trial and appears nearly 100% effective against the most common types.

Genital warts look like little bumps that form around the penis or in and on the vagina, the cervix and the anus.  This virus is passed when people engage in all types of sexual conduct.  It is important for people to know that these are not the same warts that are found on the hands and feet.  These should not be treated with the same types of treatment.  You are going to have to get special treatment and the right medicine to treat this disease.

Many people that have the wart virus on their sexual organs are very contagious.  Only a few people develop warts that can be seen.  It is passed when skin touches skin during sexual conduct.  The wart virus is very common in adults who are sexually active and do not perform safe sex.  When someone has genital warts, they will need to get medical treatment and get the proper care so that they do not spread this disease to any of their partners.

There are some people who have this disease will not know they have it.  They may not have any of the signs of the disease.  They may have painless warts on their sex organs.  Those warts will be different in size and can be smooth or bumpy.  There are special procedures and tests that have to be performed to determine the wart virus.

If you think that you may have genital warts, you need to seek medical attention.  You need to take care of the problem before it worsens.  You should not have sexually conducted with anyone until you have treatment for the problem.  If you do have sex, you need to use a condom so that you do not spread the disease to your partner.

If you do get medical treatment as soon as you see any signs or symptoms of genital warts, you will find that you can keep it quiet and simple.  You do not have to be embarrassed about having them.  In fact, there are more people than ever being diagnosed with this unwanted disease.  You will find that you will feel much better once you get help and get the problem under control.

If you do not have any medical coverage, there are free clinics that will give you the help that you are looking for with the genital warts.  You will get medicine and even some advice to help you control this nuisance.