In
general, a person who has genital warts won’t
advertise this fact to other people and in some cases will
even try to keep this fact secret from their partners. This is
definitely not the way to proceed as genital warts
can be highly contagious and indeed is a known STD, or a
Sexually Transmitted Disease.
For this reason alone, no matter how painful or
embarrassing it might be, and no matter how bleak the outcome might
look, a person suffering from genital warts should notify
their sexual partner.
Besides being contagious they can also be
painful, an irritant, and in some cases can even be disfiguring.
The last of course depends on a number of factors one of which is
the treatment method used to eradicate the warts.
It is also true that while the Human Papilloma
Virus (HPV) which is the root cause of the genital warts, cannot be
treated, the genital warts themselves can be treated.
Treatments come in many forms with some of the
most popular treatments being in the field of surgical excision,
surgical cauterization of the warts, and cryosurgery techniques.
There are also available methods in the form of medications such as
prescription medications, topical ointments and even in some cases
solutions.
Genital Warts Treatment Is
Specialised
What you will not find however is over the
counter medication to treat genital warts. This is because the
medications necessary will most if not all need to be
administered by trained medical personnel.
Also, any over the counter medications available
to treat other forms of warts, is simply not suitable for use on
genital warts. This is because the ingredients used in these
treatments are too strong to use on the sensitive genital area.
Other than these different methods of treatment
for genital warts, you will find that there are natural remedies
available as well. For the most part these use herbs and other
natural healing methods to cure someone.
Detection of genital warts isn’t always possible
as sometimes there is no physical sign of a wart present in an
affected area. However, for the most part you will find that if you
suffer from them you may have some of the following signs and
symptoms.
Pink, or flesh colored lesions, painfulness,
burning, and itching of the affected area. You will also sometimes
find that you have small flat warts which can also be reddish in
appearance, or even large raised bumps, with a cauliflower like
appearance.
Genital warts will normally occur in the genital
area and can be passed through sexual interaction with an infected
person. It is also true that not all HPV infections will manifest
themselves immediately. There has been known to be a lag time with
Genital Warts of between a few months to, in some
cases, a few years.
In
general, a person who has genital warts won’t
advertise this fact to other people and in some cases will
even try to keep this fact secret from their partners. This is
definitely not the way to proceed as genital warts
can be highly contagious and indeed is a known STD, or a
Sexually Transmitted Disease.