Genital warts, sometimes called venereal warts, are contracted through sexual contact. They're spread by direct, skin-to-skin contact during vaginal, anal, or oral sex with an infected person. (Infants can be infected by their mothers during birth, but this is rare.)
Genital warts are caused by certain types of the human papillomavirus (HPV). But other common types of HPV that cause warts on the hands and the soles of the feet do not cause genital warts.
Genital HPV infection is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the world. In fact, scientists estimate that as many as 6 million new cases of genital warts are diagnosed in the United States each year.
Signs and Symptoms
Genital warts:
are growths or bumps that appear in and around the vagina or anus or on the cervix in females or on the penis, scrotum, groin, or thigh in males
can be raised or flat, single or multiple, or small or large
can cluster together to form a cauliflower-like shape
are usually flesh-colored and painless
One difficulty with genital HPV exposure is that it may take several months or years after infection for symptoms to appear - if there are even symptoms at all. The average incubation period is 1 to 6 months, but this can vary. Sometimes, the warts are so small and flat that they may not be noticed immediately.
In women, HPV can invade the vagina and cervix. These warts may be flat and invisible. Because the virus can lead to changes in the cervix that may lead to cancer, it's important that this condition is diagnosed and treated. Men infected with HPV can also be at risk for cancer of the penis and the anus.
But not all genital warts caused by HPV lead to cancer - approximately 10 to 15 of the 30 or more genital HPV types can cause the development of cancer.
Contagiousness
Genital warts are transmitted through sexual contact with an infected person. HPV can be contracted via anal, oral, and vaginal intercourse, and warts can appear within several weeks or months after sexual relations.
The virus is passed through skin-to-skin contact, but not everyone who's been exposed to the virus will develop genital warts. About two thirds of those who have sexual contact with an infected person will contract HPV.
More than 100 types of HPV have been identified; approximately one third of those are spread through sexual contact and live only in the genital tissue.
Prevention
Like most STDs, genital warts can be avoided by not having sex or by having sex only with one uninfected partner.
Condoms offer some protection against genital warts, but they can't completely prevent them because the warts can be outside of the area protected by the condom. Spermicidal foams, creams, and jellies have not been proven to protect against HPV and genital warts.
The FDA has approved a vaccine to prevent HPV infection, which causes most cervical cancers and genital warts. The vaccine is approved for females 9 to 26 years old. The vaccine, called Gardasil, is to be given as three injections over a 6-month period. It doesn't protect females if they've already been infected with HPV. The vaccine also doesn't protect against all types of HPV, so it’s important to make sure your daughter gets routine checkups and, if she’s sexually active, regular Pap smears. If you have any questions about the vaccine, it's important to talk with your child's doctor.
Treatment
Most genital warts require two or more professional treatments. However, there's no cure for an HPV infection because treatment just removes the genital warts it causes.
The various therapies available for genital warts include:
putting prescription medications on the warts
freezing the warts with liquid nitrogen (called cryosurgery)
using laser treatment
There are some chemical creams that can be used at home to treat genital warts, but you should ask your child's doctor which one to use. If your teen is sexually active, it's also important to discuss the different approaches with his or her doctor because some of these treatments shouldn't be used during pregnancy.
Because the HPV remains dormant in the body, genital warts may reappear at any time after treatment. Those who have had one occurrence of genital warts should be aware that they still carry the virus and can infect others. Women need to be especially careful - warts can invade the vagina and cervix, resulting in increased risk of more serious diseases.
Duration
Because HPV is a virus, it can lie dormant in a person's body for any amount of time before it produces visible genital warts. If someone contracts HPV, it's likely to remain in his or her system for a lifetime and eventually cause genital warts to appear recurrently. In some cases, though, the immune system fights off the virus or reduces it to almost nonexistent levels.
Depending on which type of treatment is the most appropriate for an outbreak of genital warts, removal of the warts can take a few hours or longer. Although treatments can get rid of the warts, the virus will remain in the body and the warts may reappear.
Get them checked, that's the only way to know for sure.
2006-11-04 13:16:04
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-12-25 02:27:28
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answered by Anonymous
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I would wait to have the acid treatment done and go see an actual doctor. It sounds like there is a potential that it could be something entirely different, however, there is great potential that it is just a wart. Better to be safe than sorry. Get it checked out by an actual doctor and while you are there you should probably have someone explain to you what to expect with gential warts and all the details so there aren't any more suprises, like this one. Best wishes!!! Hang in there! =)
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Genital Warts. They are quite common sadly. They are the "Human Papillloma Virus" or HPV. The HPV is the Shot that is NOW AVAILABLE to young women to prevent them from getting cancer. I recommend they get it as young as they can. HPV is a life-long veneral disease, much like herpes, it does not go away, it simply goes dormant while travelling your nervous system. Then when it finds a weak spot either around your anus (b*tt) or "inside your b*tt or on your Penis or inside your Vagina, it starts growing a wart or collection of warts. AND THEY WILL ITCH LIKE THERE IS NO TOMORROW UNLESS YOUR A WOMAN and they are inside your vagina. Why? Because a woman has so few nerve endings inside "inside" the vagina. The only way she will KNOW she has genital warts (HPV) is by feeling INSIDE to feel for something that doesn't belong. Something rough and small, or after a while, something larger and bigger. By getting the HPV shot now, you will at least have a chance to prevent cervical cancer spread this way.
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2006-11-04 13:18:54
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wart like bumps on privates?
i know this guy who has hard wart like bumps on his penis they don't itch or hurt or go away what the hell is it
2015-08-20 08:32:42
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answered by Vanni 1
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Probably genital warts, caused by the Human Pappiloma Virus, also called Chondyloma or something like that.
2006-11-04 13:10:54
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I doubt that they're shaving bumps. And how do you know they don't itch or hurt? He is probably lying to you. I'd say they're warts. Stay away.
2006-11-04 13:10:08
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