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Genital warts are a contagious disease and there are several people who are suffering from this condition. More than 80% of the entire population can get affected by genital warts some point or the other in their life. The HPV that is Human Papilloma Virus is responsible for causing genital warts. There are several types in this virus and hence the kind of impact the virus will have on you will depend entirely on its type. Once you get infected with HPV, then you may start showing symptoms of genital warts anything between three days to three years. This time taken by the virus to cause genital warts will be different in different people.
In many cases people affected with HPV don’t even know about their risk to getting genital warts, as many times the HPV doesn’t develop in genital warts. Genital warts can be removed easily, as there are several options to do so. Your doctor will explain you in detail about your condition and the several treatment options that you can choose from. The treatment for genital warts is expensive as well as time consuming. You can either remove the warts with the help of laser surgery. You can also choose the treatment in which painful chemicals are applied directly on your warts. All these treatments will need you to go for regular checkups as the treatment will continue for weeks or months.
Many times people hate their genital warts, as in our society everyone thinks as a topic of great embarrassment. For the same reason people hide that they are suffering from these warts and don’t even shoe them to their doctors. But you have to be bold enough to share your problem if not with the world, with your doctor at least. Choosing the right treatment will be entirely in your hands. There are some FDA regulated treatments that you can take in the privacy of your home.
Genital warts can appear as a single flat lesion or it can appear in group of several tiny lesions. These warts look similar to other kinds of warts that you see on other parts of your body. Genital warts are white in color or look similar to your skin color. Here are some common symptoms of genital warts –
- Discomfort of the skin
- Itching of the skin
- Pink and grey color genitals with little swelling
- The skin of genitals will feel like burning
- Immense pain during sexual intercourse
- Bleeding during intercourse
In most cases the genital warts are very tiny and are almost invisible. In case you have such tiny invisible warts then this is known as subclinical HPV. In this case you will not even come to know that you have warts, as there will be no outward symptoms that are listed above. In women mostly the symptoms will not be that much visible. But there is nothing to be happy about it, as no symptoms mean you will not go for treatment and hence you have all possible risks of getting genital warts in future.
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