One of the common sexual transmitted diseases is the genital wart. This is spread by infection of a virus known as the human papilloma virus. This is also called condylomata acuminata. It is estimated that around 5.5 million Americans are affected by this virus annually.

One important sign of genital wart is that it can be asymptomatic.  So the patient will not know that he or she is a carrier of the virus and can infect others unknowingly. So to prevent any unwarranted transmission of the virus an awareness of the associated signs and symptoms are essential.

The warts are small cauliflower-like excrescences present on the skin, either on the external genitals or at the anus. They consist of fibrous overgrowths covered by thickened epithelium showing koilocytosis. These warts can be as small as 2 mm in diameter and may multiply into a large cluster.  In women the warts may grow on the wall of the vagina and along the perineum. In men warts are found on the tip or shaft of penis.

The spread of the genital wart can be prevented by avoiding sex with an infected person. Condoms can be used to prevent the spread of this sexually transmitted disease but the spread of genital warts cannot be altogether curtailed by the use of condoms as the warts grow in other areas as well as the genital areas.

So, body contact with a patient of genital warts may also result in infection. Different therapies are available for treatment of genital warts. Diathermy is one. Freezing the warts with liquid nitrogen is a way to get rid of them.

Laser is also used to treat genital warts but these local treatments are not the permanent solution that one is in need of.  The HPV remain dormant in our body and new warts come up after some time.