Genital Warts

Genital Warts

These types of wart appear in and around the genitals. These are due to viral skin disease. It has the similarity with other warts that are found in the skin in other parts of body, the virus "HPV" which affects the uppermost layer of the skin causes it. Genital warts are highly contagious and related to cervical cancers and other health problems. Genital warts are mainly transmitted through sexual contacts. It is very common; reportedly one million cases are diagnosed every year. Other infections of lookalike to genital warts are treated in a befitting manner.

Detail information about genital warts, its causes, medication and drug interaction causes can be found in web site. Vaginitis is possibly an aftermath of wart treatment, a possible side effect of cone biopsy. The virus causes fleshy growth in and around the sex organs. One needs not to perform sex act or discharge body fluids to contact genital wart virus.

The low risk HPV genital virus type 6 & 11 are mostly associated with majority cases of genital warts. As updated on July 2006, the vaccine Gardacil A® guards against four types of HPV. Although there are 100 types of HPV in existence, there are only few types which can cause genital warts. The HPV stains have been labeled as low and high risk for causing cervical cancer.

 As of now, there is no cure for HPV but there are treatment and cure for genital warts. Treatment for genital warts won’t cure HPV infection. Treatment for genital warts includes Podofilox cream or Condylox gel, which can be self applied and destroys tissue of the external genital wart. A substance that stimulates the body’s immune response ‘Interferon Alfa’, is also used to treat genital warts. Lomatrex is also used for the treatment of vaginal warts.

Genital warts spread by skin-to-skin contact with warts or infected areas of vaginal or anal sex. Inspections of the genital areas are the basis of diagnosis for genital warts.