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Genital Warts (HPV) Treatment
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Kris Dugan
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Gentile warts looks as soft, moist, or flesh colored and appear in the genital area within weeks or months after being infected. They often appear in clusters that resemble cauliflower-like bumps, and are either raised or flat. sometimes, small or large. Usually show up in women on the vulva and cervix, or inside and surrounding the vagina or anus. In men, genitle warts appears on the scrotum or penis. Often gentile warts can be found on the thigh or groin.
Not everyone who's been exposed to the virus will develop genital warts. Just because you can't see warts, doesn't mean they are not there. HPV can have a long incubation period. his means that months can pass between the time of infections until it shows up. Sometimes, the warts can take years to develop. In women, the warts may be where you can't see them inside the body, on the surface of the cervix.
genital warts treatment treatment options are various. The virus is treated by number of different types of treatments (podophyllin resin, imiquimod, trichloroacetic acid, and podophyllotoxin. Surgical or destructive therapies include carbon dioxide laser, surgical excision, loop excision, cryotherapy, and electrodessication. Interferon when injected locally or administered systemically).
No treatment is better than the other, or effective. But there is a difference of costs. It seems that the first line of treatments is cryotherapy. But surgery and electrodesiccation are more effective.
HPV can cause an abnormal cells to grow on the cervix. Sometimes, these cells can become cancerous if left untreated especially with male genital warts.
One way to remove the warts is to freeze them - cryotherapy. The warts can also be taken off with a laser. There is a treatment called the loop electrosurgical excision procedure that can be used to remove the warts. This is preformed by a little operation that is passing underneath the wart and the wart is cut out of the skin.
In general, the warts can be removed, but the viral infection can't be cured. The virus will go on living inside your skin. This is the reason warts sometime return after they have been removed. Therefor, may be a need to have them removed more than once.
As mention, special medications can be used to remove the warts. These medicines dissolve warts in the genital area. They may have to be applied to the area a few times over a period of couple of weeks before the treatment is complete.
Genital warts can grow if you do not get a genital warts treatment. If you are sexually active, there is a risk of infecting your partner. That's why using condoms may prevent you from catching HPV from someone else. Nevertheless, condoms don't always cover all of the affected skin area. The virus is passed through skin to skin contact. Remember not everyone who's been exposed to the virus will develop genital warts, so here's another good reason for practicing safe sex.
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Article Submitted On: August 20, 2009
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MLA Style Citation:
Dugan, Kris "Genital Warts (HPV) Treatment." Genital Warts (HPV) Treatment. 20 Aug. 2009 EzineArticles.com. 9 Feb. 2010 <http://ezinearticles.com/?Genital-Warts-(HPV)-Treatment&id=2791639>.
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APA Style Citation:
Dugan, K. (2009, August 20). Genital Warts (HPV) Treatment. Retrieved February 9, 2010, from http://ezinearticles.com/?Genital-Warts-(HPV)-Treatment&id=2791639
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