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Genital warts are caused
by the Human Papillomavirus or HPV. Genital HPV is the most common
sexually transmitted infection in the United States. About 24 million
people are currently infected with genital HPV. Up to 80% of women
and men will possibly become infected at some time in their life.
Just what is HPV?
HPV, like all viruses, is a very small organism that needs to infect the
body at the cell level in order to survive. There are more than 120
known types of HPV. Some types cause warts on the hands or feet. Other
types cause genital warts or condyloma. There are also types of HPV that
infect the cervix (lower part of the uterus) where they can cause either
harmless cell changes or potentially pre-cancerous cell changes or dysphasia.
A person can be infected simultaneously with multiple HPV types. Most
people who become infected with genital HPV will not have any symptoms
and will not know they have an infection. It has been estimated that
fewer than 5% of people with genital HPV will develop warts. The
others have sub clinical (or invisible) HPV. Whether people with sub clinical
HPV infection are as contagious as people who have visible warts is not
known.
WHEN DO WARTS APPEAR?
The infection is normally spread by direct skin-to-skin contact during
vaginal, oral, or anal sex with an infected partner. After the initial
exposure, warts may take weeks, months or even years to appear; or might
not appear at all. For this reason, it is usually impossible to
determine when, or from whom, someone gets the virus. Most men and women
are unaware that they have the virus – they spread it unknowingly to
their sexual partners. Men and women can develop warts from a partner
who does not have any visible signs of the virus. Condoms do not
provide complete protection from the virus. The greater number of
lifetime partners; the greater the risk of exposure to the virus.
Oral warts do not
generally appear after having oral sex with a partner who has genital
HPV infection. If you have oral sex, consider dental dams to decrease
transmission of the virus.
HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?
The Genital warts are skin colored or whitish rough bumps or growths.
Warts appear in or around the vagina or anus, on the vulva, on the
cervix, on the penis, and nearby areas of the body. The warts may be
flat or raised, small or large, single or many, . Some can cluster
together to form a cauliflower-like shape. Sometimes it can be hard to
tell the difference between warts and normal bumps on the genital areas.
Often warts are not noticed because they are small and/or painless.
Other warts, depending on the location and size, may itch, feel
irritated, or bleed. At times warts will be detected during a physical
exam.
DO GENITAL WARTS AND
HPV GO AWAY?
Genital warts may disappear but the virus can remain present for an
extended period. Warts may or may not re-appear after the first episode.
A person’s immune system does fight the virus and given enough
time, HPV infections can resolve spontaneously in 1-2 years.
IF THEY GO AWAY, CAN
YOU GET THEM AGAIN?
If you have sex with multiple partners, you can share HPV types until
each others bodies immune systems get rid of them. Committed partners who only
have sex with each other do not pass the virus back and forth.
After the spontaneous
resolution time period (in 1-2 years), the body’s immune system will
remember the virus type and try to keep you from getting that particular
type of HPV again. Because there are many types of HPV, developing
immunity to one HPV type does not offer protection from other types.
Exposure to another type of HPV, can result in genital warts
reappearing.
Because of the way the
Immune System reacts to the HPV virus we recommend using both Wartrol
and a Multi-Vitamin to boost the Immune System. Recommended supplement
for Men is: Specialty
Formulated Men’s Health Formula. The Recommended supplement for Women
is: Ultra
Herbals Women’s Formula. These products
can be purchased at HealthBuy.com
REDUCE THE RISK OF
GETTING GENITAL WARTS!
Anybody who is sexually active can be exposed to this common virus. Ways
to reduce risk are:
- Don’t have sex with
anyone. (Not a great option)
- Have intimate contact
only with
one partner who has intimate contact only with you. Folks who have multiple sex
partners are at greater risk of getting other STDs.
- If someone has
visible symptoms of genital warts, he or she should not have direct
skin to skin contact until the warts are gone. This may help to
lower the risk of giving the virus.
- Condoms (rubbers)
used correctly from start to finish each time one has sex, does
provide some protection – but only for the skin that is protected by
the condom. Please keep in mind that condoms do not cover all
genital skin, thus they don’t give 100% protection.
HOW DO YOU TREAT
GENITAL WARTS?
At this time, there is no treatment to cure HPV. But, there are many
treatment options for genital warts. The guidelines of the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control provide the following information:
“The goal of treatment
is to remove symptomatic warts. Treatment can induce wart-free periods
in most people. No evidence indicates that currently available
treatments eradicate or affect the natural history of HPV. Wart removal
may or may not decrease infectivity. Untreated warts may resolve on
their own, remain unchanged, or increase in size and number. No evidence
indicates that the treatment of visible warts affects the development of
cervical cancer.”
The treatments for
visible warts are either patient applied or provider administered. Once
again this is why we have recommended Wartrol. Plus our combo choice of
Wartol, plus a
Men’s or
Women’s vitamin supplement.
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