"What to do about genital warts? - How to do it right

Author: ENACFIRE

Genital warts or acute condylomas, medically condylomata accuminata, are among the most widespread sexually acquired diseases and are the result of a viral infection (human papilloma virus) in the genital and anal areas, which affects approximately 0.1% of the population. The likelihood of developing genital warts in the course of life is over 10%. Find out what you can do about genital warts here.

In the case of genital warts, medical advice is appropriate.

Genital warts are highly infectious

The virus is usually transmitted through sexual intercourse, in rare cases via other infection routes such as bathing together or sharing towels. Genital warts can develop in different forms: they can appear individually or in groups as pinhead-sized nodules, but the development of large cauliflower-like nodules is possible.

• If you have discovered the aforementioned changes in the genital and / or anal area, then please do not self-diagnose, but seek medical treatment to be on the safe side.
• Contact your family doctor, but dermatologists and urologists are also good places to go. Women should consult with their gynecologist. The diagnosis is usually a "gaze diagnosis" because the changes are very typical. Since the genital warts can occur in the vagina or rectum, a gynecological examination and a short rectal colonoscopy are advisable.
• You need to be aware that genital warts are highly infectious. If left untreated, you can pass on the triggering viruses to your sexual partner. If the diagnosis is confirmed, you should speak to your partner about it so that they, too, can seek medical treatment. If both partners are infected, it makes little sense if only one is treated.
• The diagnosis of “genital warts” may shock you. However, you do not need to be ashamed of it because genital warts do not necessarily have anything to do with an unrestrained sex life and are not a "gay disease", as was previously assumed.
• This is how you can treat genital warts with home remedies
• If genital warts are diagnosed, you and your doctor should consider how to proceed. In genital warts there is an unpredictable development, which means that it can remain with a few small nodules and in up to 30% of cases the genital warts disappear again after several months.
• Since the genital warts none Causing pain and only occasionally itching and small bleeding (traces on the toilet paper), you could simply wait for small findings at first, but you should have the findings checked regularly by a doctor. Don't forget to inform your sexual partner and use condoms for so long!

What to do about pronounced genital warts?

• If the findings are pronounced or if you have a desire to do something about the genital warts, various measures can be considered, both conservative and operative. You have to keep in mind that only the warts can be removed, but not the virus that triggers them, so that with all measures you have to expect that genital warts will reappear at a later time.
• Various medications are available for the conservative treatment of isolated warts , which must be applied locally as creams or solutions. There are preparations that you can apply yourself regularly, as well as preparations that must be applied by the doctor. All preparations require a prescription, including those for self-treatment. The active ingredients include podophyllotoxin, imiquimod and trichloroacetic acid.
• Be sure to be informed about the side effects and also consider that not all preparations have to be suitable for you. The active ingredient podophyllotoxin is taboo for adolescents, pregnant women and breastfeeding women.
• With extensive findings, cauliflower-like nodes and genital warts located in the anal canal, conservative measures are no longer an option. These must either be surgically removed, undergo laser or freezing therapy. Later recurrences are also possible with these measures.
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Genital warts are among the most widespread sexually acquired diseases . They hardly cause any complaints and do not necessarily have to be treated immediately in isolated cases. A medical examination and advice is still advisable, so that you can consider together what to do about the genital warts and to be able to intervene in time if the size increases. Since genital warts are highly infectious, sexual partners must be informed about it.

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