Genital warts are a sexually transmitted condition widely known but rarely spoken of but genital warts can be treated. When people think about STDs and STIs traditionally they assume they are permanent conditions which are highly unlikely to ever happen to them personally, but this is not true. In actuality genital warts is one of the most common STIs to come across, so common in fact those odds predict almost every sexually active American has most likely had genital warts or will have genital warts at least once in their lives.
What are genital warts?
Genital warts are a condition which is classified in the STI category or sexually transmitted conditions. STI standing for sexually transmitted infection. Genital warts can only be transmitted from body to body sexual or non-sexual contact meaning that the condition is in fact contagious.
How do genital warts form?
The virus which causes genital warts is known as HPV there are several different types of HPV more than 40 strains currently known. What the genital warts causing strains of HPV do is alters the skin cells and causes abnormal growths you would not normally find. These growths are traditionally the same color as the skin and may be flat, inflamed, or cauliflower like in shape.
What is a genital warts treatment?
Traditionally genital warts will go un-noticed throughout its lifetime. This is because the human body does a very good job of ridding itself of the infection via the immune system within the first two years of the condition being contracted from the infected person or partner.
Due to the fact that genital warts may go un-noticed and non-diagnosed the condition should be brought up with a doctor after any sexual or intimate encounter with another person whom may be infected and not know it.
How do genital warts get spread? How do I protect myself?
When it comes to genital warts the best way to protect yourself from infection is to have everyone you wish to become serious with get tested for the condition. This is because genital warts can infect more than just the sexual parts of the body. You can have genital warts contracted by hand, mouth, throat, anus, genitals, vagina, and any cavity of the body which may have come in contact with an infected area of another person.
Can genital warts lead to cancer?
Although genital warts themselves do not directly cause cancer they may lead to or increase your chances of developing cancer. This is because HPV the strains which cause genital warts, also have strains which only cause different types of cancers which can be life threatening conditions.





