Genital Warts

Sexually transmitted diseases, such as genital warts, occur when there’s a sexual connection with an infected person, and there are many diseases and infections that transmit like that.

Genital warts

Genital warts are a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that leads to the manifestation of small bumps in the genital and scrotum areas.

The condition of genital warts is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, and it’s more common in teenagers and young adults.

Causes of genital warts

Genital warts occur due to some types of human papillomavirus (HPV), and the disease is transmitted through intercourse, skin-to-skin touching, and rarely from the pregnant mother to her baby.

Symptoms of genital warts

There might not be any symptoms after getting infected with genital warts, yet the patient is still capable of transmitting the disease to others. The symptoms include the following:

• Skin-colored or whitish-grey warts or bumps over the entire genital area, scrotum, mouth, lips, tongue, or throat.
• Mile swelling.
• The warts might get together like a cauliflower.
• Itchiness and burning feeling.
• Mild bleeding in some cases.

Diagnosis of genital warts

• Physical examination.
• Pelvic examination and a Pap test in women.
• Biopsy.

Treatment of genital warts

• The warts might wear off alone without treatment.
• Medications.
• In some cases, the number of genital warts might increase, and they might become very big and need to be removed, and that’s done with different methods or a surgery, depending on the case.

Prevention of genital warts

• Avoid having sexual intercourse with an infected person.
• Don’t touch or try to remove the warts.
• Women must do pap smear tests regularly.
• There are vaccines for genital HPV.