There are other conditions and cancers caused by HPV that occur in people living in the United States. Every year, approximately 19, women and 12, men are affected by cancers caused by HPV.
This could be an underestimate of the actual number of people who get genital warts. If you are pregnant and have HPV, you can get genital warts or develop abnormal cell changes on your cervix. Abnormal cell changes can be found with routine cervical cancer screening. You should get routine cervical cancer screening even when you are pregnant.
There is no treatment for the virus itself. However, there are treatments for the health problems that HPV can cause:.
Cervical Cancer Screening. Box Rockville, MD E-mail: npin-info cdc. Skip directly to site content Skip directly to page options Skip directly to A-Z link. Human Papillomavirus HPV. Section Navigation. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Syndicate. Minus Related Pages. STDs Home Page. Smoking reduces your chances of clearing the virus, so it is advised you stop smoking.
Avoiding passing on genital warts to a partner Using a condom every time you have vaginal, anal or oral sex is the best way to avoid passing on genital warts to a partner. Reducing the risk of genital warts To reduce your risk of getting genital warts you should use a condom for vaginal, anal and oral sex. You can get warts even if you use condoms, as a condom does not cover the whole genital area.
Genital warts and cancer Genital warts are not cancer and don't cause cancer. Speak to your GP or local sexual health clinic for more information. Find your local sexual health clinic Search for your nearest sexual health clinic through Scotland's Service Directory. Tweet Click here to share this page on Twitter This will open a new window. Print Click here to print this page This will open your print options in a new window.
Last updated:. How can we improve this page? Email Address e. Message Maximum of characters. Send feedback. About genital warts Genital warts are one of the most common sexually transmissible infections STIs. Appearance of genital warts Genital warts appear as painless growths and may be: flat or raised single or multiple clustered together with a cauliflower-like appearance. Risk factors for genital warts HPV is spread by direct skin-to-skin contact during vaginal or anal sex.
Treatment for genital warts It is important to remember that treatment does not get rid of the virus. Treatment options include: cryotherapy — the warts are frozen off with liquid nitrogen. Several treatments may be required podophyllotoxin — this lotion can be applied at home. It is most effective on multiple warts that are easily accessible. Pregnant women should not use podophyllotoxin. You need to be careful to protect the unaffected skin imiquimod cream — this is applied once a day, three times a week for up to three months.
This treatment is not recommended for use in pregnancy laser or diathermy treatment — this is used for larger numbers of warts or when other treatment options have not been effective. Laser or diathermy treatment is administered in hospital under general anaesthetic. Remember, this procedure does not get rid of the virus, it helps to get rid of the visible warts. Genital warts can reappear after treatment After treatment for warts: The virus may persist on the skin, even though the visible wart has gone.
This means that warts may reappear. If the wart reappears, it does not necessarily mean that you have caught the infection again. In most cases, the wart will eventually disappear for good. HPV and cervical cancer Certain types of HPV can infect the cervix and cause cell changes that may, over many years, increase your risk of cervical cancer if the body is not successful in clearing the virus naturally.
Cervical screening The National Cervical Screening Program recommends that all women aged between 25 and 70 years who have ever been sexually active should have a cervical screening test every five years, even if they've had the HPV vaccine. Preventing the spread of genital warts You can help reduce the risk of spreading genital warts by using condoms during sex. Genital warts and sexual relationships The benefits of condoms are less clear if you are in a regular sexual relationship, especially if you and your partner already have warts.
I want to see a young woman three or four years after her first sexual encounter to see if her body can handle the virus. Is she having persistent infections, which could be a predictor of cervical cancer? Those are the women we want to find, so we can treat any precancers.
When a woman has visible HPV warts, should she stop having sex? Once you have HPV warts, are you always contagious? You spread more viral particles when you have a concentration of warts. Get rid of the warts. We can treat fresh warts with easy topical therapies.
There are three creams your doctor can prescribe for external genital warts that can be applied at home. Podofilox works by destroying the skin of the wart. Sinecatechins is a green tea extract, which is applied three times a day for up to 16 weeks.
Green tea is an antioxidant. You use it in ointment form sold as Veregen. We can snip them off if they have a tiny base. Or we can freeze them with acids to dehydrate them and kill the cells. Are HPV warts a danger during pregnancy? Does the HPV vaccine protect against genital warts? Yes, Gardasil 9 , which is the HPV vaccine used in the United States today, as well as the original Gardasil vaccine, protect against the HPV 6 and 11, which cause 90 percent of genital warts.
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