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There are many different opinions about how to treat genital warts. The goal of treatment should be to remove visible genital warts and get rid of annoying symptoms. While it is not proven, a person should be less contagious after effective treatment. Cryotherapy (freezing off the wart with liquid nitrogen) is a relatively inexpensive and effective treatment in many cases and is excellent if there are only a few warts.
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The HPV vaccine developed by Merck (Gardasil®) is designed to protect against the two most common types of low-risk HPV that cause genital warts (as well as against two types of high-risk HPV). However, current data indicate that the vaccine is most effective when given before a person is exposed to these types of HPV through sexual contact. In addition, there are 10 other types of low-risk HPV that the vaccine will not protect against.
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Genital warts are growths or bumps on the penis, vagina, vulva (vaginal lips), cervix (the opening between the vagina and the womb), rectum, or groin. Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease, or STD, which means that they are caught by having sex with an infected person. Genital warts are ... called “condyloma.”
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The main danger that warts present is that they are contagious. The virus that a wart contains can spread to another person through direct physical contact. This includes touching the wart directly with your skin or using an infected person's towel, sheets or wearing their clothing.
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Persons can possibly have infection with the types of HPV that cause genital warts but never develop symptoms. Why some persons with genital HPV infection develop warts and others do not is unclear. Immunity probably plays a key role.
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Any sexually active person can be infected with venereal warts. Most often, venereal warts are found in young (age 15 to 30 years) people who have multiple sex partners. Those whose immune systems are compromised are more likely to become infected and to have a more serious infection than others.
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