Genital Warts Overview

Genital warts, that are also called “venereal warts”, are one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted diseases in the world. Actually,  you will find a minimum of 20 million people in america who’re transporting human papillomavirus based on the research by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) , the virus responsible for genital warts. Furthermore, the research has shown that in america, around six million cases of genital  warts are identified one year. Men, women and kids can get Genital warts.

Genital warts are usually flat, papular, or pedunculated growths on the genital mucosa. Diagnosis of genital warts is made by visual inspection and may be confirmed by biopsy, although biopsy is needed only under certain circumstances (e.g., if the diagnosis is uncertain; the lesions do not respond to standard therapy; the disease worsens during therapy; the patient is immunocompromised; or warts are pigmented, indurated, fixed, bleeding, or ulcerated). No data support the use of HPV nucleic acid tests in the routine diagnosis or management of visible genital warts.

In fact, genital wart is one kind of sexually transmitted diseases, which is caused by HPV—Human Papilloma Virus. There are several transmission ways. The most common way is sexual transmission. And people can also get genital warts from non-sexual causes. For example, touch the lesion distribution or the secretion of the patients. And there are other ways of transmission, such as indirect contact. If you touch the clothes or the things of the patient’s, you have a risk of getting genital wart.