How are genital warts treated?
Genital warts can be treated or not treated. Some people may want warts removed if they cause itching, burning, and discomfort. Others may want to clear up visible warts. If you decide to have warts removed, do NOT use over-the counter medicines meant for other kinds of warts. There are special treatments for genital warts. Your doctor may treat genital warts by applying a chemical in the office. Or your doctor may prescribe a cream that you apply at home. Surgery is also an option. Surgical treatments include: • Electrocautery. An electric current is used to burn off the warts. • Laser treatment. Light is used to destroy warts. • Cryosurgery. Warts are frozen off. • Cutting them out. Even after the warts are treated, the virus (genital HPV) may remain, and warts can return. For this reason, it is not clear if treating the genital warts lowers a person’s chance of giving the virus (genital HPV) to a sex partner or not. If left untreated, genital warts may go away, remain unchanged, or
In general, treatment for genital warts caused by HPV is aimed at making the immune system stronger so it can fight the HPV virus, or destroying the sores or warts that HPV may cause. Papillex is formulated to strengthen and support the immune system so that the body can naturally rid itself of genital warts.
Genital warts can be treated or not treated. Some people may want warts taken off if they cause itching, burning, and discomfort. Others may want to clear up warts you can see with the eye. If you decide to have warts removed, do not use over-the-counter medicines meant for other kinds of warts. There are special treatments for genital warts. Your doctor may treat the warts by putting on a chemical in the office. Or your doctor may prescribe a cream you can apply at home. Surgery is also an option. Your doctor may: • Use an electric current to burn off the warts • Use a light/laser to destroy warts • Freeze off the warts • Cut the warts out Even when warts are treated, the HPV virus may remain. This is why warts can come back after treatment. It isn’t clear if treating genital warts lowers a person’s chance of giving HPV to a sex partner. It is not fully known why low-risk HPV causes genital warts in some cases and not in others.
Genital warts can be treated or not treated. Some people may want warts taken off if they cause itching, burning, and discomfort. Others may want to clear up warts you can see with the eye. If you decide to have warts removed, do not use over-the-counter medicines meant for other kinds of warts. There are special treatments for genital warts. Your doctor may treat the warts by putting on a chemical in the office. Or your doctor may prescribe a cream you can apply at home. Surgery is also an option. Your doctor may: • Use an electric current to burn off the warts • Use a light/laser to destroy warts • Freeze off the warts • Cut the warts out Even when warts are treated, the HPV virus may remain. This is why warts can come back after treatment. It isn’t clear if treating genital warts lowers a person’s chance of giving HPV to a sex partner. It is not fully known why low-risk HPV causes genital warts in some cases and not in others.
In general, treatment for genital warts caused by HPV is aimed at making the immune system stronger so it can fight the HPV virus, or destroying the sores or warts that HPV may cause. The good news is that the type of HPV that causes genital warts is a type that is not likely to cause cancer. The bad news is that there is no treatment to prevent the warts. Some treatments for genital warts can be applied at home while others can only be offered at a clinic. And because HPV is a virus, antibiotics will not work to cure or treat genital warts caused by HPV. Antibiotics are only used in infections caused by bacteria. Two kinds of treatments are applied at home*: • Imiquimod is a compound that makes the immune system stronger so it can fight HPV. It is taken three times a week for as long as four months. • Podophyllotoxin is an extract of a plant. It is applied on the skin twice a day for three days. Then, after waiting four days, you apply it again for three days. The goal of the treatmen
