August 22, 2009
Understanding Genital Warts And Their Treatment Methods
Do you have genital warts that pain when you pull them? Do you want to know how to remove genital warts? If yes, then you need to understand that the removal of genital warts is not that easy as it looks. Whatever you try at home, don’t cut them or try to burn them. These genital warts have a blood supply, so when you cut the genital warts on your own, there may be an uncontrolled blood loss. First and foremost, you need to identify whether the genital warts are genital warts and not genital pimples.
Many people see that they have some swellings and assume that they are genital warts and start with the genital wart medication. When you get few bumps on the genital area, the first task you need to do is to examine the bumps very carefully. You can even browse the Internet and search for genital wart photographs and compare them with the ones you have on your genital areas. This is one just method of identifying the genital warts, but you cannot rely on this method as you may not be an expert.
Some ignorant people assume that the genital warts are genital pimples and start squeezing them to remove the puss, as they do with any other pimple. This is even more dangerous and such people will definitely feel more pain. Most doctors are experts in identifying the genital warts, if they are not equipped to do the identification, they may ask you to undergo few tests. By and large, doctors are the best source of information on genital warts. Most genital warts are harmless, but they cause obstructions during your daily activities, which may include sexual intercourse.
If you don’t want to go to the doctor, and you are sure that the bumps are genital warts, then you can surely try the home remedies for the removal of genital warts. These home remedies of removal of genital warts are completely safe and don’t cause much pain. You may have to be a little more patient when you are doing the home treatment of genital warts as home treatments of genital warts removal take a very long time.
It has been noticed that the genital warts often fall off automatically after some period of time, but waiting for such a long time can be a little uncomfortable. There is no 100 percent guarantee that the home treatment can get rid of the genital warts, but statistics show that in most cases, home remedies have worked if treated properly. If you are on some other medication, then the home remedies don’t interfere with them. In other words, there are no known drug interactions when you are treating the genital warts with home remedies.
During the home remedy of the genital warts, you need to take a lot of care as it is a known fact that genital warts are highly contagious. One sexual intercourse with an infected person can give you the viral infection. According to a research, you have a 70 percent chance of contracting the disease after one sexual intercourse session. If the female has genital warts, and if the male uses a condom, there are very less chances of contracting the disease. However, condoms may not give you total protection from the genital warts infection.
Refraining from sexual contact with person having genital warts is the best way of avoiding the genital warts infection. There’s no known genital wart medication that can kill the virus that causes genital warts. However, a vaccine was developed in the United States of America that give total immunity to women. There is not known record of vaccines for men, which makes things even worse for them. There are some medications that claim to boost the immune system, which in turn, fights the virus that causes genital warts. Such medications may work for some and may not work for some.
The most common methods that are employed to remove the genital warts are as follows:
o Laser surgery
o Surgical excision
o Cryocautery
o Electrocautery
Most of the above mentioned surgical methods are the last resort when all the home remedies and genital wart medication have failed to remove the genital warts.
Filed under Genital Warts, Genital Warts Treatment, Removing Genital Warts by chris
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