Genital Wart Removal Options

If you are sexually active, you always encounter the risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, such as genital warts, genital herpes , or chlamydia. The most dangerous disease that can be infected is genital warts, which is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). This virus can be extremely uncomfortable. Although the outbreaks have been known to disappear without any treatment, your best bet is to seek treatment as soon as possible to avoid long term complications. You should seek medical attention immediately after you notice that you have a problem. Your doctor will be able to discuss the option you have for effectively removing the warts.

The removal options will depend on the size of the outbreak and where on your body they are located. There are several wart treatment creams and lotions available for people who have less serious outbreaks, and they can be prescribed by your doctor or bought over-the-counter. Most of these creams should be applied on a regular basis, while others may require you to apply the cream for a length of time before washing the infected area.

If you are pregnant or nursing, it is not a good idea to use these prescriptions and cream without the consent of a doctor. The main ingredients in these creams can be passed to unborn babies, causing birth defects and complications during pregnancy. If you are not pregnant or nursing, these creams have very little side effects, and can be an effective treatments for genital warts.

Freezing, burning, and laser treatments are all effective for getting rid of genital warts, but they are often very expensive. If your warts are more serious and cannot be healed by creams, this may be the only option. This is also the only option if the outbreaks spread and cannot be cured by the prescribed creams and lotions.

There are also procedures to inject antiviral medications into the infected warts. This is the best option if no other treatments have worked effectively. It is very expensive, and there is also no guarantee that the procedure will work.

The only way to completely remove genital warts is to get rid of the HPV virus in your body, but there is no medical way of doing this yet. Doctors and scientists have recently studied that there may be a way to cure HPV from the body, and the possibilities are slowly becoming reality.