Genital Warts
Genital warts (or Condyloma, Condylomata acuminata, or venereal warts) is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection caused by some sub-types of human papillomavirus (HPV). It is spread through direct skin-to-skin contact during oral, genital, or anal sex with an infected partner. Genital warts are the most easily recognized sign of genital HPV infection. They can be caused by strains 6, 11, 30, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, 52 and 54 of genital HPV; types 6 and 11 are responsible for 90% of genital warts cases.[1] Most people who acquire those strains never develop warts or any other symptoms. HPV also causes many cases of cervical cancer; types 16 and 18 account for 70% of cases. (source Wikipedia)
Symptoms
Symptoms
- In women they occur on the outside and inside of the vagina, on the opening (cervix) to the womb (uterus), or around the anus.
- In men, the symptoms may be less obvious, usually are seen on the tip of the penis, shaft of the penis, on the scrotum, or around the anus.
- genital warts also can develop in the mouth or throat of a person who has had oral sex with an infected person.
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