Genital Warts Symptoms and Causes
Genital warts and it's associated symptoms and causes? There are many different types of warts such as plantar warts, flat warts, genital warts, etc... They can be recurrent and cover various areas of the body.
Dermatologist
Warts fall within the expertise of a dermatologist who can offer several therapeutic solutions. warts often affect children and young adults. The infection affects the mucosa such as those located at the genitals or anus. And because of the contagious nature of HPV genital warts are considered to be a sexually transmitted infection.
Types of Genital Warts
Note that certain types of HPV can cause cancer of the cervix in women. Symptoms are specific to each type of wart, common warts usually appear on the hands and fingers most commonly they are brown in color and its surface is irregular and hard they can invade other parts of the body upon contact.
Plantar Warts
Flat Warts
A flat wart occurs mainly on the fingers hands and forehead it is a small lesion with a smooth surface that can persist for years. Genital warts affect mainly the external genitalia and in the female vulva, or on the penis in men, but can also be located at the anus.
We distinguish condylomata and genital warts also called cockscomb, other rarer forms exist. The appearance and location are usually sufficient to diagnose the type of wart in question at this stage no additional tests are necessary
Genital Warts Treatment
Warts can be treated using different techniques like molecules keratolytic that can be applied directly to the skin. Warts can also be removed by applying a liquid knife or another technique is by using laser treatment. The pendulum is liquid-nitrogen is also possible as an alternative treatment.