You may one day wake up to find white or skin-coloured lumps on your private parts. Sometimes, it may even develop inside your vagina or inside the anus. If so, you likely have developed genital warts. These bumps can show up as a single wart or as a cluster of warts together. They can be quite itchy and hurt when you touch them. If they are particularly large, they might cause some pain or discomfort.

While they may look like normal warts, genital warts are actually a sexually transmitted disease (STD). These warts are transmitted only through unprotected sexual contact with an infected person; you cannot get these warts from anywhere else. If you feel particularly uncomfortable, you should approach a wart removal clinic to get the wart removed.

In this article, we will discuss how these genital warts develop, how they are transmitted from person to person and how you can get rid of these warts.

Contracting genital warts

Genital warts are caused by specific strains of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), namely HPV 6 and HPV 11. These viruses are transmitted when you have sex with someone who has these strains of viruses. However, warts may not develop immediately after you contract the virus – sometimes, your body’s immune system can prevent the outbreak of genital warts. This is why we cannot really tell who has HPV 6 or HPV 11 unless they too have visible genital warts. To prevent yourself from contracting genital warts, you should always wear condoms during sex.

Developing genital warts

Genital warts can come at any time after you have contracted the virus. It might be weeks, months, or even years before the warts show up. Warts may not show up in the same area that the virus entered your body and may even show up in the mouth.

When you think that you have developed genital warts, you should visit a wart removal clinic straight away. The doctor, who specialises in STD treatment, will be able to identify whether you are truly having a genital wart outbreak. It is also possible that the bumps on your skin may be caused by other factors; the doctor will be able to identify that with an examination.

Treating genital warts

After your doctor has identified that the bumps on your skin are genital warts, they may prescribe medication to alleviate the discomfort caused by the warts. Typically, these are topical creams that are administered to the region where the warts developed. With the cream, the warts should slowly disappear. However, if the warts are too large, the doctor may recommend a surgical option to remove the wart instead, such as cryotherapy.

While genital warts can be removed, there is currently no way get rid of HPV in the body. This means that it is possible for genital warts to develop again later in life.

Conclusion

A genital wart removal clinic will certainly be your best resource if you develop genital warts.