How to Treat Genital Warts

Internal Genital Warts Symptoms and Treatments

Internal Genital Warts

Internal genital warts are caused by the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) when this microscopic virus infects the skin. HPV is a highly sexually transmitted disease and like many other STDs, HPV often does not have any signs and symptoms that you are able to see or feel. Many people, men and women, are not aware that they are carrying the virus because there are no symptoms.

However, even when internal genital warts do occur, they are not visible and therefore the first indication of internal genital warts symptoms may be a painful or itchy feeling in that area particularly during sexual intercourse.

Internal Genital Warts Symptoms Can Occur As Follows

*  On the inside of the vagina
*  On the opening (the cervix) to the womb (the uterus)
*  On the area inside the anus
*  Inside the mouth or the throat following oral sexual contact with an infected person.

If you think you are infected or suspect that you have internal genital warts, then you should seek immediate medical advice, for treatment.

The genital HPV virus can be classified as either low risk or high risk. While the low risk HPV can cause the genital warts, the high risk HPV can lead to cancers of the cervix, vagina and anus in women.

HPV rarely causes serious health problems in men, with the exception of anal cancer in men who have sex with men.

Both high risk and low risk types of genital HPV can cause changes or growths on the tissue of a woman’s cervix and these growths are usually flat and invisible. Regular Pap smear tests in women will pick up such changes so that genital warts treatment can be commenced.

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Internal Genital Warts Treatment

Unfortunately, the HPV itself cannot be treated, and there is technically speaking no genital warts cure. But even though internal genital warts are very difficult to access, there are internal genital warts treatments available:

* Cryotherapy involves putting very cold liquid nitrogen, nitrous oxide or carbon dioxide directly onto the warts. This freezes the genital wart tissue
and destroys it.

This is particularly useful for treating vaginal, cervical and anal internal warts. The procedure generally takes 5 to 15 minutes, depending on the number and size of the warts.

It can be painful, both during and after the procedure, so you may want to ask your doctor about a local anesthetic to ease the pain.

When you have this internal genital warts treatment, you may notice a discharge for a few weeks after treatment. This is a sign that your body is healing. Avoid using tampons or having penetrative sex for two to four weeks or until the discharge has stopped. Recurrence rates for internal genital warts after cryotherapy range from 10% to 40%.

*  Laser treatment is another good internal genital warts treatment as it is very precise and can be used to treat those internal genital warts in difficult to reach places.

Laser treatment also has a low risk of damage to surrounding tissue. The warts are vaporized. During the procedure, smoke created from the vaporizing tissue is extracted by a machine. This can be quite loud and may be alarming if you have not been warned beforehand. The recurrence rates for internal genital warts after laser treatment also ranges from between 10% to 40%,

Some people are more naturally resistant to the HPV viruses and don’t seem to get warts as easily as others. The big problem is that genital warts are very contagious and can be passed from one person to another during oral, vaginal or anal sex and even just by skin to skin contact when there are warts present.

It is important to treat those internal genital warts as soon as possible for your health sake.

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