How to Treat Genital Warts

Little Know Facts About Transmitting Genital Warts

Genital human papillovavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus and there are more than 30 types of genital HPV that can infect the genital area while transmitting genital warts.

Women can develop vaginal warts.

Men can develop genital warts on the penis and both can develop anal warts.

Genital warts transmission occurs by direct sexual contact with another person who carries the genital wart virus.

An estimated 40 million Americans are infected with genital warts with up to 1 million cases diagnosed every year. Genital warts and HPV are a serious health concern.

Little Know Facts About Transmitting Genital Warts

* In rare cases, the genital warts virus may be spread without direct sexual contact. It may be possible, for example, to pick up the virus if you use a towel to wipe your genitals after is has been used by someone who has HPV or genital warts.

You should always only use your own towel at all times. However you can rest assured that genital warts cannot be caught from toilet seats or swimming pools and even the different type of wart which appears on your hand will not be passed on to your genital area.

* Genital warts on the penis are common in both heterosexual and gay man while anal warts in males tend to occur more frequently in gay men, primarily as a result of unprotected anal intercourse and direct penis-to-rectum contact during sex.

* Although lesbian sex is generally considered to be low risk for sexually transmitted infections, it is still possible for HPV to be spread between women and recent studies have suggested that it is probably more common that had previously been thought.

* Genital warts grow much better inside the anus or the vagina than the penis so even though most people never see warts on their sexual partner’s penis, they can catch the infection nevertheless.

* In very rare cases, a person is born with a genital wart infection when a mother with genital warts can transmit genital warts in pregnancy once the childbirth begins.

Little Know Facts About Transmitting Genital Warts

As well, a child can become infected while being bathed or changed. However, if a child has genital warts, then you seriously need to suspect sexual abuse as a possible cause and investigate fully.

Anyone can get a genital wart…male or female. And the most common way for genital warts to be transmitted is through sexual intercourse with someone else that has a genital wart or by touching the genitals of someone who already has a genital wart. It is a skin to skin contact condition.

Understanding Little Know Facts About Transmitting Genital Warts can help you from spreading or contracting Genital Warts.