HPV Genital Wart Treatment Questions

Genital warts can be a confusing and traumatic problem. Those with the disease would do best to learn all that they can about the disease to get their mind at ease about the problem that they face. In this article, we'll be discussing some questions that are commonly asked regarding genital warts and their treatment so that you can find the answers and be more understanding of your condition.

Question: Are there any kind of pills available that can treat a genital warts problem?

Answer: The answer to this question is a bit of a mixed bag. While there are no pills that can effectively rid your body of a genital warts infection, there are pills that are available that can help you to get rid of the warts that are currently present in your body. These pills are of the utmost importance to females with the condition, as genital warts may grow on the inside of the vagina that are unable to be treated via a normal genital wart removal. One of these pills is known as tagamet. It's actually a medication that is commonly used to treat heart burn, but some doctors have found it to be an efficient method of genital wart removal. When one takes high doses of this medication, the immune system is effectively boosted and therefore more able to fight off the genital warts.

Question: Are lasers a good method of getting genital warts removed?

Answer: When it comes to treating genital warts, what works wonders for one may falter for another. In that respect, some treatments may be better than others for certain individuals, so by responding to this question, we'll just give you the pros and cons of laser therapy. One of the downsides of getting laser therapy performed to remove genital warts is that the recovery period can be very painful. Also, it tends to be one of the more expensive forms of treatment for wart removal. However, laser therapy is found to be necessary sometimes in genital warts cases in which the warts are unusually large in size. Also, warts that occur within the female genitalia may be treated with laser therapy due to a lack of availability of an alternative treatment. While painful, the treatment generally is well tolerated and effective at removing the warts.

Question: What about cryotherapy for wart removal? How's that work?

Answer: Using liquid nitrogen to freeze the surface of the warts is one of the more effective methods of ridding yourself of a genital warts problem. The treatment is quick and easy, and while some may experience excessive discomfort, the pain from cryotherapy isn't usually unbearable. One of the most commonly employed methods of treating genital warts, cryotherapy can be very effective.


Now that you know more about the various methods in which one may rid themselves of a genital warts problem, you can better understand what to expect when a doctor tells you what they believe you should do to remove the warts. Getting rid of the warts that are currently present is a very important first step in ridding yourself completely of a genital wart condition.

 

Genital Warts News On The Web

Safe sex blog (Mayo Clinic)
A vaccine to protect against cervical cancer and genital warts became available in 2006. The vaccine protects against 4 of the approximately 40 strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV) that affect the genital tract of both men and women.

Nobels awarded for AIDS, cancer virus research (AP via Yahoo! News)
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who defied convention in showing a viral cause for cervical cancer shared the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for breakthroughs that have led to lifesaving drugs and a vaccine.

AIDS pioneers and cancer scientist win Nobel prize (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who bucked conventional wisdom to find a virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday.

Scientist with Penn ties wins a Nobel (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Back in the 1970s, cancer-research dogma held that a herpes virus probably caused cervical cancer. One young researcher disagreed. Harald zur Hausen, who studied viruses and cancer at the University of Pennsylvania, staked his career on another possibility: the human papilloma virus (HPV).

Nobel Prize awarded for AIDS, cervical cancer research (Los Angeles Times)
The awards recognize two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer. Two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded Monday the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

More adolescents get HPV vaccine (Billings Gazette)
A vaccine that protects against the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States is becoming standard care for the nation's adolescent girls, including girls in Billings. Gardasil, approved two years ago by the Food and Drug Adminis ...

More adolescents get HPV vaccine (Billings Gazette)
A vaccine that protects against the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States is becoming standard care for the nation's adolescent girls, including girls in Billings.

Nobel recognizes three researchers Montagnier Barre-Sinoussi Zur Hausen (The Plain Dealer)
Two French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded on Monday the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

3 share Nobel prize for work on AIDS and cancer (AP via Yahoo! News)
Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.

Research In AIDS, Cancer Wins (Hartford Courant)
T wo French researchers who discovered the human AIDS virus and a German scientist who showed that human papilloma virus causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Monday.