Genital Warts Images

Here is the internets largest collection of genital warts images. By seeing what Genital Warts look like can help you get a better understanding of what genital warts actual are and help you eliminate them as your possible problem. Although they look similar to common warts, HPV is not the virus that causes warts on your hands and fingers. Genital warts are a lot more contagious. As you can see genital warts can appear in the form of a single growth or in a cluster and tend to appear months after been infected with the virus.

If you have genital warts then you will have the HPV virus for the rest of your life. However you can avoid further outbreaks of genital warts by increasing your immune system defence and having a balanced diet.

These images show what HPV genital warts can look. Some of the warts have been left untreated forr a long period of time and it shows, so it’s extremley important to treat them as soon as possible.

Penis warts occur most often under the foreskin, but can appear anywhere in the genital area as you can see from the images. Homosexuals may also get infected with genital warts in the anus and rectum.

In some rare cases HPV warts have been linked to penile and anal cancers. Penile cancer affects one in about 110,000 men.

There's alots of information for women regarding vaginal warts due to its links with cervical cancer. The HPV strains 16 & 18 have been linked to changes in cervical cells that can lead to cervical cancer. Due to this it is necessary for grown woman to have regular pap smear tests. A pap smear test is performed by a doctor who opens the vagina using a speculum and takes a small sample of the woamns cells from the cervix with a swab.

Some women are more likely to develop genital warts than others. Women with a weak immune system are more at risk to develop warts on their genitals and other illnesses associated with HPV including cancer.

If you have anal sex regularly such as homosexuals you should have a regular pap smear test of the rectum and anus. Early detection and treatment can help to stop cancer from developing. But don't be alarmed as cancer in the anus is very very rare and in the United States about 2200 cases of anal cancer are diagnosed each year.

Genital warts in your mouth are caused by having oral sex with someone who has the HPV virus. If you develop genital warts in your mouth please go and visit a GP or nurse at your local sexual health clinic as the HPV warts may spread into your throat causing awful discomfort and breathing difficulties.

Genital Warts Treatment

Where sorry to say there is no cure for genital warts, and once you are infected you will have the virus for the rest of your life. However your body can ‘fight it off’ and the virus itself can become dormant for decades and then reappear, but once the warts have formed they don't typically regress and require treatment. Although some genital warts can disappear after 2-3 years if left untreated but can be unsightly.

Other Condictions (see condictions confused with genital warts)

People tend to confuse other skin problems with penis or vaginal warts due to them discovering lumps or bumps on their genitals. These images are the most common condictions which are confused with genital warts, but are perfectly normal and non-infectious condictions.