| Genital warts (or Condyloma, Condylomata | | | | same virus that causes all warts, and it thrives in |
| acuminata, or venereal warts) is a highly | | | | moist areas. Care should be taken to prevent |
| contagious sexually transmitted infection caused | | | | trauma to the area, as this can cause irritation, |
| by some sub-types of human papillomavirus | | | | bleeding, and further infection, which will slow the |
| (HPV). It is spread through direct skin-to-skin | | | | body?s natural ability to heal the wart. Picking or |
| contact during oral, genital, or anal sex with an | | | | squeezing the warts should be avoided as well, as |
| infected partner. Genital warts are the most easily | | | | this can cause irritation. |
| recognized sign of genital HPV infection. They can | | | | * Use a heat lamp or a hair dryer several times a |
| be caused by strains 6, 11, 30, 42, 43, 44, 45, 51, | | | | day to dry your genital area. Make sure to hold |
| 52 and 54 of genital HPV; types 6 and 11 are | | | | the lamp or dryer at least 18 inches from your |
| responsible for 90% of genital warts cases | | | | skin. |
| When you ask how do I get rid of genital warts | | | | * Apply oil (vitamin E) on the genital warts |
| naturally, the first option you are typically | | | | affected area and put some chopped raw garlic |
| presented with is topical treatments. When look | | | | pieces on it and cover using an adhesive tape. |
| for holistic treatment remedies most resources | | | | *Make juice from onion slices covered overnight |
| will tell you to remember that different remedies | | | | with salt and apply it on the affected area till the |
| will work for different people so you will often | | | | warts disappear. Apply milky juice of figs' stem |
| have to do a little trial and error in order to find | | | | two to three times a day. Apply apple cider |
| the natural treatment that meets your needs. So | | | | vinegar to the affected area using cotton ball. |
| when you ask yourself how do I get rid of genital | | | | * Take sitz baths. Fill a tub with a few inches of |
| warts naturally you should remember that isn't | | | | warm water and sit in it for 10-15 minutes every |
| just one simple cure, rather try the following | | | | day. |
| topical treatments to see if one works for you. | | | | *Milkweed a weed that is wide spread across |
| Genital warts can be passed from one person to | | | | North America; the fresh milky sap of the leaf or |
| another during sex, and by skin-to-skin contact | | | | stem is applied directly to warts once a day. |
| with someone who has the wart virus. The virus | | | | Usually works dramatically; non-irritating, does not |
| can remain in the body and be passed on before | | | | affect normal skin. |
| warts are noticeable, or after they have | | | | Prevention |
| disappeared. | | | | HPV can spread through skin-to-skin contact with |
| Warts can be external or internal. In women, | | | | any infected part of the body - but using a |
| warts can be found on or in the vagina, vulva | | | | condom every time you have sex can |
| (the lips around the opening to the vagina), cervix | | | | significantly reduce your risk of contracting HPV. It |
| and anus. In men, warts can be found on or | | | | doesn't protect females who've already been |
| around the penis, scrotum and urethra, and on or | | | | infected with HPV, and doesn't protect against all |
| inside the anus. | | | | types of HPV, so be sure your daughter gets |
| Home remedies for Genital Warts: | | | | routine checkups and gynecologic exams. If you |
| The first and simplest remedy is to simply keep | | | | have questions about the vaccine, talk with your |
| the affected area clean and dry. Genital warts are | | | | doctor. |
| caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), the | | | | |