Sexually active male in multi – partner and unprotected sexual activities are vulnerable to genital warts. Genital warts are caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPVs) type six (six) and eleven (11). Seventy percent (70%) of 500,000 genitwal warts cases recorded every year eventually turn into cervical cancer.

The hard truth in numbers

There is a forty four percent (44%) prevalence rate within the twenty (20) to twenty four (24) year olds – this is the highest among the age brackets. Among the 151.4 million males across the country, one percent (1%) of these can have genital warts anytime. In fact, 800 American men get HPV each year. HPV causes genital warts alongside many other illnesses:

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  About 1% of sexually active men in the U.S. have genital warts at any one time.


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  Each year in the U.S. there are about 800 american men who acquire HPV – related penile cancer


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  1100 American men acquire HPV – related anal cancer


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  5700 American men get HPV – related cancers in the head and neck

The Sickness and the Symptoms

Women are generally more prone to genital warts than men thus men are deemed to be “HPV” carriers. Half of HPV infected women shows no obtrusive symptoms until three months accroding to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Because of this, HPV carriers are mostly unaware that they have been spreading the disease with their partners.

For male, genital warts start off as pink or flesh colored lesion and lumps on the surface of the skin. They are relatively elevated that normal skin. They are itchy, quite painful and the area thatb surrounds it is quite reddis. Once a person has genital warts, the person is immediately infected and contagious.

Symptoms that you may have genital warts are the following:

Lesions or fleshy build ups on the penis, testicles, groin, thighs, or anus.

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  Warts are cauliflower – shaped or other abnormally looking shapers. Do not necessarily hurt.


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  May appear weeks or months after involving in multi - partner or unprotected sexual intercourse.


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  Itching of the genitals or the anus

Treatments

Genital warts may just vanish but sometimes they may get even worse. Doing something about and seeking a doctor’s helps prevent more complications to oocur. The following treatments can be done:

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  Imiquimod. 5-fluorouracil cream, Podophyllin and Podofilox for treating warts. Side effects include skin irritation of your and your partner


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  laser therapy, cryotherapy, cauterization and surgery

Doctors are the best persons to confirm and detect whether you have genital warts or not. Genital warts are sensitive so don prick, scracth or apply various ointments that are not recommended by a doctor. These treatments works best if you keep your entire body and skin clean to avoid infection. Adding a drop of tea tree oil to your bath water will help disinfect your skin.

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