subject: Genital warts Causes, Types, Symptoms and Natural Remedies to treat Genital warts [print this page] Genital warts also known as condylomata acuminate or venereal warts are caused by Human Pappiloma Virus (HPV). They generally occur around the genital area like anus, cervix, penis, rectum, scrotum, vulva and vagina. They are either flat or cauliflower-like shaped. People with many sexual partners and those who do not practice safe sex are at greater risk of getting infected. Genital warts mainly occur among young people around 20 years of age.
Common warts have a raised, rough surface and can appear anywhere on your body but most often on your hands.
Flat warts, smaller and smoother, appear in clusters on the backs of your hands, face or legs.
Plantar warts appear on the plantar, or bottom surface, of your foot.
Filiform warts form long, finger-like around your eyelids, face and neck.
Periungual warts occur mostly in nail biters and cuticle pickers and appear under and around the fingernails.
Genital warts appear on your perineum, genitalia and anus.
Thrombosed capillaries which appear as black dots can be seen on the surface of some warts. That is a capillary filled with blood feeding the skin and virus. This is why it is so painful to remove warts from any skin area. The virus is actually in the skin that nerves are attached to, that is fully alive.
Symptoms of Warts
Warts come in various shapes and sizes and usually appear as rough elevations on the skin. These elevations appear more frequently on the fingers, elbows, knees, face, and scalp. Those that appear on the soles of the feet are called plantar warts. They are very painful and the sufferer is not able to walk properly.
Causes of Genital Warts
Following are the major genital wart causes:
1. Sexual contact with infected person
2. Sharing towel with infected person
3. Having many sexual partners
Preventing Genital Herpes
1. Talk to your physician if you are pregnant and infected, so that they can take the necessary measures to prevent the baby from getting infected.
2. Avoid sexual intercourse, if either partner has a blister or a sore, and if you or your partner has a cold sore on the mouth keep away from oral sex.
3. Use latex condom if either sex partner has inactive genital herpes, but don't forget that a condom does not cover all infected areas.
Home Remedies for Warts
1. Application of crushed garlic is a well known treatment of genital warts. It may produce some tingling and burning sensations, but if the application is continued for few days, the warts fall off.
2. A mixture of onion juice and salt when applied on the warts and left overnight produces good results.
3. Vitamin E oil when applied also produces good results.
4. Aloe Vera oil is very soothing for the skin, and so its application cures the warts in natural way.
5. Few drops of apple cider vinegar on a cotton ball if massaged gently on the infected areas cures genital warts.
6. Diet rich in beta carotene and folic acid if taken regularly is good for the cure and prevention too. Vegetables and fruits like radish, mango, squash, tomato or other colored fruits and green leafy vegetables like spinach, cabbage gives effective results.
Diet for Warts
Apart from applying onion and garlic externally on the wound, increasing their consumption internally is also beneficial in getting rid of Warts as naturally as possible. Moreover, include more citrus fruits in the diet to eliminate the infection and help repair the damaged skin.
Fruit juices like that of pineapples, grapes, pears oranges, papayas, apples, and mangoes facilitate the process of healing. Asparagus is also recommended in this regard. In addition, green tea helps to cope up with the infection internally.
Genital warts Causes, Types, Symptoms and Natural Remedies to treat Genital warts
