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What Causes Genital Warts?
Is It Herpes, Or Something Else?
If you've been diagnosed with genital herpes, your inclination may be to write off every itchy, burning sensation, every lesion on the genitals as a herpes symptom. And while often times the symptoms do indicate herpes, this isn't always the case.
Like everyone else, people with herpes can get yeast infections, bacterial infections, molluscum contagiousum, scabies, genital warts, gonorrhea, Chlamydia and urinary tract infections.
Here's what to look for when determining whether or not your br...
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Expert & Community Posts
Bumps on the Vagina: How to know if it is Serious
By Merely Me , Health Expert...panic, thinking it is some sort of cancer on your genitals. Or else you worry it is a symptom of... Read more »
Gardasil Marketed for Males to Prevent Genital Warts (and other ways men can prevent STDs)
By Merely Me , Health Expert...approval to also use this drug as a vaccine against genital warts in males who are from 9 to 26... Read more »
Question of the Week: Will You Get Your Son or Daughter the HPV Vaccine?
By Kate , Health Expert...most common sexually transmitted disease, causes genital warts that can lead to head, neck,... Read more »
Genital Bumps, Lesions, Sores, Warts, Scabs and Ulcers in Men
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert...lesions on the penis that are painful? Think about genital herpes as the cause. These lesions... Read more »
Is it Herpes, Or Another STD?
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert...antiviral drug. After this prodrome, a person with genital herpes often has an outbreak of... Read more »
Health Guide
HPV
...transmitted infection caused by direct, skin-to-skin contact by way of sexual intercourse or oral sex. Genital warts come from the same family of viruses as the common warts people get on their... Read more »Genital Warts and HPV
Whenever I diagnose genital warts in a teenager it's always a huge deal. Tears, sometimes devastation, and about a million questions usually follow. Girls and guys want to know: "Exactly what... Read more »STD Symptoms
... pregnant woman. STD infections in women may also be associated with cervical cancer. One STD, genital warts, is caused by a virus associated with cervical and other cancers. The... Read more »Genital warts
...acuminata; Penile warts; Human papilloma virus (HPV); Venereal warts; Condyloma Treatment Genital warts must be treated by a doctor. DO NOT use over-the counter remedies meant for... Read more »Genital warts
Genital warts are soft wart-like growths on the genitals caused by a viral skin disease. Genital warts are a type of sexually transmitted disease (STD). Alternative Names ... Read more »
Medications
...antivirals. Valacyclovir is also used to treat people with genital herpes who are currently... Read more »
...of the vagina (vulva). It is also used to prevent genital warts and abnormal tissue growth in... Read more »
...cell carcinoma), and warts on the outside of the genitals/anus. Treating these conditions... Read more »
...outbreaks of herpes simplex on the skin (mouth, lips, genitals, anus). Famciclovir is also used... Read more »
...outbreaks of herpes simplex on the skin (mouth, lips, genitals), outbreaks of shingles (herpes... Read more »
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