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Genital Warts
Also called: Condylomata acuminate, Venereal warts
Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The warts are soft, moist, pink or flesh-colored bumps. You can have one or many of these bumps. In women, the warts usually occur in or around the vagina, on the cervix or around the anus. In men, genital warts are less common but might occur on the tip of the penis.
You can get genital warts during oral, vaginal or anal sex with an infected partner. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading HPV.
The warts might disappear on their own. If not, your health care provider can treat or remove them. The virus stays in your body even after treatment, so warts can come back.
NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Genital Warts(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Genital Warts
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Overviews
- Genital HPV Infection(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Also available in Spanish
- Genital Warts(American Academy of Dermatology)
- Genital Warts(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Prevention/Screening
- Condoms(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- HPV Vaccination(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- HPV Vaccine(Nemours Foundation)
- Also available in Spanish
- HPV Vaccine - Cervarix(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
- HPV Vaccine - Gardasil(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
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Specific Conditions
- Anal Warts(American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons)
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Pictures & Photographs
- Genital Warts (Condyloma Acuminata)(Logical Images)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Condylomata Acuminata(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Condylomata Acuminata
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Statistics
- Genital Wart - Initial Visits to Physicians' Offices, United States, 1966-2010(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Teenagers
- Genital Warts(Nemours Foundation) - For Parents
- Genital Warts (HPV)(Nemours Foundation)
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Patient Handouts
- Genital warts
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- HPV Vaccine - Cervarix(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
- HPV Vaccine - Gardasil(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
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