Risk factors for genital warts include: multiple sexual partners, infection with another STD, pregnancy, anal intercourse, poor personal hygiene, heavy perspiration
You can be reinfected with genital warts in the future. HPV vaccination can lower the risk.
Yes they are; HPV is the virus that causes genital warts.
No it is not.
It is estimated that 1% of sexually active people between the ages of 18 and 45 have genital warts; however, studies indicate that as many as 40% of sexually active adults may carry the virus that causes genital warts.
HPV or genital warts is often cauliflower shaped.
genital warts
Genital warts typically go away on their own. Treatments are available to get rid of them faster.
Yes women with HPV give men genital warts.
No, finger warts are not caused by the same subtype of HPV that causes genital warts.
No. Genital warts are caused by several strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). You would have to have HPV in order to develop genital warts. However many HPV virus are very common and easily caught, and it is unusual to be tested for HPV unless you have symptoms.
Genital warts don't run in the family; you must come into contact with the virus to be infected.
Warts are caused by one of several related viruses called human papillomaviruses. Some types are associated with genital warts. Other types tend to be responsible for warts on fingers, hands, toes and feet.