Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is a kind of virus that causes sexual transmitted infections such as Plantar Warts, Common Warts, Flat Warts and Genital Warts.
HPV symptoms for each of these warts vary to a great extent, but will have similarities.
Human papilloma viruses cause all these warts, but each type of HPV grows only on particular areas of the body.
The virus got the name Papilloma Virus because certain subtypes may cause warts, or papillomas, which are non-cancerous tumors.
This is very common type of virus that most women get infected at some time in their lives. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, about 6.2 million are affecting with sexually transmitted HPV infections every year.
HPV viruses are a group of more than 100 types of viruses. Most of them do not cause major harm to an individual.
Actually, you have a high chance of being exposed to this virus with sexual relationships involving genital contact with an infected person, but only a few HPV infected women can develop cell changes, which can lead to cervical cancer.
Most of the time, the immune system in your body will maintain the virus subtypes under control or get rid of it completely without any treatment.
Generally you will be unaware of genital HPV infection presence in your body because the virus lives in the skin or mucous membranes that generally cause no HPV symptoms.
When you consider genital wart infection, almost all the time, the HPV symptoms are invisible to your naked eye. However, in some cases, the HPV symptoms appear where you normally experience itching, burning, discomfort or pre-cancerous changes in the cervix, vulva, or anus.
Very rarely, HPV symptoms result in anal or genital cancers. The HPV symptoms of genital warts generally emerge as soft, moist, pink, or flesh-colored swellings in the genital area.
These warts can be raised or flat, single or multiple, small or large. Sometimes, multiple bumps resemble a cauliflower.
In women like you, you can notice HPV symptoms such as warts inside and around outside of the vagina, on the vulva, cervix and in or around the anus.
The HPV symptoms of genital warts [Genital Wart Symptoms] will appear within weeks or months after having sexual contact with an infected person.
In some rare cases, the HPV symptom that is warts will appear even in the mouth or throat when you have had oral sex with an infected person. There is a possibility that these warts will not appear at all.
If you exhibit any of these HPV symptoms, then immediately you should seek medical help. As HPV is a highly infectious virus, it can spread very easily and quickly.
It is the fact that there is no treatment for HPV virus itself however you have treatment options for the infections caused by HPV virus. In other words, the HPV symptoms can be treated with appropriate treatment!
