Genital wart

Genital wart
Warts confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals or around the anus. These warts are due to viruses belonging to the family of human papillomaviruses (HPVs) which are transmitted through sexual contact. The virus can also be transmitted from mother to baby during childbirth. Most people infected with HPV have no symptoms, but these viruses increase a woman’s risk for cancer of the cervix. The virus can also be transmitted from mother to baby during childbirth. HPV infection is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the US. It is also the leading cause of abnormal PAP smears and pre-cancerous changes of the cervix in women. There is no cure for HPV infection, although anti-viral medications can reduce outbreaks and topical preparations can speed healing. Once contracted, the virus can stay with a person for life. Also called condyloma acuminatum, condylomata.

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genital wart n a wart on the skin or adjoining mucous membrane usu. near the anus and genital organs called also condyloma, condyloma acuminatum, venereal wart

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condyloma acuminatum.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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