Female Care

Genital warts are not a pleasant condition to deal with.Unfortunately, lots of people either have genital warts already or are infected with the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) which can cause these warts to develop. In fact it’s estimated that by age fifty 80 percent of American women will be infected with at least one strain of HPV. Once you’re infected with the virus, it’s nearly impossible to eliminate it. Not only that, but lots of people carrying HPV don’t even know they have it until they develop genital warts or, in the case of a female, an abnormal pap smear. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States and it’s very contagious. Just because you and your sexual partner don’t see any lesions doesn’t mean you aren’t infected since not all individuals infected by HPV develop obvious genital lesions. Continue reading »