Human Papilloma Virus Treatment

Treatment

Although the HPV’s cure is not possible, there is treatment for genital warts. Additionally, the Gardasil vaccine can be vaccinated to the young women against the four common HPV strains. The women over 26 should learn as much as possible knowledge about HPV diseases and should try to minimize their risks. To reduce the risk, you can use condom, limit the sexual contact number and apply to regular Pap tests.

The HPV infections for most women do not need to be treated. You can get rid of the virus easily thanks to your immune system. However, in some women there can be problem and the warts can turn to cervical cancer from the warts. Surely, those women need treatment.

Because of the reason that you do not like the appearance of the warts and there is certain possibility that you can spread the genital warts to the other people. Actually, at least one of the four people has recurrence in three months even with a treatment. Moreover, the small warts of short duration respond to the therapy better than the large warts of long duration. And also, there can be mild local irritations and problems as a result of all wart treatments.

Experts review the current genital wart treatment practices and find out that no single treatment is beneficial for all women. They suggested that you should decide which treatment you will be in with your health care expert. Also, it is important for you to understand the options.

Additionally, you may not need to be treated. Subclinical genital HPV infections have no available treatment (for example no visible warts can be diagnosed by colposcopy, biopsy, HPV laboratory tests and acetic acid applications). That’s result is that subclinical genital HPV infections have no certain way to be diagnosed or no effective therapy. The low-risk strain infections can go away by its own.

Previously, the genital wart treatment can only be with the health care experts and can damage to person more than the wart itself. The transition from cryotherapy to electrocautery has changed the traditional treatment methods. The cryotherapy freezes the warts with liquid nitrogen, but the electrocautery burns the warts. Nowadays, there are wide ranges of treatment which your health care expert administers you.

The treatment’s aim is to remove the visible warts and to relieve the annoying symptoms. All of the treatment methods are not better than the others. And also, no single treatment is available for all the cases. So, the following guidelines have been released by CDC:

Self-Applied Treatments:
• Podofilox (Condilox). %0.5 or 0.15 of the solution or gel is safe, cheap and easy to use treatment. After four days of no therapy, for a total of three to four weeks, this treatment is applied to the warts directly every day for three weeks or twice a day for three days. It is suggested that the higher concentration should be used for penile warts and the lower concentration should be used for vulvar and anal warts. According to the studies, in %29 to 90 of the patients the Podofilox clears the warts within four to six weeks of treatment. However, the warts can turn after the treatment.
• Imiquimod (Aldara). To cure the external genital warts and perineal warts, %5 cream is used. The perineal warts are seen around the anus. This treatment is safe and easy to use. The cream stimulates the immune system and works to target the warts. It should be applied three times a week before bedtime approximately for 16 weeks. However, the warts can recur after the treatment.

The two therapies can differ from person to person. So, while the Podofilox therapy works better for you, the Imiquimod therapy can work better for someone else. You should apply to your health care expert about the therapy you should use. The tenderness, irritation and localized burning are the side effects of both treatments. Neither of them has deemed to use during pregnancy.
The health care experts apply these treatments:

• Cryotherapy is a treatment method which freezes the warts with liquid nitrogen. This treatment method is inexpensive. You can feel some discomfort during this treatment, because it is usually performed without anesthesia. To remove all warts, you can experience lots of treatments a week for up to six weeks.

• %10 to 25 Podophyllin resin. Typically, this solution is applied once a week for four weeks. And, to reduce local irritation it must be washed within 12 hours. There is more chance to cause the side effects than the less-toxic, over the counter Podofilox. It has not proved recently whether it’s using is safe during pregnancy or not.

• %10 to 90 Trichloracetic acid (TCA) or bichloracetic acid (BCA). These are the two other chemicals applied to the wart surfaces once a week for the four following weeks. These kinds of chemicals are the stronger form of the over the counter acids which are used removing external genital warts. Most of the health care experts prefer to use topical anesthetic because of the reason that the procedure can be painful.

• The warts can be got rid of in a single treatment with laser therapy which uses intense light to destroy the warts and with surgery which cuts off the warts. With these treatment methods, the bill can be expensive and the health care experts should be well trained. The health care experts can use local or general anesthetic. Furthermore, the laser therapy can cause burning and scarring if it is not performed correctly.

• Interferon, which naturally occurs the human protein known for its antiviral and immunostimulating effects, is injected directly into the warts. One million units for every other day for eight to twelve weeks is normal dosage and these doses’ side effects are usually mild. If the patient’s immune system is suppressed, the interferon can not be effective.

Your immune system play an important role whether the warts return or not because of the fact that HPV is a virus. The lower tissues are the virus’ travel places, because they can remain easily there. The recurrences most frequently occur during the first three months after treatment. So, you should watch for the recurrences in the first three months after the treatment.
To help maintain a strong immune system, you should eat a balanced diet, avoid alcohol and cigarette, and exercise regularly.