A Look at Vaginal Warts
Once again, the human pappilloma virus (HPV) rears its ugly
head. This time transmitted through sexual contact, it has
landed and taken up residence in a woman's vagina. And knowing
that it is the most common virus in existence, knowing that
there are 50 million people infected with HPV, doesn't help.
There is a degree of shame and humiliation once it is recognized
that forces a lot of people to not see a doctor and makes others
feel odd about sex. There are at least one hundred different
types of HPV and thirty of them are transmitted sexually.
With that many HPV bugs flying around and with a sexually active
population, it's a wonder the entire world isn't infected by
now. Fortunately, there are a variety of medicines and herbal
solutions for this embarrassing problem that are specially
formulated for women and that work fairly well to kill the virus
and stop the infection from spreading. One treatment technique
attacks the wart itself with alkaloids. This has the effect of
alerting the body's auto immune system that something is wrong.
It then sends out armies of white blood cells to remove the
intruder and in the process, it rids itself of the HPV virus and
the wart it has produced.
Like all other HPV infections, the virus remains in the host's
body. However, now that your body knows it's there, proper
maintenance, boosting the immune system and frequent washing of
the affected area can keep repeated attacks to a minimum.
Other treatments for vaginal warts include the use of acids, dry
ice, freezing, burning or laser treatments and surgical removal.
While these are mostly effective in removing the offending
tissue, they do almost nothing to eliminate future outbreaks and
they are costly and can be quite painful. There are a variety of
treatments that should be discussed with your doctor so that you
may decide which one is the best for you.