People with genital warts feel very un-confident because they don't understand the virus and they don't realise how common they are within the western world.
Some doctors say that 1 out of every 5 Europeans and Americans suffers from genital warts...
that's 20% of people, suppressing I'm sure you will agree! The majority of the time symptoms of genital warts can be noticeable.
They appear as small pink lumps on your genital area.
The warts grow angrily and can clump together to form huge cauliflower warts.
In ladies, the warts will grow everywhere around the vagina and in it.
Such as on the vulva, and the woman's uterus.
In men, they can grow anywhere on the genitals including the anus.
Sometimes the symptoms of genital warts can't be visible.
They can be really small or really flat so will need your local GP to apply acetic acid which is a solution to the area.
This will identify the warts as they will turn white.
If a man or woman suspects they may have been exposed to the virus, but they haven't yeah developed any symptoms, a GP can use a swab which they can use to test for strains of the virus.
A lady can have this performed with her regular Pap smear test If you get genital warts you probably won't develop any warts straight away.
A quiet period of months can occur.
It's not uncommon for as much as 10 years to pass without ever developing warts on your genitals.
If you have the virus and are regularly having sexual relations it leaves the other person vulnerable to contracting the virus.
HPV warts are not something you want to give to a man or lady and need to be treated as they are very unsightly and contagious!