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Genital Warts (HPV)
🧠 Genital warts are common and benign, but psychologically distressing. Incubation can be weeks–months, so they’re not a reliable marker of recent exposure.
🦠 Cause
- HPV types 6 & 11 🌿 cause most genital warts (low oncogenic risk).
- Transmission 🤝 via skin-to-skin contact; condoms reduce but don’t eliminate risk.
- High-risk HPV (16/18) ⚠️ relates to cancer risk but usually not typical warts (screening addresses this).
🔍 Diagnosis
- Clinical diagnosis 👀 based on appearance is usually sufficient.
- Biopsy 🔬 if atypical (pigmented, ulcerated, bleeding, indurated, fixed) or not responding to therapy.
- HPV testing 🧾 is not used for wart diagnosis; it’s part of cervical screening pathways.
💊 Treatment Options
- Patient-applied 🧴: podophyllotoxin or imiquimod (warn about local irritation).
- Clinician-applied ❄️: cryotherapy (often several sessions).
- Procedural ✂️: excision/laser for large, resistant, or obstructive lesions.
- HPV vaccination 💉: reduces future HPV disease; follow national eligibility.
📣 Practical Counselling
- Recurrence is common - it doesn’t mean “treatment failed”, it reflects HPV persistence.
- Discuss partner notification pragmatically (partners may already have HPV; testing is symptom-led).
- Advise re-attendance if lesions change, bleed, ulcerate, or don’t respond to standard therapy.
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