Preventing Genital Warts

A lot of people are not aware of this fact but genital warts lead the nation in sexual related transmitted diseases. At the present time, statistics show that approximately 30 million people around the world have become victimized by genital warts at least one time in their lives, eclipsing the cases in regard to genital herpes. It's amazing that after a decade of diminishing numbers in cased regarding genital warts, 2006 showed an increase in cases.

Genital warts are brought about through the Human Papilloma Virus that is customarily transmitted through sexual intercourse. Uninfected people who expose themselves to infected ones have a 60% chance of becoming infected. This is enough evidence for doctors to conclude that HPV is very capable of manipulation our body's defense mechanisms.

The sad news pertaining to genital warts is that there isn't a cure for it. Treatment can only be administered for the sake of alleviating the irritation and annoyance that come with it, the virus will remain and you will be left with a lifetime of treatments and medication. If this not what you want then it is highly recommended that safe prevention methods are practiced. Here are some preventive measures to take against the onslaught of genital warts:

The number one method to prevent genital warts, genital herpes or any other sexual transmitted disease is of course, Total Abstinence! A very large percentage of cases involving genital warts are brought about by vaginal intercourse as well as oral and anal sex. The verdict is in, Total Abstinence! Is the ruling. For those thinking of testing the water, keep one thing in mind, it doesn't take penetration to get infected.

The fact of the matter is that we live in a sex driven society. Sex is a taught as a way of life in this world. If you're not sexually active then you're not human, so says the images. So how do we combat the inevitable, teach safe sex since no one's going to stop anyway.

Thanks to modern medicine, a vaccine has been formulated for women to fight against the 4 main isolated viruses; which are HPV-6, 11, 16 and 18. All these HPVs are directly associated with genital warts and the malignancies, ano-genital and cervical carcinoma.

The vaccine is called Gardasil which has been approved through the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and can be used for females ranging from age 9 to 26. The drug causes your body to develop immunity which is needed to fight against HPVs.

A lot of the time, irritation and annoyances causes us to scratch but in the case of genital warts, You do not want to scratch!

Unfortunately, genital warts will cause itchiness but you don't want to scratch it becomes that is exactly how it and many of illness of the skin spread.

And finally, Wash Your Hands! This is so simple a cave man can do it or even a baby.

Genital warts can be prevented if we use our heads and practice the preventive measures outline above, I'm almost certain your doctor will agree. BE SAFE!