If you are infected
If you are infected but have no symptoms, you can still spread HPV to your sexual partner and/or develop complications from the virus. Experts believe that when a wart is present, the virus is active and more likely to be contagious. When the wart disappears, the virus is still there but may be less likely to spread.
Treatment
In many people, the immune system eventually controls the HPV. In 50% of the patients the infection is gone after 8 months, less than 10% of people are infected longer than 2 years. However there is no cure that will get rid of the HPV completely. Treatments can only reduce the number of warts or help them disappear faster. But the viral infection itself can’t be cured and continues to live inside your skin. Warts often return after they have been removed and you may need to have them removed more than once. Sometimes, if warts are left untreated, they may grow bigger and multiply.
Genital warts can be treated with medications and surgery. Depending on factors such as the size and location of the genital warts, a doctor may offer you one of several ways to treat genital warts if they are visible.
Topical medications (medications rubbed on the skin) can be used to remove warts.
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