GENITAL WARTS AND LYMPHOGRANULOMA VENEREUM
Monday, May 18, 2009 | 12:03 amWarts on the genital area are like warts elsewhere. They are due to a virus infection, but when on the genitals are usually spread by sexual contact. Podophyllin applied locally clears them quickly but can irritate normal skin. It should not be self applied but left to the doctor to treat.
Cauterisation by the application of intense cold from applying liquid nitrogen or by heat from an electric diathermy is also effective.
The warts may occur on the penis, the vulva, in the vagina, around or in the anus.
This virus may be one of the causes of cancer of the cervix.
This condition is also rare in Australia and seen mostly in the tropics. It develops some one to three weeks following exposure. Initially there is a painful blister which ulcerates and then the lymph glands in the groin become involved, swell, develop abscesses and may discharge pus. The tetracycline drugs are also effective for this condition.
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