WART VIRUS: SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS
Like all viruses, the wart virus is tiny, and is spread without anyone knowing. It may be that the person who gives you the wart virus has no visible warts at all. Within one to six months, the virus may have caused some warts to grow. These can be anywhere, but if they are sexually transmitted they will often be on or near the vagina, anus or penis. They may be flat and rough, or like a little cauliflower-shaped thing. They come in different shapes and sizes. They do not usually hurt, unless they have some other problem or infection with them, and can sometimes be associated with some excess vaginal discharge or, more commonly in women, itching. Sometimes the virus may be passed, and no obvious warts ever appear, but the infection has still taken place (called a sub-clinical infection). Actual warts may not appear until months or years after the initial transfer of the virus.
Diagnosis. Apart from the microscopic diagnosis on pap smears, it is usually up to someone to look at the thing, and say ‘it’s a wart’.
Syphilis can cause warty lesions, which usually look quite different from the average genital warts. However if there is doubt about the diagnosis, a test for syphilis may be suggested.
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