An insight into genital herpes hpv

Genital herpes hpv is also known as genital warts. HPV here stands for Human Papilloma Virus.

These warts are a sign of a genital herpes infection and occur anywhere on the genitals. These look like small bumps either flesh colored or white in color lumps.

What they look like...

Genital warts or genital herpes hpv typically resembles small bumps either white in color or flesh color, located around and on the genitals. At other times, these bumps maybe larger and look like cauliflower-shaped lumps with large and fleshy appearances.

There are as many as a 100 different kinds of HPV and as many as thirty of these affect the genital areas specifically. The other kinds of the HPV virus typically affect body parts such as hands etc.

Depends on the strain

Your chances at getting genital herpes hpv depends on what strain of virus you have been infected with. For example, if you have been infected with a strain, which does not produce genital herpes hpv or warts, you will not get any warts on the genitals.

Thus, in such a situation, your body will be asymptomatic, without any presence of genital warts. This will be inspite of the fact that this particular strain of virus is located on genital area mucous membranes as well as located on your skin!

Sometimes, the virus strain maybe located inside the cervix of a woman but she will still not get infected with genital herpes hpv simply because this virus strain does not produce warts. The people who are infected with genital herpes hpv tend to notice visible symptoms within one or three months since the infection started.

Typical symptoms

If you suspect having genital herpes hpv you will notice some common symptoms. These include presence of small lumps of white of pink color or even larger, fleshier lumps shaped like a cauliflower.

These genital herpes hpv warts occur over or around penis, vagina, areas as well as over the cervix area in women. If women have genital herpes hpv located on the cervix area, it can cause a small amount of bleeding and sometimes vaginal discharge of unusual coloring.

Sometimes, these genital herpes hpv warts occur as single lumps or as clusters. These genital herpes hpv warts tend to itch quite a bit and are the largest cause of genital itch in most people. It can also be very tough to locate the presence of these genital herpes hpv warts easily. Sometimes, these warts can also spread from genital regions to the anus. This can happen even if the person has not engaged in anal sex.

Confusion over symptoms

The symptoms associated with genital herpes hpv warts can easily be confused with symptoms associated with several other stds. These include conditions such as molluscum, genetal herpes as well as syphilis etc.

Sometimes, these lumps may not even be a case of infectious genital herpes hpv warts but people get worried thinking they have contracted genital warts.

Typical conditions

If you want to be sure whether you have genital herpes hpv warts or not check the following:

- Penis area: Most genital herpes hpv warts will appear as small lumps either white or skin colored located on the penis head in the form of a cluster of rings. Sometimes, the genital herpes hpv warts can occur in women as small lumps located on the vulva.

- Angiokeratomas: These look like bright purple or red colored spots, which resemble blood blisters.

- Sebaceous glands: These look like small bumps hard to touch and white, yellow or skin colored. These are located all over the scrotum and penis and in women, they are located in the vulva.

- Spots and pimples: Sometimes, the genital herpes hpv warts can look like small spots or pimples around the genital region.