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Consultation: Anal Warts

Up to 70,000 cases of anal and genital warts are diagnosed every year in the UK, and they are usually spread by sexual contact. In this Embarrassing Illnesses consultation, Dr Dawn Harper uses freezing as the method of ridding anal warts from a patient who has been sitting on them for a long time!

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can genital warts gv u abnormal cells as ive had them of and on for 11 yrs now, now ive had 3 operations 2 remove the abnormal cells





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for years ive had genital warts which ive had treatment but they keep comin back, can the virus gave me abnormal cells as ive had 3 operations 2 remove the cells





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i have had warts and had them frozen off and have not got eny since this is nearly to years ago now and i have been in a long term relshionship for nearly a year we wont to start trying for our first child but will i pass the sti on to my partner with out a condom . please help





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i have gentila warts vagina :(im 18 they wen away but every time i get my peried they keep cuming back ,,or even why do they keep cuming back is there anyway i could prevent them from cuming back ,,,i smoke would dat make them worse?





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I had my warts frozen about a week ago, and I'm wondering exactly how long it will take for them to die/fall of/whatever.





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When taking creams for the warts, be aware not to continue with the treatment when at the seaside. On my first trip to the sea, the salt had burnt through my tender areas, leaving me unable to sit down in the hotel areas without a shudder pain. My extended family was concerned so I made my excuses! To this day I laugh about it.





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i have anal warts and i have been treating them with Salicylic for almost 3 weeks. i'ts size has reducted. is it really effective?





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since i was 14 a small lump appeared on my behind and i never thought anything of it, i am 25 nw i woke up one nite with blood running down my legs didnt no what was wrong def thought they wer piles, i build up the courage to go the docs he told me i had warts then a few days later my girlfriend told me she had chlamydia went to the gum clinic with her and gt the treatment it was jus a tablet i am really scared that ive also giving her warts can someone plz help





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Hi, i have had a wart on the outside of my vagina for about two years now. I've never had any more and it doesn't look like a genital wart. I thought that it was just a normal wart but can you get normal warts on the vagina. As im very very sure that it is not an sti and i only have the one i've never got any more. please help me!





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hi i got told i had gentical warts the warts have gone now after 3months of treatment, but before i got them i always used to shave or have a wax down there, i got told not to do that at the GUM clinic as i was more likey to get more warts but as they have gone now and have been gone for about 3months,do u reckon it wud be safe for me to shave or wax as its getting me really down as i cant wear a bikni when i go on hoilday. thanks for any advise u can give ...





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