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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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Most GUM clinics will give you Warticon to deal with genital warts. I had them a few years ago and the Warticon cleared them up within a month. never had them grow back since. Although apparently the actual infection stays in your blood for life.

I have jst been diagnosed with genital warts at my GUM. i feel disgusted in myself bt atleast i know im not the only one whos going or gone through this. I had it frozen and have to go back next week to have it re frozen, i got tested and swabbed for ghonorea, chlymdia, hiv and got an injection against hep b or c. Just want this thing to go away i dnt feel me with it being there.

Hi im 18 and i dont think i have warts. What ive got is two little lumps that are whitish grey.. i have no idea what it is and was just wondering if anyone knew?

Hey! I have anal warts an spread a lot I think! I was bleedin 2 months ago and I still haven't been to the doctors yet!
I am thinking of going to the doctors this week but I was wondering how long an average person has anal warts for? How long if treated? How long if not treated?

I'm 18 and I had anal warts appear perhaps 2 months ago, I was terrified of visting the doctors about it. I bit the bullet a few weeks ago when I sheepishly mentioned it to my GP after a post-swine flu check up for my chest. He wrote to me referring me to a nurse but I've been putting it off since. I've no idea how I got them as I've had the same partner for a year. I'm getting my girlfriend to make the appointment for me tomorrow as I've not got the courage to do it again!

hi there i once had a large skin tag around my anal area, i tied cotton around it tightly and it ended up goin black and falling off. this was two years ago and it hasnt been back since! :)

hi i have small white lumps/warts around my anal area. i have been picking and cutting them off myself if they get bigger but they keep coming back. its becoming a real birden. i went to the gum clinic but th creams they gave me have done nothing. what shall i do?

i was at the doctors for a smear and she noticed i had genital warts, i finished a perscription of blue liquid i had 2 paint on the warts but it didnt help and now they have spread 2 my back passage, my doctor is putting me to the hospital to get them removed, what will they do to remove them! can they come back! can i pass it on to someone after iv had them removed! will they come back! can i do anything to stop them coming back. please help

hey i had genital warts 3 years ago and i had them frozen off.just wondering are they gone for good or will they come back

hi, i often get cold sores ariund my lipsmand was told to get aciclovir tablets 200mg to stop them from coming back, i have now found small warts around my anus and was wondering if these tablets would treat both my symptoms at once.now way i could go to the doctor about this. plz plz help




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