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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 hospitals have clinics that are confidential and deal with 'down there' they are called GUM clinics, if you are too embarrased to go to you Dr try ringing the hosp and see if they have one. they have seperate files with no names on to any hospital appointment files you have.

Warticom(perscribed from Dr or free from clinic) worked for me when freezing didnt.

I'm still working on the hand warts and verucas so i know how you all feel but I hope that helps someone.

hi i think i have anal warts and have had for about 18 months is there anything i can get of the internet or from the chemist to treat this problem as i'm to embarrased to go to my doctor

hiya, im 17 years old. last summer i had a boyfriend who i had unprotected sex with, i broke up with him in august and since, i've had skin tags on my labia on the left side, aswell as around my anal and a few round my vagina. i'm too embaressed to go to the doctors as our family doctor is a male and i'm very scared. is there anything i could buy from the chemist or order online for it? its really getting me down, and i've been with my new boyfriend since september but i haven't dared sleep with him because i don't want to pass it on, and i know that he knows something is up and its really getting me down.

hiya, im 17 years old. last summer i had a boyfriend who i had unprotected sex with, i broke up with him in august and since, i've had skin tags on my labia on the left side, aswell as around my anal and a few round my vagina. i'm too embaressed to go to the doctors as our family doctor is a male and i'm very scared. is there anything i could buy from the chemist or order online for it? its really getting me down, and i've been with my new boyfriend since september but i haven't dared sleep with him because i don't want to pass it on, and i know that he knows something is up and its really getting me down.

hello i have molluscum contagiosum warts, on my bottom and backs of my legs and they are spreading to the front. i am 22 years old and its really startin to affect me. I have been to my doctors twice and they did nothing. I model so its now affecting my work. please help me!!

Hi I`m 55 yr old Ive been suffering from anal itching i been to my GP Who has precribed Proctosedyl He said it was a sweat rash I wash & Dry the area & apply the ointment the problem goes away for about 3-4 days then comes back is their anything i can do as it keeps me awake at night I sometimes suffer from Piles but not for about 2 yrs i am a little over weight for my height which is 6ft 1 according to scales i am 16st 8 pound my weight flucuates on a daily basis between 16 & 17 stone

I started sleeping with someone a few months ago. During this time I noticed I was quite sore around the opening of my vagina, now there appears to be skin tags in the same area as well as a couple of hard lumps that definitely look like warts, these are around the opening of my vagina and on the labia on one side. Please can you give me some advice on what to do? I'd also like to know if I'll always have the infection and will I always pass it on to other people, even if I get rid of the visible symtoms?? Please help!!

hi well i have a skin tag on the outside of my vagina and i have them by my bottom i really don't want to go to the doctors as im to embarrassed is there any cream or a freeze i can buy over the counter they appeared after i had my son about 4 and a half years ago…i really want to get rid as im worried my partner will see them plz help

Hi is it a true fact if you have had gential warts you are always a carrier. I have a friend who keeps having repeat outburts and she has concerns her partner keeps infecting her Many thanks

I have anal warts/tags/extra skin frighten to go to doctor or for any one to see. is there anything I can use at home. anal does not look very nice.




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