Locations and appearance of genital warts

When the skin or mucous membrane is affected by viruses, single or multiple tumor-like benign neoplasms can grow on them. The reason for this is human papillomaviruses, which can be of low, medium and high risk type of oncogenicity.

Human papillomavirus is transmitted through direct sexual contact. The possibility of transmission of the virus from mother to child is not excluded, which is quite rarely observed in practice. Genital warts are more common in young people of reproductive age and grow on the skin and mucous membranes of the urinary organs.

Clinical picture. The main types of genital warts

Usually, condylomas grow in places of constant skin trauma during sexual intercourse.  In some patients, the human papillomavirus may disappear on its own, depending on the degree of immunoreactivity of the organism. Features of the localization of genital warts in men and women, read further on estet-portal.com. The incubation period of the virus ranges from 3 weeks to 1 year, with an average of 3 months.

In females, genital warts can be located in the clitoris, on the inner surface of the large and small labia, genital warts may grow at the entrance to the vagina, on the perineum or around the anus. The intergluteal and inguinal folds may also be affected.

In men, genital warts are more often localized on the head of the penis, although the formation of genital warts in other places of the external organs of the reproductive system is not excluded.

Types of manifestation of genital warts:

• genital warts with pronounced exophytic growth;
• skin or mucosal lesions in the form of spots;
• genital warts in the form of papules.

What are the growth characteristics of genital warts?

Genital warts with marked exophytic growth are a classic manifestation of the human papillomavirus. These are fibroepithelial formations on the surface of the skin and mucous membranes.

Condylomas resemble cauliflower in appearance and may also be associated with cockscombs. They may be single or multiple, sessile or pedunculated.

The formations are constantly growing, which clinically resembles a tumor process, while retaining their lobed structure. Genital warts are often macerated, eroded and painful.  May be of different colors, depending on localization.

Characterization of genital warts in the form of papules

Second type – warts in the form of papules – are more often observed on keratinized epithelium and are characterized by very slow growth. They do not have papillomatous growths, but hyperpigmentation on the surface or hyperkeratosis is expressed. In men, such condylomas are localized on the sheets of the foreskin, on the scrotum or on the body of the penis.

The last, third type of genital warts occurs on the surface of the large and small labia. Characterized by the appearance of clearly demarcated spots of different colors, which contain well-defined loops of capillaries.

Genital warts are a sign of a viral genital infection that requires careful diagnosis and specific treatment. Aspects of the treatment of genital warts read in our next article.