The Symptoms of Genital Warts are fairly straight forward if they’re visible. If they’re not visible and the Genital Warts Symptoms are there you will struggle to find them with the naked eye and therefore having a professional doctor examine you is the best option – sometimes only a doctors examination can reveal whether the infection is there or not and this is what makes Genital Warts one of the most dangerous and contagious sexually transmitted diseases in the world today.
Genital Warts Symptoms In Men
As stated before, if the symptoms are visible then it is very easy to self diagnosis yourself with Genital Warts.
On men, Genital Warts look exactly as you think they would – they are warts that form around the genitals.
The warts can be completely flat or raised and usually appear in the form of crop like clusters. The size of the warts vary tremendously from person to person. They can be tiny in some cases and much larger in others, this has little reflection on the severity of the infection and a lot to do with how the genital warts were transmitted and what the symptoms of the other person involved were like.
Despite the fact that Genital Warts is just as prevalent in men as it is in women, the symptoms on men tend to be harder to detect.
With men, the warts can form in a variety of places. Most commonly in and around the penis, usually towards the head of the penis. Genital Warts can and will often form around the scrotum, around the groin and also the thighs. In cases where the Genital Warts was transmitted from anal sex, the warts will form around the anus as well as possibly the groins and thighs.
Like women, men can also contract Genital Warts from oral sex and therefore the warts can form around the mouth, lips, tongue, throat and palate.
Genital Warts Symptoms In Women
Genital Warts Symptoms In Women are slightly easier to find and usually noticeable to the human eye. This makes it slightly easier to diagnose women with Genital Warts and like men, the symptoms look exactly as you would expect.
The warts form around the genitals (and other areas in rarer cases) and can be completely flat or raised. The warts usually form in volume and can vary a lot in size from person to person. The warts on women tend to be smaller and more clustered than those in men but larger warts are by no means uncommon or rare.
The size of the warts has no direct relevance to the severity of the infection, the size is determined by the transmitter in most cases. There are no known effects of having larger warts apart from the obvious factor that they may take longer to get rid of when using removal creams.
Genital Warts in women can form in a variety of places but the warts are most commonly found in and around the vagina. Women also often suffer from having Genital Warts around the skin of the vagina and are just as susceptible to having the warts on their thighs and groin area.
Women can also contract Genital Warts from anal sex and therefore warts forming around the anus are not uncommon.
When Genital Warts are transmitted through oral sex the warts themselves can be seen around the mouth, on the lips, on the tongue, on the throat and also around the palate too.
Rarer Symptoms In Men & Women
Whilst the symptoms are usually pretty obvious and straight forward in cases where they can be seen there are occasions where Genital Warts comes with several nastier side effects as well. These are unique to men and women and are as follows :-
Men
- Increased dampness or moisture in the areas where the Genital Warts are growing
- Itching of the penis, scrotum and even the anal area
- Extreme discomfort when wearing certain clothes
Women
- Increased dampness or moisture in the areas where the Genital Warts are growing
- Itching, stinging and a burning sensation around where the warts are forming/formed
- Extreme discomfort when wearing certain clothes
- An increase in vaginal discharge
- Vaginal bleeding with or after having sexual intercourse