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Genital Warts Treatment: Summary and Conclusion
Most HPV infections are asymptomatic and can spontaneously clear on their own. However if treatment is required, there are a number of destructive, antiproliferative, immunomodulatory modalities available.
Combination therapies have been shown to be advantageous. In general, the response time can be expected within 3 months of therapy. Patients should be evaluated throughout the course of therapy for treatment response and side-effects, and treatment should be changed if substantial improvement is not seen within that time frame.
Cryotherapy combined with imiquimod appears to be very commonly used.
A quadrivalent HPV recombinant vaccine is now available for girls and women 9-26 years of age. While not of benefit to those already infected, future generations may be spared considerable burden from external genital warts due to the development, approval, and release of HPV polyvalent vaccines. Not only does the vaccination largely prevent incident external genital warts, but it also protects against genital tract HPV-associated neoplasia.
Genital Warts Treatment:
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