Genital Warts Also called: Condylomata acuminate, Venereal warts Summary Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). The warts are soft, moist, pink, or flesh-colored bumps. You can have one or many of these bumps. In women, the warts usually occur in or around the vagina, on the cervix or around the anus. In men, genital warts are less common but might occur on the tip of the penis. You can get genital warts during oral, vaginal, or anal sex with an infected partner. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not completely eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading HPV. HPV vaccines may help prevent some of the HPV infections that cause genital warts. Your health care provider usually diagnoses genital warts by seeing them. The warts might disappear on their own. If not, your health care provider can treat or remove them. The virus stays in your body even after treatment, so warts can come back. NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Specifics Anal Warts American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Find an Expert Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Condylomata Acuminata National Institutes of Health Patient Handouts Condom Fact Sheet in Brief Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Start Here Genital Warts American Academy of Dermatology Genital Warts Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Genital Warts Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Genital Warts National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Array Genital warts HPV Vaccine – Cervarix: What You Need to Know Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HPV Vaccine – Gardasil: What You Need to Know Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HPV Vaccine Gardasil®-9: What You Need to Know Images Genital Warts (Condyloma Acuminata) Logical Images Teenagers Genital Warts (For Parents) Nemours Foundation Genital Warts (HPV) Nemours Foundation Statistics and Research Genital Warts — Initial Visits to Physicians’ Offices, United States, 1966 – 2012 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Prevention and Risk Factors HPV Vaccine Nemours Foundation Male Condoms Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research Journal Articles Genital Warts
