Nowadays genital warts can be prevented with special vaccines. Based on medical research, this disturbing disease is found in those aged 17-33 years. A person is very easy to pass on to others, in which a person has the possibility to directly infected, although only one-time exposure on sexual activity with people who suffer from genital warts are.

In fact, in the United States almost one million people are estimated to suffer from genital warts, and this means that every minute there is one new case of genital warts for the disease. Worldwide, HPV is one of the major causes of illness, sexually transmitted diseases, which according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are about 6.2 million of new cases of infectious diseases due to HPV infection.

In women, genital warts usually appear in late teens or early 20s. While in men, genital warts usually grow in between the early 20s to late 20s.

For example the United States, allocate funds for USD140.000 million for private health plans American society in relation to the diagnosis and treatment of genital warts. Not to mention the burden of psychological distress for the sufferer, such as a decreased level of confidence, negative self-perception, shame, and anxiety.

The genital warts mostly can be treated with medication ingredients to destruct these warts, there are two drugs type, the first one is should be applied by doctors and the another can be applied by the patient himself.  When it does not work with these drugs, kautera surgery , electric surgical, or laser surgery can be performed.
HPV may experience clearance after 8 months, 1 year, or 2 years. Small part in a settlement, or persistens, can become malignant, causing cervical cancer, vaginal cancer, penile cancer, or rectal cancer.

Like cervical cancer caused by HPV, HPV infection causes genital warts can also be prevented, but you must try to avoid some high risk factors such as direct genital contact and sexual intercourse with more than one partner.

Both diseases can be resisted with the help of quadrivalent HPV vaccine protection that can protect the body from the threat of the four types of HPV as well, namely types 16 & 18 as a cause of cervical cancer and types 6 and 11 as a cause of genital warts. Quadrivalent HPV vaccine was applied three times in the first injection, month 2, and month 6.

CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends three-dose vaccination series for girls from the age of 11 years to adult women aged 26 years. The vaccine can also be applied to the boys from the age of nine years. In addition, the vaccine can also protect against precancerous lesions that often develop into cancer of the vulva and vagina.

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