GynoFiles

So what's your definition of fast? You can use an egg timer to get rid of migraines, you can use the hour marker to get rid of menstrual cramps, but when it comes to taking care of genital warts, are you ready for this: some therapies have taken MONTHS! And during those times you may have other patches of warts to now start treating. And you had better check with your gyno, because some of those patches can be in sort of 'hidden' places! If you ignore your warts by week four you've got a few more, by 8 weeks in actually some patients, a very few percent, have cleared on their warts on their own through an active immune system So the FDA has now approved a green treat extract called Vergen for genital condyloma. But if you are using physician prescribed medicine it may take 4 months to clear with a 5% preparation and 19 months to clear with a 3.75% application! And patients will often have skin reactions near the treated warts.So don't be concerned if they aren...

Knowing whether you are susceptible to an infection, immune to an infection, or transmitting an infection is such an important topic, but trying to get all those questions answered, is not always possible, but really requires a personal consultation with your gyno. If you have gotten a vaccine against the major types of HPV (16,18,6,11) if you had never contracted any of those viruses research tells us to tell our patients that for up to five years the data is holding that you are both protected aginst the disease and against the precancer and cancer it causes. The vaccine Gardasil is approved to protect you from both cervical and anal cancer, and it is approved for males as well. It protects males and females against the main causes of genital warts as well. In Europe there are some studies of patients out 9 years after vaccines and the protection seems to be holding. But it is hard to know if you are protected still. Unlike the simple blood test we can draw to see if you are immun...