Do genital warts mean I will get cancer?

No. Warts are usually caused by HPV 6 and 11, which are not the types behind cervical cancer. Those are mostly 16 and 18, and they cause no visible warts at all.

Can genital warts be cured?

The warts can be cleared. HPV itself cannot currently be removed from the body, which is why recurrence happens and why vaccination is worth discussing at the same visit.

Is there a prescription cream for genital warts?

Yes. Prescription topical treatment applied over a course of weeks suits smaller, accessible lesions. Larger or more numerous warts are usually removed at the clinic instead.

Should I still have the HPV vaccine if I already have warts?

Usually yes. Gardasil 9 protects against the types you have not already acquired, including the main cancer-causing ones, and that is most of its value here.

Will my partner need treating?

Partners should be checked. HPV spreads by skin-to-skin contact and a condom reduces the risk without removing it, since it does not cover every area of contact.

Genital warts and HPV treatment in KL

Genital warts are caused by HPV, usually types 6 and 11, which are not the types behind cervical cancer. They are treatable, they recur in a good share of people, and a vaccine covers what you have not already caught.

Get warts looked at What HPV actually is

6 and 11the two HPV types behind most warts
Not the cancer typesthose are 16 and 18
Gardasil 9RM 520, covers both groups
Walk inno appointment needed

What genital warts look like

Genital warts are small flesh-coloured bumps, raised or flat, singly or in clusters. They are one of the commonest sexually transmitted infections in the world and are frequently mistaken for something else.

Small flesh-coloured or grey bumps on the vulva, vagina, penis, scrotum or around the anus
A cluster with a cauliflower-like surface, rather than a single lump
Itching, discomfort or bleeding during sex
Bumps in the mouth or throat after oral contact
Nothing visible at all, and a partner who has been diagnosed
An abnormal Pap smear result

Not every genital lump is a wart. Molluscum, skin tags, herpes and syphilis all get mistaken for them and are treated entirely differently, which is why they are examined rather than assumed.

What HPV actually is, and the distinction that matters

Human papillomavirus is a family of more than 150 viruses, of which more than 40 infect the genital area. It spreads by skin-to-skin contact during vaginal, anal and oral sex, and a condom reduces the risk without removing it, because it does not cover every area of contact.

The distinction worth holding on to is this: the types that cause visible warts, mostly HPV 6 and 11, are not the types that cause cervical cancer, mostly 16 and 18. Having warts does not mean you have the cancer-causing types, and having no warts does not mean you do not. They travel in the same way and are found by different means, which is why a wart diagnosis usually comes with a wider screen.

How genital warts are treated

Several options, chosen on where the warts are, how many there are, and what has already been tried.

Topical treatment: Prescription creams and solutions applied to the wart over a course of weeks. Suited to smaller and more accessible lesions, and used at home rather than at the clinic.
Ablation: Removing the wart directly at the clinic. Faster than a topical course and the usual answer for larger or more numerous lesions.
Treating the recurrence, not just the wart: Warts come back in a substantial share of people, because treatment clears the lesion rather than the virus. Immunotherapy exists for the smaller group where they keep returning despite everything.
Vaccination alongside: Gardasil 9 protects against the types not already acquired, including both the wart types and the main cancer types. Worth discussing at the same consultation, whichever treatment you have.

What treatment does, and what it does not

Worth being clear about before you start a course, because the difference sets what a good outcome looks like.

Treatment does

Clear the visible warts
Reduce discomfort, itching and bleeding
Lower the amount of virus present, and so the risk to a partner
Give a definite diagnosis, which rules out syphilis and herpes

Treatment does not

Clear HPV from the body; no current treatment does
Guarantee they will not return
Protect against the cancer-causing types, which is what the vaccine is for
Replace cervical screening for women

What else the clinic does about this

Gardasil 9 HPV vaccine

RM 520, protecting against the types behind most genital warts and most cervical cancer. Worth having alongside treatment, not instead of it.

Immunotherapy for recurrent warts

Where warts keep returning after removal, and the problem is immune control rather than the treatment itself.

Full STD screening

HPV alongside HIV, syphilis, gonorrhoea, chlamydia, herpes and hepatitis, in one visit rather than five.

Genital herpes

The other diagnosis a genital lump or sore commonly turns out to be, and one that needs entirely different treatment.

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Common questions

Do genital warts mean I will get cancer?: No. Warts are usually caused by HPV 6 and 11, which are not the types behind cervical cancer. Those are mostly 16 and 18, and they cause no visible warts at all.
Can genital warts be cured?: The warts can be cleared. HPV itself cannot currently be removed from the body, which is why recurrence happens and why vaccination is worth discussing at the same visit.
Is there a prescription cream for genital warts?: Yes. Prescription topical treatment applied over a course of weeks suits smaller, accessible lesions. Larger or more numerous warts are usually removed at the clinic instead.
Should I still have the HPV vaccine if I already have warts?: Usually yes. Gardasil 9 protects against the types you have not already acquired, including the main cancer-causing ones, and that is most of its value here.
Will my partner need treating?: Partners should be checked. HPV spreads by skin-to-skin contact and a condom reduces the risk without removing it, since it does not cover every area of contact.

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48, Jalan Lang Kuning, 52100 Kepong Baru, Kuala Lumpur.