Anal Warts and Hemorrhoids?

It's pretty bad when you find out you've got hemorrhoids, but it can be a lot worse if you get hemorrhoids confused with another health issue. I mean, the pain, anxiety and embarrassment of discovering something wrong in the anal area is bad enough, much less not knowing exactly what you've got. On the bright side, there aren't too many health conditions that can come up in that area. One of the most common health conditions confused with hemorrhoids is anal warts.  While neither is very much fun, they stem from entirely different causes and are treated in very different ways.

Anal warts, also known as condyloma acuminata, are caused by the human papilloma virus (HPV).  This virus is highly contagious and most often transmitted through sexual intercourse.  Some strains of HPV can lead to increased risk of cervical cancer, but these are not the same strains as the ones that cause anal warts.  The virus gets into the skin or mucous tissue cells and starts making them grow in the distinctive wart pattern.  HPV infection does not lead to hemorrhoids.  Hemorrhoids originate from weak points in hemorrhoidal veins below the skin or mucous tissue.  As the weak point gives way, it stretches out and takes surrounding tissue with it. Traumatized hemorrhoids may get infected with a variety of bacteria and/or viruses, but infection does not lead to hemorrhoids.  That would be like putting the cart before the horse.

Anal warts and hemorrhoids can both feel like lumps or masses of tissue around the anal area.  However, there are several differences that can lead to a proper identification upon close inspection.  While doing a close inspection may not sound like fun, it's much better than trying unsuccessfully to treat the wrong thing.  Upon said close inspection, anal warts have a distinctive "rough" texture and range in size from the head of a pin to about the size of a pea and are rather hard to the touch. They occur in clusters around the anal opening and may sometimes continue up towards the genital area.  They almost never occur alone.  Hemorrhoids, on the other hand, have a smooth texture that's identical to the tissue they originate from, whether that's external skin or internal mucous membrane.  They are often soft or "squishy" to the touch, and they range in size from the size of a pea to the size of a grape.  You'll never find them anywhere except right around the anal opening.  In addition, warts almost never hurt, though they may itch a bit.  External hemorrhoids, on the other hand, often hurt quite a lot.

Hemorrhoids are usually best treated at home through a high-fiber diet, a healthy amount of exercise, and easily obtained over the counter relief.  Home remedies often work well on hemorrhoids and surgery is only rarely needed.  Anal warts, on the other hand, always have to be treated surgically, usually on an outpatient basis.  The warts will not go away on their own.  Instead, a physician has to use liquid nitrogen to freeze them off.  In addition, hemorrhoids can often be kept away by keeping the lifestyle changes that were made to help cure them.  Anal warts will often come back for no reason under your control, because the virus can live dormant in your skin cells for a long time.  One day that virus can wake up and bam, you've got anal warts again.

So, as you can see, getting anal warts confused with hemorrhoids can lead to some serious problems. At the least you'll be stuck trying to treat a problem you don't have for a while.  Why waste all that time and discomfort?  If you can't figure out what you've got on your own, make a doctor's appointment and get your diagnosis confirmed.  It'll save you a lot of trouble, pain and grief in the long run.

To find out more about anal warts and hemorrhoids check out our hemorrhoids articles and hemorrhoid treatments.

Copyright 2010.  Written by Donald Urquhart.  All universal rights reserved.

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Plantar Warts: Getting Rid of Them

Kissing froggie feet doesn't cause Plantar warts, and neither does playing footsie with toads. Plantar warts are caused by a specific strain of the human papillomavirus (HPV), although not the one which causes genital warts. As if that wasn't revolting enough, we often pick these nasty skin infections up in swimming pools and humid communal changing areas from complete strangers. Often they are difficult to get rid of, but for the most part they're completely harmless, albeit supremely unpleasant.

Also known as verucca plantaris, plantar warts get their name as plantar means bottom (no, not your butt!) as they typically appear on the bottom, or soles, of the foot. With these type of warts you can get either one, or a solitary wart, or a larger cluster of warts, known as a mosaic wart. Mosaic warts are much harder to treat than a single wart, although a single one may eventually multiply and cause other single warts to grow (cute!).

Spotting a Wart

Plantar warts are notoriously difficult to categorize, as they often disguise themselves as a harmless little callus. This is because hard skin is formed around the wart once it starts to grow, thanks to the pressure we put on our feet when walking. A doctor can differentiate between the two in most cases, or you can tell from its behavior: plantar warts can cause pain when walking, and will hurt if you squeeze them on the sides.

While many plantar warts cause little or no distress, it's recommended to get rid of them for a variety of reasons, including: Stigma. Small children in particular can suffer at school when others discover they have plantar warts, although they are incredibly common. It's estimated that up to 10 percent of the American population is suffering from at least one plantar wart at any given time. Not wanting them to spread on the body. One tiny wart can turn into several warts, or a mosaic wart, so it's best to nip it in the bud when it makes its first appearance. Not wanting them to spread to others. These types of warts are quite contagious and can spread quickly in any areas that are warm or moist, such as a locker room or changing pool. Pain. Sometimes they can cause pain or discomfort, and can rub against certain footwear causing additional distress.

Symptoms of Plantar Warts

Plantar warts can cause a variety of symptoms. They can be very small and somewhat grainy, or they can appear larger with a small type of pinprick in the middle, which is actually a clotted blood vessel, or a series of them. There can be pain when you walk and tiny bumps on the creases of your foot. Often you will get warts on both feet, not just one.

You should see a doctor about them if they cause you any distress, either physical or emotional. Also see a doctor if they change in color or appearance, or if they appear to be getting more prolific. If you have a circulatory disorder or diabetes you should also seek medical attention, and not try home removal remedies. Never try to get rid of warts at home without first seeking medical advice in general, or try out (usually bogus) folk remedies. They will not work, and in some cases can cause more harm than good.

Remember, also, that you can spread the wart virus to other parts of your body by scratching or even touching uninfected parts after you have touched your wart. So be very, very careful!

Treating a Wart

All plantar warts are non-cancerous and never pose a serious health threat, but nonetheless it is advisable to treat them before they spread. Some people try using duct tape, applied to the wart for several days before being pulled off. This rarely works so if you want to be 100 percent sure of their removal, see a doctor.

There are several medically recognized ways to get rid of plantar warts, including:

Letting them clear up by themselves. Not always recommended for above reasons, so ask your doctor.

Topical treatment. Often cantharidin, derived from the blister beetle (no, really), is applied to the wart along with salicylic acid, then covered with a bandage and eventually peeled or scraped off. Sometimes prescription creams are used.

Oral treatment. Medications that boost your immune system and help in the Battle Against Warts are used.

Laser Therapy. Used primarily for stubborn warts that has resisted alternative treatment. Can hurt and be costly.

Cryotherapy or freezing. A medical professional will apply liquid nitrogen directly to the wart to freeze it off. Can be painful so is usually only used on adults.

Surgery. An electric needle will cut it away.

Plantar warts are not a bundle of laughs, and mosaic warts could even ward off the most die-hard of foot fetishists. But they are not the end of the world. Keeping your feet clean and dry and wearing footwear in humid, moist public places such as locker rooms and public showers and saunas will help you avoid contracting the wart virus.

If you already have warts, avoid spreading them by trying not to pick them, washing your hands carefully if you touch them, and not sharing towels with others. Also, do not use the same nail clippers and files on your affected feet as you use on your hands.

If you think a callus is actually a plantar wart, seek medical treatment today before it spreads, and try not to infect others while you're at it. These warty issues can be dealt with, but it can take time, energy and a ruthless determination to get rid of the nasty buggers completely and forever. Good luck!

The information in the article is not intended to substitute for the medical expertise and advice of your health care provider. We encourage you to discuss any decisions about treatment or care an appropriate health care provider.

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How to Know how Long you Should Take the HPVI (Homeopathic Virus Inhibitor) All-Natural Cure for the HPV Virus (genital human papillomavirus)?

We have been getting quite a bit of positive feedback on our revolutionary All-Natural Holistic Supplement for HPV, HPVI (Homeopathic Virus Inhibitor), and one of the most often asked questions is: how long should I take Homeopathic Virus Inhibitor to defeat the HPV Virus (genital human papillomavirus) in my body?

So to better address these very common and very important questions, we have decided that it would be best to tell you in our blog what our recommend treatment dosages and lengths are so that you can be best informed on how long that you should take HPVI to eradicate the HPV virus in your body and relieve yourself from any physical signs and symptoms, like warts, genital warts and anal warts. The following information should better help to clarify how long you should take our amazing Homeopathic Virus Inhibitor All-Natural Holistic Treatment for HPV to treat and eradicate HPV.*

1.) If you have just started showing signs and symptoms of HPV, we highly recommend that you take our 2 month supply of Homeopathic Virus Inhibitor called HVPI Super Blast! – which you can find by Clicking Here. This 2 month supply provides 60-days of a super immune boost to help eradicate the virus quickly. In some cases you may need to take it for longer, as everyone has a different immune system.*

2.) If you have had the HPV virus in your body and have been showing signs for 6-9 months, we recommend that you take a longer duration of Homeopathic Virus Inhibitor with our 4 month supply called Homeopathic Virus Inhibitor Ultra Blast!, which you can find by Clicking Here. This longer supply will combat the virus in your body by providing a full 120 day supply, as it can take longer to fight it off, the longer that you have had HPV.*

3.) If you have had the HPV virus in your body and have been showing signs and symptoms for 10-12 months or longer, we highly recommend taking our Homeopathic Virus Inhibitor Mega Blast!, which provides a full 240 day, six month supply of our amazing All-Natural Remedy for HPV. You can find HPV Mega Blast! by Clicking Here! Because the HPV genital human papillomavirus has been in your body for so long, it can take a bit longer to fight off the virus and force it back into cessation.*

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C-Health.com offers full scoop on HPV Virus - Follows up with no hope.

Indeed, it seems that finally the rest of the world is getting more educated about the HPV virus, something that the CDC says currently infects nearly 30 million people in the US, growing at an alarming rate of 6 million infected persons per year. That is some really scary numbers, and in so many words: HPV is out of control in the US! The scariest part is that in women HPV can cause cervical cancer, and in both men and women it can cause genital warts and anal warts, or not ever show signs at all. Currently the CDC also estimates that 50% of all sexually active adults will contract the HPV virus at some point during their lives, a number they say that is actually climbing to 75%.

So those are some scary numbers!

Even more interesting is that FINALLY, mainstream media is taking the proper steps to educate people about HPV signs, HPV symptoms, including what to look for. However they never tell you about an HPV natural cure, they just tell you a bunch of things to scare you.

For instance, the popular online health news medium CHealth, published this report earlier this month entitled, “The lowdown on HPV.”

The article cites,

“What's HPV all about? 

 Okay, here's the science. Don't panic! There's no test at the end, so don't worry.

HPV stands for human papillomavirus. It's a common virus that can end up causing a lot of health problems, including genital warts and cancer - such as cervical cancer. Don't think it will happen to you? Think again.

HPV is the most common STI (sexually transmitted infection - formerly called STD, or sexually transmitted disease) in the world. HPV is a really important health issue for all young women.

Believe it or not, 3 out of 4 sexually active people will get HPV at some point in their lives, and probably before they're 25 years old. Although there are over 100 different types of HPV, most of them only cause minor health problems, such as warts on your hands or feet. Most types of HPV do not cause any symptoms and go away on their own; however, there are over 40 types that affect the genital area and some can lead to even more serious health problems. To learn more about the health conditions that can be caused by HPV and how they could affect you, see "How can HPV affect me?"

Some types of HPV are considered to be high-risk types and can lead to some cancers, such as cervical cancer and cancer of the vulva (the outside of the female genital area) and the vagina. Other lower-risk types of HPV lead to genital warts. They're called "low-risk" because they're unlikely to cause cancer.

The next time you go to your doctor, ask for some more information about HPV and how you can protect yourself.

Am I at risk?

"Am I at risk of being infected with HPV?" For any girl or woman who is sexually active or is close to becoming sexually active, the answer is "yes."

HPV is not spread through blood, and you can catch HPV simply through skin-to-skin contact with the genital area of an infected person during sexual activity.

Get the facts:

• You can catch the virus even if you don't have sex.
• Being faithful or only having one partner won't necessarily protect you from getting HPV. You or your partner may already have caught HPV from an earlier relationship. Click here to see how quickly HPV can spread through your network of sexual partners.
• Although HPV sometimes causes unsightly genital warts, you can't always see visible symptoms. Because of this, you may not be able to tell if someone is infected - they might not even know they're infected.
• Condoms don't provide complete protection from HPV. You may be asking your partner to use a condom to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as HIV and Chlamydia, and that's smart. Unfortunately, any skin-to-skin contact in the genital area can spread HPV. If you are having sex, a condom may not protect you if your partner has the HPV infection outside the area that the condom covers. Even if you're vaccinated against HPV, don't stop using a condom. Condoms help prevent other infections, as well as pregnancy, so make sure you use them!

Fortunately, there are ways to help prevent HPV. Talk to your doctor about getting protected against HPV.”

(Source: Internet, 2010; http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_section_details.asp?text_id=3535&channel_id=2037&relation_id=21345&rot=1.)

So that’s all they tell you: “Talk to your doctor about getting protected against HPV.”

What a joke.

Did you know that most doctors can only freeze off genital warts or anal warts for them to only return again. That the only cream, Aldara, has a pathetic 40% success rate, and really, Chealth is trying to tell women that they can get an HPV shot, which is costly and protects against only 4 of a 100 strains of HPV.

Wow, hopeful.
Thanks guys.

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Maker of HPV Vaccination, Merck, Submitting Stats to Feds on New HPV Vaccine for Women ages 27-45

We are always browsing the web looking for information about HPV and cures for HPV so that you can be the best informed. Often we find little tidbits here and there that offer a some touch of insight as to what is going on with the fight against this disease that causes cervical cancer in women and that can cause genital warts and anal warts in both sexes.

One thing that we have noticed is that there are currently only HPV Vaccines for women, and they are touch and go, and mostly they are designed to prevent cervical cancer, not genital warts or anal warts. The makers of the most popular, well up until now the most popular, prescribed HPV Vaccination, Merck – who makes Gardisol – has been ordered by the US government to submit stats on the numbers and how effective their new drug (which is supposed to offer hope to older women between ages of 27-45) truly is.

In an early January report that was published the very popular web news medium. Reuters, the article cites as follows.

“Gardasil, one of Merck's biggest products, was approved in 2006 for preventing cervical cancer and genital warts in females between the ages of 9 and 26. It works by preventing infection with the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration early last year again withheld approval for its use by women aged 27 to 45, asking the drug maker to submit data when a 48-month study on a test group has been completed.

Merck, in a statement on its Web site, said it had provided the completed trial data to the FDA before the end of 2009. The company said the FDA typically takes six months to review such responses.

Global sales of Gardasil fell 22 percent to $311 million in the third quarter, hurt by overseas competition from GlaxoSmithKline's rival Cervarix vaccine and continuing delays in winning expanded approval for the product.”

(Source: Internet, 2010; http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60C6B420100113.)

So while there is some new hope on the horizon, at least for women who are older, as the current HPV vaccines only treat young girls, from age 12-25, what about men, and what about those who are currently infected with HPV?

What about TREATMENT FOR HPV SUFFERERS?

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Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared to Admit You Have HPV (Genital human papillomavirus)!

According to last year’s CDC (Center for Disease Control) estimates, more than 20 million people in the US alone were currently infected with the HPV virus (Genital human papillomavirus), and that these numbers were growing steadily at an alarming rate of 6 million HPV infected persons, per year! That means now that we are entering 2010, there could be anywhere between 20-30 million people in the US that KNOW that they have HPV. The CDC also said that about 90% of people that have HPV don’t even know that they have the HPV virus because, according to the CDC, 90% of people with the virus don’t show symptoms. So what the real numbers are could be astounding!

In so many words, Genital human papillomavirus is OUT OF CONTROL IN THE US!

What About People that Show Signs and Symptoms of the HPV Virus?
Then there are the millions of people that are showing sings of this virus either through diagnosed abnormal pap smears, genital warts or anal warts. And with few medical HPV treatment options, such as freezing, burning or surgically removing the warts off, or using creams like Aldara that just boost the immune system, the options are scarce, to say the least! The CDC also said that in many cases the body will naturally put the HPV virus back into dormancy within 2 years, once the immune system is able to effectively combat the virus – that’s a long time to wait!

If you have noticeable signs and symptoms of HPV, don’t wait another day. There are ways that you can boost your body’s immune system by attacking the virus internally using an all-natural treatment for HPV that combines high-potency antivirals (the most powerful formulations known to man), three amazingly potent antioxidants, which kill most pathogens and boost your immune system, and that incorporates anti-stress and anti-anxiety natural supplements, which prevent the most common reason why people show signs and symptoms of HPV: STRESS-RELATED OUTBREAKS!

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