Genital wart treatment methods can come in numerous varying forms, and which one you opt for upon depends to a very big degree on your treatment preferences, the severity of your genital warts, your general health, any underlying medical problems and if you are pregnant.
This applies not only to the medical methods of genital wart treatment, but also to the naturopathic methods of genital wart treatment. To begin with though, a list of the different genital wart treatment methods will supply you an overview of what is available.
These include in the surgical field, surgical excision (the warts will be removed via surgery), electrocautery or electro surgery (the warts will be burned off and the wound cauterized).
Other genital wart treatment methods include, cryotherapy or cryosurgery (liquid nitrogen will be injected into the wart whereupon it will freeze and be removed); Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure or LEEP (a sharp loop-ended electrical tool will be passed under the wart to remove it), and Laser therapy (a high powered laser is used to burn the warts off).
There are other genital wart treatment methods which don’t make use of surgical methods. In most casesthese make use of medication in the form of ointments, solutions and creams.
These encompass the antiviral drugs called Interferons, the newly FDA approved Green Tea extract Polyphenon, Imiquimod cream, Trichloracetic acid and Bichloracetic acid, Podophyllin, and Fluorouracil.
Almost all of these genital wart treatment methods will require application by trained medical staff and are only accessible by prescription. Also many of these methods cannot be used if you are pregnant as they are likely to harm the developing foetus.
If you wish to keep away from these genital wart treatment methods completely you also have the choice of going with the naturopathic route. Here you will find that you have an even greater range of options for finding the right genital wart treatment to suit you.
These genital wart treatment methods include, Ayurveda, Herbalism, Acupuncture, Acupressure, the application of Heat Pads, and also the uses of herbal tinctures and teas. All of this will also be aided by a healthy change in lifestyle and diet.
Although not often advised, this is one of the better methods of genital wart treatment and can help you to keep away from recurring including helping your immune system to fight off different strains of and other sexually transmitted diseases.
To do thist, you should first of all get a proper medical examination to confirm that you do indeed have genital warts. Following this you can then resolve which genital wart treatment suits you best and go from there.
