HPV or human papilloma virus as it is known, is the most common sexually transmitted disease. There are currently over 100 different types of HPV, all with varying levels of danger and discomfort. The appearance of hpv is small white and fleshy colored cauliflower type lumps on and around the genital area of both men and woman. With women these lumps or growths can exist on the inside as well. If these symptoms are ignored for too long, depending on what type of genital warts of HPV you have contracted can result in some very serious consequences. No one likes to deal with the reality of contracting an STD but facing up to it and dealing with it is much easier in the long run.

Over 30 of them can be transmitted through sex, roughly 20 can cause cervical cancer as well as cancer of sexual organs in general. All of them are unpleasant to say the least and with millions and millions of infected people worldwide, the need to guard against casual unprotected sexual intercourse is extremely important.

If you do have HPV, do not ignore it and hope it will lessen and eventually go away. Several of the different strains of HPV will in actual fact go away, although never fully. They can return at a later date. It is leaving the symptoms of the human papilloma virus unchecked that can really pose a threat. Especially in woman. With over 70% of all cervical cancer in women in the United States as a result of HPV or genital warts. You can see the severity of this horrible virus.