Hpv Pictures
Before scrolling down, it’s only fair to issue a disclaimer here: The pictures below are explicit in their depiction of HPV infection. That said, the following pictures are here to help visitors identify HPV symptoms.
Hand warts, or common warts
Most commonly caused by HPV types 1 and 2, hand warts are the most common type of HPV. It’s estimated that well over half of the world population has experienced such an infection at one time or another.
HPV types 1 and 2 do not lead to cancer or any other health complications, but are preferably treated quickly, nonetheless, in that they do tend to be uncomfortable and unsightly.
Hand warts can be easily identified by their cauliflower like appearance. It would be more accurate to call these “common warts”, in that HPV types 1 and 2 can also affect the elbows, the feet, and the knees, amongst other parts of the body. That said, HPV types 1 and 2 will not lead to genital warts.
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Typically affecting the soles of the feet and the bottom of the toes, plantar warts have an appearance somewhat similar to hand warts, with the cauliflower like appearance, but are differentiated by black specks of hemorrhaging underneath the skin.
Like common warts, plantar warts do not lead to cancer or any other health complications, but tend to be painful when walking, and it is generally preferable to treat them immediately.
Plantar warts are caused by HPV types 1, 2, 4, and 63.
Click here for an HPV TreatmentGenital warts
The image below is explicit and presented in an educational context.
Genital warts tend to appear in clusters, and can either appear in smaller or larger areas of infection. Genital warts are caused by HPV types 6, 11, 30, 42 through 45, 51, 52, and 54, most commonly by types 6 and 11.
Genital warts are not the only form of genital HPV, however, and in fact, the genital HPV types which do not cause genital warts are the very types which can lead to cervical cancer, which accounts for 253,000 deaths worldwide every year.
Even armed with the above pictures, we can’t really recommend self-diagnosis as an ultimate solution. When it comes to genital HPV, in particular, it can be very easy for a layman to misdiagnose something like genital herpes or something as simple as a skin condition or an abrasion as a symptom of genital HPV.
In other cases, the patient may diagnose his or her self correctly, but self-medication simply won’t be potent enough to fight the infection.
We can’t stress this strongly enough- Make sure to consult your physician before taking any steps towards fighting a genital HPV infection. While it may seem urgent to clear an HPV infection as quickly as possible, with or without your physician’s input, the fact is that it is just as easy to self-medicate as it is to incorrectly self-medicate. Talk to your physician, make sure you know what you’re dealing with, and then take the appropriate steps.
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