Genital warts can’t be fully removed through treatment procedures because once the HPV virus affects the body; the warts can keep resurfacing over a point of time. There are many home remedies that help in removing such warts temporarily, but opting for prevention measures is any day better than looking for a cure beforehand.
- You can opt for Gardasil, an HPV vaccine, which can keep men and women safe from HPV infections. This is meant for people with no prior history of HPV infections, and for people who are between 9 to 26 years of age.
- Cervarix is yet another vaccine that helps in protecting the body from HPV 18 and HPV 16.
Such vaccines are really useful, because the disease is recurring and pregnant women might have a hard time with this infection. The baby may also be exposed to the infection during birth, and this is one more reason why you should get vaccinated.
Home Remedies
Before opting for home remedies for genital warts, it’s always essential to consult a physician because some home remedy measures may not go along well with everyone. Double checking with your doctor is an ideal thing to do.
- Vitamin E oil helps in curing genital warts, and this should be applied over the affected portions. Once the oil has been applied, you should place crushed garlic (raw) over it and cover the infected region with adhesive tape. Through this procedure, warts can be removed in a week. You should change this dressing twice every day. The infection will not spread this way, and you can maintain your skin tone too.
- Extract the juice from onion slices and cover this overnight with some salt. This can be applied over the warts till they start receding and disappearing. This treatment might slightly burn, but onions have antimicrobial agents that fight against infections. Salt is an antiseptic, so this combination can be extremely potent.
- Apple cider vinegar can be applied on the infected region with the help of a cotton ball. This substance is acidic in nature, so it can easily remove the dead cells from above the warts. Soak a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar and tape this onto the skin above the warts. This may burn slightly, but it’ll work.
- Extract the milky juice from figs and apply these over your genital warts at least three times a day. This will help in keeping them from spreading, and this treatment measure can also cure them without affecting the skin in the process.
- Apply fresh aloe vera juice over the infected areas, because this will help in dissolving the warts and improving the overall skin tone by the side.
- Proteolytic enzymes are effective in dissolving all forms of warts. Such enzymes can be found in figs, banana peels, pineapples and papayas. Including these fruits in your daily diet can help in temporarily curing warts.
- Figs or papaya skin can be taped to the skin over the infected region for the warts to cure in an efficient manner.
- The milky sap that’s extracted from milkweed, a weed common to North America, can cure warts when applied in the infected region.
- The body needs sulfur containing amino acids to fight warts. Garlic, eggs, citrus fruits, onions, and asparagus are rich in these components and they should be included in your daily diet.
- Food items that are rich in beta carotene and folic acid can help in curing genital warts. Green and leafy vegetables like cabbage, spinach and other vegetables like radishes and carrots are rich in these components.
