Sarah Johnson

When looking for the best method that cures genital warts, a physician will take into consideration a series of factors like size and localization and also several other unique to his patient organism factors, like pregnancy or drug allergies.

Although the first step and also the best one when fighting the infection with this human papillomavirus caused disease is prevention, failing to achieve this step, the contracting of the virus and the appearance of genital warts will lead to choosing one of several treatments that have been developed by modern medicine.

One of the most efficient is electrocauterization, which is a surgical intervention, under spinal or total anesthesia, with high removal rates and low recurrence rates. The downside of this intervention is the anesthesia itself, which may prove less of an option is some cases. The most important side-effect is scarring the skin of the patient.

An option to electrocauterization is cryosurgery, which cures genital warts by using liquid nitrogen to remove the warts. Although it has a high kill rate of up to 79%, the recurrence rate is high also, up to 73% 6 months after the procedure. It has the advantage of being used also in pregnancy cases and can cause sometimes local infections.

One of the most common and used treatments is Podofilox, a cream or gel solution of podophillotoxin which is used in cycles, two times a day for 3 days with breaks of 4-7 days between cycles. Studies and reviews show that it should be used for a maximum of 4 times. It is probably the most inexpensive way of treatment and usually the first step chosen by doctors for fighting this disease. It is also self applicable, so the patient does not have to go to the doctor for each time he/ she needs the treatment and these two qualities, being cheap and easy to use make it a reliable form of treatment and a good option to surgery when choosing a medicine that cures genital warts.