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Genital Warts

Genital warts are skin growths that are caused by various types of human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Genital warts can affect both men and women.


Genital warts may continue to grow and spread, or they may go away with or without treatment. A person infected with HPV may remain infected even after treatment to remove visible warts or if the warts go away without treatment. Warts often come back after treatment. Pregnancy and diabetes typically increase the growth of existing warts and make it more likely that warts that went away or were removed will come back.

HPV types that cause genital warts are different from the types that cause common, plantar, filiform, and flat warts.

