Genital warts (condyloma) are mostly white or flesh-colored
formations that result from certain types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) that
are sexually transmitted. In addition to sexual contact, they can only pass
with skin contact. Therefore, using condoms reduces the transition but cannot
prevent one hundred percent. Genital warts often appear on the external genital
organs or around the anus in women and men. Although less common, genital warts
can also appear inside the vagina and above the cervix.
The HPV virus that causes genital warts cannot pass from the
placenta to the baby, but it can be passed from the birth canal to the baby by
contact during normal delivery and even during cesarean delivery. In this case,
it can rarely cause lesions called juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis in the
baby's respiratory tract.
How should
birth be?
There is no clear scientific decision that cesarean should be
preferred in the presence of genital warts, but most of the physicians prefer cesarean
in line with current scientific studies. Sometimes these lesions can be large
enough to completely cover the vagina entrance and delivery way and not allow
normal birth, which is definitely a situation where a cesarean decision should
be made.
Treatment:
The drug called cryo (freezing), cautery (burning) or
trichloracetic acid can be used locally in the treatment of lesions during
pregnancy.
-CMV INFECTION IN PREGNANCY
-A (H1N1) AND VACCINE IN PREGNANCY
-INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN PREGNANCY
-GENITAL WART IN PREGNANCY
