right genital warts

[OnlyWantsOneFartleBerry]

My friend has called me, all flustered about gentital warts, and the HPV virus. are they the same thing, and what effect can having warts have on you?

ASAP (shes still on phone)

Good news right genital warts are easier to treat than left ones!

Anyway
HPV is a virus that huge numbers of women have. In most it doesn't do anything but in others can lead to cervical cancer. This is why the jab is being given to young girls. there are many different strains of HPV.

Genital warts - caused by sexual contact AFAIK (HPV? not sure) and can be a bugger to treat but you go to GP and get them frozen off. I had it done at uni I had 4 or 5 and they never came back

HTH

so are genital warts and HPV linked?

shes worried that if she has the warts, she'll have HPV too - which is making her sob, that shell get cancer and never have a baby