It Sexual intercourse, anal sex or oral sex or skin contact with infected cells shed by someone who has the virus. When Symptoms Show 1 to 20 months after infection Signs of Infection Wart-like growths on the sex organs, around the bowel opening, the urine opening, or in a woman's vagina. Sometimes they grow in a person's throat. The warts can grow so big that they block off a woman's vagina, or the bowel opening, or the urine opening or a person's throat. They are probably one cause of cervical cancer, or cancer of the anus.
Babies can catch the virus from their mother during birth.
The warts can be seen. Small flat warts, or those inside a woman's vagina, can be seen better when they are treated with weak acid, like vinegar. Depending on how big they are, and where they are located, the warts can be taken off by freezing them, cutting them, or burning them off with a chemical. However, the person will still have the virus, and the warts may grow back. Other Any sex partner should be checked for warts .