Diagnosis Diagnosis of genital warts is usually very simple. The doctor can usually confirm the disease through direct visual examination. Also by applying vinegar a doctor can detect otherwise invisible changes in the tissue. It causes the infected area to whiten thus confirming the diagnosis. In women, since the infection can be inside the vagina, the doctor may need to use a magnifying instrument or perform a Pap smear.
Treatment Depending on several factors there are different ways of treating genital warts.
None of the treatments totally eradicate the virus and warts often reappear. The FDA recently approved imiquimod cream which patients can apply to the affected areas. Pregnant women shouldn't use any of the drugs above. Doctors will usually prescribe a trichloroacetic acid for them. For warts that recur doctors may inject directly into the wart an antiviral drug, alpha interferon.