To find out more about less common STDs, refer to the previous hot topics or ask your health care provider. To read about symptoms, treatments, and prevention for the following STDs, please click on one of the words below. Penetrative intercourse is not necessary.
Warts appear as painless growths around the genitals in men and women.
Although there are usually no symptoms, external lesions may itch. It could be as long as 18 months or more before visible warts appear. Potentially precancerous cervical cell changes and some types of warts are not visible to the naked eye. Infected people without symptoms may still be able to transmit the virus. Women must have regular follow-up Pap smears.