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Help please! i don't know when will my genital warts clear up (even temporarily)?

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Dr. Henry Jacobs answered

Specializes in Obstetrics and Gynecology

You need treatment: The virus lives in the warts and multiplies in the warts untreated warts spread and get bigger.

Answered 4/17/2014

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