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A 24-year-old female asked:
Why do women have outbreaks of herpes and genital warts when taking birth control?
2 doctor answers • 3 doctors weighed in
Dr. Jane Van Disanswered
Obstetrics and Gynecology 20 years experience
Not related: Birth control pills don't/shouldn't affect one's immune system. Stress, lack of sleep, changes in life stressors, these things are definitely associated with increased outbreaks of herpes and warts. Herpes and warts are both viruses (hsv and hpv) and thus our body's ability to fight them is affected by what's going on in our life. I definitely see pts with life stressors experience outbreaks.
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Dr. Joseph Barkanswered
Dermatology 51 years experience
Herpes and Warts: The fact is that these two diseases are viral infectious diseases which really have nothing at all to do with birth-control pills. They occur because of contact with another person who had the conditions. If a patient notices that they break up more during periods or one on birth control pills, this is completely coincidental. See your dermatologist for help with these two conditions.
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My partner has genital warts. Can I have sex with him safely using a birth control pill while warts are visible or only when they are not?
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No: The pill will not protect you from warts. The only way you may be protected is to use condoms and that may not be effective 100 percent of the time.
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Why don't doctors test for genital herpes or genital warts unless symptoms are shown?
Dr. Rahil Malikanswered
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A 25-year-old female asked:
I get small hard bumps, like pimples, that grow on the inside of my thighs. I do not have herpes or genital warts.?
Dr. Frank Pintoanswered
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I've noticed white bumps around my anus and Im concerned that they could be either Gential herpes or genital warts, however after closer inspection I realized I have a hemorrhoid. Could these white bumps be somehow related to the hemorrhoid?
Dr. Elliot Lachanswered
Plastic Surgery 42 years experience
Anal bumps: Tiny white bumps around the anus are likely warts, herpetic lesions, or molluscum contagiosum. There are other possibilities also. Hemorrhoids are g... Read More
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