Last Updated on July 29, 2021 by Debra Rose Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT
Pictures of STIs/STDs
When looking for pictures of STIs/STDs on google or any other search engine, you’re bound to come across incredibly graphic, disgusting, and down right scary pictures of STDs.
While these pictures are sometimes real depictions of specific STIs/STDs, they are often the very worst case scenarios and can be meant to scare people into abstinence.
This serves absolutely no purpose when you think you might have something and would like to compare your physical symptoms to more realistic photos of first occurrences of STIs/STDs in people who are not immunocompromised (a lot of the gruesome photos you come across are from people who have additional medical conditions, and, as a result, have much worse STD symptoms).
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So, The STI Project has scoured the web yet again and has found the most reputable resources for genital warts pictures. These images of genital warts come from dermatologist’s websites or other similarly authoritative locations, include multiple genital warts symptom severities, and also incorporate different skin types, symptom locations, and stages of genital warts.
While The STI Project STRONGLY encourages getting tested and discourages diagnosing or treating oneself via pictures alone (genital warts pictures disclaimer), we realize the desire to compare one’s own symptoms with those of others in hopes of narrowing the possibilities. Maybe all of this is new to you; that’s ok – it’s not always easy to know if you should get STD testing done.
Remember, the most common STI/STD symptom is NO symptom at all; so, if you find your symptoms do not match any of the genital warts images below, this does NOT mean you are STI negative and you should be tested as soon as possible to avoid complications of untreated STDs.
Furthermore, if you’ve engaged in ANY partnered sexual activity, you are at risk of contracting or transmitting an STI/STD (see this list of sexual activities that put you at risk for contracting an STD).
Without further ado, happy photo hunting!
Pictures of Genital Warts
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References
- Symptoms
- Chow, Eric PF, et al. “Ongoing decline in genital warts among young heterosexuals 7 years after the Australian human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme.” Sex Transm Infect 91.3 (2015): 214-219.
- Suligoi, Barbara, et al. “Prevalence and incidence of external genital warts in a sample of Italian general female population.” BMC infectious diseases 17.1 (2017): 126.
- Bartels, Anne, Michael Crandall, and Leah Spring. “Recalcitrant genital papules: this patient was initially told he had genital warts, but the appearance of the lesions, and the presence of a rash on his trunk and extremities, suggested another diagnosis.” Journal of Family Practice 66.7 (2017): 457-461.
- Schöfer, Helmut, et al. “Sinecatechins and imiquimod as proactive sequential therapy of external genital and perianal warts in adults.” International journal of STD & AIDS 28.14 (2017): 1433-1443.
- Edwards, Sarah K. “Genital rash (including warts and infestations).” Medicine 46.6 (2018): 325-330.
- Testing
- Aung, Ei T., et al. “Detection of human papillomavirus in urine among heterosexual men in relation to location of genital warts and circumcision status.” Sex Transm Infect 94.3 (2018): 222-225.
- Boda, Daniel, et al. “HPV strain distribution in patients with genital warts in a female population sample.” Oncology letters 12.3 (2016): 1779-1782.
- Hu, Zhili, et al. “Dynamics of HPV viral loads reflect the treatment effect of photodynamic therapy in genital warts.” Photodiagnosis and photodynamic therapy 21 (2018): 86-90.
- Thomas, Réjean, et al. “P3. 189 Recurrence of human papillomavirus external genital wart infection among high-risk adults in montrÉal, quÉbec.” (2017): A163-A163.
- Zhu, Cansheng, et al. “Prevalence and distribution of HPV types in genital warts in Xi’an, China: a prospective study.” BMJ open 9.5 (2019): e023897.
- Treatment
- Park, Ina U., Camille Introcaso, and Eileen F. Dunne. “Human papillomavirus and genital warts: a review of the evidence for the 2015 centers for disease control and prevention sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines.” Clinical Infectious Diseases 61.suppl_8 (2015): S849-S855.
- Yuan, Jianwei, et al. “Genital warts treatment: beyond imiquimod.” Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics 14.7 (2018): 1815-1819.
- Abu-Naser, Samy S., and Mones M. Al-Hanjori. “An expert system for men genital problems diagnosis and treatment.” (2016).
- Firooz, A., et al. “The efficacy and safety of other cryotherapy compounds for the treatment of genital warts: a randomized controlled trial.” Journal of Dermatological Treatment 30.2 (2019): 176-178.
- Das, Suchibrata, et al. “Auto-wart inoculation: An easy and effective treatment of multiple, recalcitrant and genital warts.” Journal of Pakistan Association of Dermatology 26.3 (2017): 229-234.
- Prevention
- Park, Ina U., Camille Introcaso, and Eileen F. Dunne. “Human papillomavirus and genital warts: a review of the evidence for the 2015 centers for disease control and prevention sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines.” Clinical Infectious Diseases 61.suppl_8 (2015): S849-S855.
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Epidemiology and prevention of vaccine-preventable diseases.” Washington DC Public Health Foundation 2 (2015): 20-2.
- Stanley, Margaret. “Preventing cervical cancer and genital warts–How much protection is enough for HPV vaccines?.” Journal of Infection 72 (2016): S23-S28.
- Sharma, M., S. Sy, and J. J. Kim. “The value of male human papillomavirus vaccination in preventing cervical cancer and genital warts in a low‐resource setting.” BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 123.6 (2016): 917-926.
- Steben, Marc. “A Very Common Intimate Concern:“Will My Genital Warts Ever Stop Recurring?”.” (2018): 682-684.
- Transmission
- Chow, Eric Pui Fung, et al. “Ratio of anogenital warts between different anatomical sites in homosexual and heterosexual individuals in Australia, 2002–2013: implications for susceptibility of different anatomical sites to genital warts.” Epidemiology & Infection 143.7 (2015): 1495-1499.
- Mohammed, Hamish, et al. “Increase in sexually transmitted infections among men who have sex with men, England, 2014.” Emerging infectious diseases 22.1 (2016): 88.
- Ma, Liang, et al. “Distribution of human papillomavirus genotypes (2014–2016) in women with genital warts at a sexually transmitted disease clinic in Beijing, China.” Future Virology 13.2 (2018): 111-117.
- Schöfer, Helmut, et al. “Sinecatechins and imiquimod as proactive sequential therapy of external genital and perianal warts in adults.” International journal of STD & AIDS 28.14 (2017): 1433-1443.
- Grennan, Dara. “Genital Warts.” Jama 321.5 (2019): 520-520.
