http://waronwarts.com Fighting The War On Warts Wed, 16 Jun 2010 01:07:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en June 14-20th is National Men’s Health Week and June 20th is Father’s Day. Lets celebrate both by sharing the gift of knowledge.  Here are some key facts about STD/STI’s that every man should know. STD/STIs are certainly a critical piece of the sexual health puzzle but being sexually healthy is about much more. Our most basic advice is: Abstinence [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/general-info/national-men%e2%80%99s-health-week-june-14th-to-20th/ Changing sexual practices have led to a dramatic rise in throat cancer in the United States over the past two decades, and experts say they fear an epidemic of the disease. The comments were made Wednesday at a news conference held by the American Association for Cancer Research to discuss research into the role of the [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/research/oral-sex-cause-of-throat-cancer-rise/ http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/uncategorized/bumps-on-the-penis-is-a-biopsy-necessary/ I’v been living with hpv and my girlfriend for 4 years. I had treatment once for several non cauliflower looking warts. I didn’t notice them for a while because they were so small. They just looked like zits to me. After the initial treatment there has been no recurrences except last week I had one [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/share-your-story/share-your-story-2/ Pearly penile papules are small raised nodules (bumps), usually 1-2 mm in size, which are located around the rim of the penis head in the form of string of pearls.  Usually developing during adolescence, they have been reported in up to 35% of males. Uncircumcised men are more likely to have pearly penile papules.  Very [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/photos/can-i-get-rid-of-penile-pearly-papules/ Genital infection with low-risk types of HPV is associated with genital warts in men. Infection with high-risk types of HPV is associated with a proportion of preinvasive squamous lesions of the penis (penile intraepithelial neoplasia or PIN) and with penile cancer, as well as with preinvasive squamous lesions of the anus (anal intraepithelial neoplasia or [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/uncategorized/cdcs-treatment-guidelines/ In a study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, gay and bisexual men were found to have a significantly [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/research/the-male-pap-smear/ In a previous post, we discussed penile pearly papules. Lichen planus can also cause bumps on the penis.  This condition is an inflammatory condition - NOT an STD. Classical lichen planus is characterized by shiny, flat-topped, firm papules (bumps) varying from pin point size (‘guttate’) to larger than a centimetre. They are a purple colour and often are crossed [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/photos/not-all-penis-bumps-are-warts-part-ii/ Penile warts are diagnosis that a trained doctor can make without a biopsy.  If patients have many warts or ones that look suspicious for other lesions like cancer I often biopsy a representative sample and freeze (with liquid nitrogen) or burn (electrocautery) or laser (C02 or YAG) the rest.  If a patient has warts on the [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/general-info/does-the-doctor-need-to-get-a-biopsy-before-freezing-my-penile-warts/ Jessica writes: “I got married 8 months ago, and 2 months ago, for the first time ever i was diagnosed with HPV. According to the Dr, it didnt necessairly come from my hubsand, but i cant help feel like it did. Thankfully, i have no genital warts or currently any cancer causing lesions, but i Do [...]]]> http://waronwarts.com/genital-warts/hpv/new-york/long-island/general-info/jessica-shares-her-story-with-hpv/