Every year, more people are contracting HPV. It is often asymptomatic and people usually don't realize they have it. However, in a small number of cases, HPV can cause genital warts and cancer. What HPV treatments exist to help treat and prevent HPV?

Although there is a vaccine for HPV-16 that shows promise, there are still strains that can cause cancer and warts. This makes the need for other HPV treatments even more important. However, other than that one vaccine, there is no other way to really treat an HPV infection. Instead, you need to treat the symptoms.

In the case of genital warts, your doctor should administer HPV treatments. A consult will determine what treatment will work best for you. After the warts disappear, there is the possibility you will get them again. Genital warts can often lie dormant then resurface.

In the case of cervical cancer, HPV treatments come in the form of cancer treatments. Cancer of the cervix is often hard to deal with. You may need to have the cancer surgically removed, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy. Consult with your doctor to find the best options.

The subject of HPV treatments is under constant development. At this stage, there is only one vaccine for HPV-16 that shows promise. However, there are other strains of HPV that can cause infection. From the successful development of one vaccine may come the founding of a vaccine for all the harmful strains.

Your best treatment for HPV at this stage is prevention. The most effective is to enter into a monogamous relationship with someone who does not have HPV. However, since most of the cases go undetected and clear on their own, it is hard to tell who is infected.