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Genital Wart outbreaks for 7 years

Hi,

I'm a male who has been suffering with genital warts outbreaks for over 6-7 years...

I have done a ton of research on the subject of HPV.  I was first diagnosed with HPV genital warts back in 2006 when I was 23/24.

When I first went to my general practitioner doctor back in 2006 when I had 1 wart on my penis shaft, the idiot said to leave it and it would go away. After about 6 months it didn't and then I had a further outbreak of more at the base of my penis.

Anyway, over the years I've gone to the free clinic near where I live and I've had numerous Podophillin/Freezing treatments and they used to get rid of the warts for a while but then they come back eventually.  The longest I've been without warts is roughly about a year.

The outbreaks I have had in the last 2/3 years seem to be a lot smaller, almost hardly noticable, I only know what to look for because I use a magnifying glass and I can see the tiny more clearly.  They have been confirmed at the clinic each time so I'm not being paranoid.

I've tried the full 4 month course of Aldara recently after a recent outbreak but this had no affect whatsoever, I didn't even have any skin reaction or anything, I just felt a bit tired with flu like symptoms so I don't think I will take it again.

It seems here in the UK and across most western medicine practices, they just treat the visible signs of infection without addressing the underlying immunity (or lack of) cause.  I believe my problem is my body's cell-mediated response, it seems it has never really shut down this virus.

Has anyone heard of using Tagamet to boost cell-mediated activity?  I hear it has helped kids overcome normal and genital warts. I've ordered some and I'm self medicating at 600mg with a view to increasing for a maximum of 2-3 months.  I've read about adults who have had success and this drug can help activate cell-mediated activity to clear the virus.

I rarely get ill or allergies but I think my cell-mediated activity is malfuncitoning and I need something to boost my immune system.

I also hear Dr Ian Frazer, creator of Gardasil is also working on a therapeutic form of the Gardasil vaccine, when this will be ready and approved for use though is anyone's guess.  I guess I'll have to wait until I'm 40 or something.

All the docs tell me to just persist with the normal treatments of freezing but I feel these don't address the problem of immunity.

In addition no matter what anyone says, it's very hard to start a relationship with these warts around. Over the years I've had 10 sexual partners, some casual, some gf's, always when the warts aren't around and I've been clear for a long while. Is it more likely that I have caught another strain of the virus?  

Anyway, I've decided to be celibate until I meet someone I want to have a long-term relationship with I don't want to pass anything on to anyone else and I don't want to catch any other strains of the HPV virus. I feel like until I can go 6 months without an outbreak there's really no point even dating someone. The whole experience has really made me scared now of going with anyone, obviously warts aren't that serious and I'm also afraid of all the other more serious things you can catch.

If any doctor or anyone with any useful advice is reading this I'd like your opinion on whether my immune system can fight the virus. Am I the 1-2% of the rare people who will get outbreaks for the rest of their life?
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My warts cure

Ive had a wart on my hand for years. Over the years the wart slowly grew. Being a college student I went on a budget and decided to eat hot dogs for an entire week. During that week my wart much grew much larger and began to spread all around my fingers. This incidence led me to believe that the warts were influenced by diet. I went on a vegetarian Daniel fast and ate mainly vegetable tortillas with jalapeños, bell peppers, sweet peppers sautéed and topped with salsa and sour cream. Out of all the vegetarian foods I ate I noticed the vegetable tacos decreased the size of my warts better than anything else. Other foods I ate were beans and rice, fruit, and no-meat pot pie etc. The warts were gone in less than 2 weeks..I had an appointment with a dermatologist to remove the warts so I figured I'll try alternative methods  to cure my warts and the Daniel Fast worked for me. So I cancelled that appointment, saved money, and didn't have to risk scarring my hands with surgery or chemicals
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I've tried Echinacea eating more healthier multivitamins green tea stopped smoking though still vape and cutting my alcohol intake had one three months ago just found another three wtf
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I had a really bad case of it about 15 yrs ago. I thought the drug the doctor wanted to prescribe was too harsh so I went the holistic route and used the homeopathic remedy Thuja. I followed the instructions to the letter. No coffee, no mint toothpaste, etc. It took a few months but it cleared up. My doc said he'd never seen a case of HPV clear up that fast. I haven't had it since.
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cleared up means that your HPV totally gone? or just the warts gone?
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Hi, I too have suffered with genital warts for over five years ! I tried everything under the sun ! Medicated treatments , holistic approaches and getting them frozen off ! I recently found a product on Amazon ! / natural one and it's worked so far ! Turning warts up that I never knew I had and turning them white like pimples then falling off ! genital warts lowered my self esteem for years ! Anyways , I couldn't wait to tell people who have been suffering like me ! It's worth a try ! It's $40 on Amazon and no I have no association with this company or people ! Just simply trying to help
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can give me link of the web? now you totally clear from HPV or just the warts cleared?
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I found out I had genital warts in April. long story short, I tried all the medicine, as you can name it and taking all the vitamins. By far, I think Veregen cream + Podofilox gel work for the best, after veregen cream for weeks then warts will change its form, after that I start using podofilox gel to attack them.  Now I still have few left but I'm confident that I will kill them in weeks.
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BAKING SODA/ POWDER

After months of suffering with GW, trying and (very, very painfully) failing to have them removed (burnt off), and scouring the internet for remedies, I found one entry on a really old forum which said to use Baking soda (also known as Bi-carbonate soda) as a treatment and holy f*** it works!
Method-
*Repeat every second day*
After you shower (or just wet the affected area), use a cotton bud (q-tip) and roll it in baking soda and apply it onto the wart(s). Then just sleep on it and that's all! WARNING- will itch/burn like hell for a bit but it's so worth it for the speedy results.
Fun fact- Bi carbonate soda is a disinfectant cleaning agent 100% safe and what is does is it dries out the wart which will make it fall off
I really hope this helps because it was a miracle discovery for me
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I thought I found a little shed of light, turns out it's not just a little. I hope you enjoy the article and this sparks future conversation to all.

https://shotofprevention.com/2016/04/06/vaccines-can-not-only-prevent-cancer-but-may-soon-be-able-to-cure-it/#more-10296

http://www.thv11.com/news/local/little-rock-hospital-tests-cure-for-hpv-patients/120305103
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I'm a 50 year old male that contracted hpv in my voice box and genitals. I've had over 14 operations on my voice box that has resulted in a seriously raspy voice due to scarring. Recently, i heard about AHCC and Apple Cider Vinegar and their affect on the disease. I'm taking 6 tablets every morning on an empty stomach... and a quick swipe of acv on my gentials. Also gargling avc once a day. I'm seeing results after 2.5 weeks.. truly! AHCC is very new and the testing so far by a lab in Texas is very encouraging. Apparently it may be able to completely eradicate HPV out of your system in 3-6 months.  AHCC comes from the Shitake mushroom and is has huge value in Japan to fight off diseases and build a strong immune system. WORTH A TRY. Check out the info available on google. I will post again after 3 months.
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Hey rob, do you have an update on if the AHCC helped? Thanks
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Hey everyone. I'm struggling with having these warts like many of you can imagine. It's so nice to know I'm not in this alone. I wish i was able to discuss with you guys in person. Can someone who's beaten this God awful virus message me. Id love to chat with someone that can give me some inspiration and hope.
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Hello everybody,

All your stories sound painfully familiar. I've been struggling for a long time too. My immunity is compromised due to Lupus too, so my fight seemed hopeless... nothing seemed to work. This summer I tried this new product. It's a cream called Veregen and it's made from green tea extract. It did wonders for me, although it was complete horror using it. I had only 1 small mother queen wart left on my perineum and 3 hardly visible ones around them. When I started using the cream, suddenly they seemed to spread all over. I was warned that any existing (invisible under the skin) ones, would start showing... these are the ones that are left untreated and cause a new outbreak. But it were sooo many!! In a weeks time they got bigger and very painful. I panicked, went to my gynea. He didn't know the cream and told me to stop using it and let him remove all of them under general anaesthesia the next week. After 3 days of discontinuing the cream, only the mother queen and the 3 other small ones were left, so I called of the surgery. Compared to Aldara and everything else I tried, this cream finally really seemed to impact the warts, so after consulting my doctor, I decided to give it another try. The next week I started again, with the same reaction. They seemed to be everywhere!! At least 30 of them, not just on my perineum, but my whole private zone. This time I pushed trough... giving myself a one or two day break from the cream after 4 days or so when the pain was to bad. After 7 days they most had gotten hard and some of them black. In the following 3 days they started falling of. The mother queen was one of the last to go. It had gotten much bigger and fell out like some evil black rice grain, leaving a small whole, like a pulled tooth. I was afraid the small whole would be visible forever, but it completely disappeared. I have baby skin again, everywhere. When this one was out I stopped treatment, cause I couldn't take it any more. After a week I started again for the few small ones left much further away from my perineum. Again much more came and about 10 days later all of them were gone. Now I have no scaring anywhere and I truly hope I "processed" all of them, so no new outbreaks will follow... I do have itching, maybe because the skin is still in healing mode??

Hope this horror story is useful to someone out there. Sorry for the bad english.
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Hey, did it worked? if yes, what kind of probiotics?
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Hi, I am in same boat as you. I have been dealing with warts for over 5 years. Nothing as helped. Today, I saw my Doc regarding taking a vaccine and was told, my HPV level is not on High Risk. He refuse to prescribe me Vaccine. Recently, One of his patient came in for diarrhea problem and he prescribed him probiotic. Patient also was dealing with warts problem for years. After taking medical strength of probiotics...Wart were completely gone!!! Wow!!! My doc prescribed me same for 2 months...I am hoping it works wonders! Will keep you posted. Don't lose hope!!!
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Hi luigem. I can totally understand how you feel. I think if your HPV is non-cancerous, I don't think it will develop into cancer. It will just be a wart. I hope you're not anxious too much and I hope everyone with HPV will live a normal life as we deserve.
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I have tears in my eyes ready your story. I'm filled with empathy and I can totally understand how you feel. I'm also having wart outbreak at the moment inside anal canal and I think they're going wild in there. The doctor said there's lots in there and when I spread my anus I can't even see my anal canal anymore. I'm currently using Anusol and will start my first freezing treatment may be next month. Do you find Anusol work at all? I feel like there was more after I applied it. I got anal warts about 3 years ago when I was young and stupid I had bareback sex with about 2 different people. I can still remember who exactly they were. I just recently moved out and became very sexually active. I never had a noticeable outbreak until recently, it bled everyday. Now I haven't had anal sex for a month and it's driving me crazy! I think I won't have sex until they disappear but it seems like a long road. The internet lies! Because I read many articles and they said HPV will disappear in a few months but in my case, or in most people's case, they just keep growing like it's a fun party!

I totally agree that they should find a cure soon. HPV is so underestimated! More people needs to be made more aware of this and be educated and be protected from it! And a condom that would product a larger area than just the freaking penis should be invented already! Seriously! It only protects against HIV and Hepatitis B! And it's 2015 it's freaking about time! I'm so angry and annoyed at the same time. I'm a nice person and I'm sort of young. I want to be able to enjoy life and people don't know enough about the effect it can have on a healthy person's psychology and the effect of their lifestyle, if you're a nice person that is. Many freaking ******** would still go around ******* and infecting others with the virus! I always tell my partners before having sex and they can estimate if they want to take the risk. I will only have sex when the warts are not visible from outside. If the outbreak is so crazy like now I wouldn't want to risk infecting others.

Stay strong and positive. I never thought about love before, I thought it's something that would get in my way of what I want to achieve. But now that my chance of finding love is limited by HPV I sort of miss it, a little. lol I met a few nice guys I won't even go on date with them because I don't think it will work out. It's so not fair. Please doctors, find a cure.

Funnily I'm also in UK! May be we can have a coffee. Keep us updated on your story. By the way does your warts feel itchy? Whenever I feel itchy it feels like it's growing bigger...
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I follow this system by Mark Hyman to ensure my body is functioning at its optimal. http://drhyman.com/downloads/UltraMindCompanionGuide.pdf

Also if your having a breakout.. nothing, and i mean nothing works better than blending garlic and water together and repeatedly applying it throughout the day. You'll see results after 1-2 applications and it should be completely gone in 24 hours if you do 10-15 applications.

With the garlic blend, leave it uncovered when you apply it, it should be watery to avoid burning yourself. I made it into a paste one time and covered it for 2 hours and it gave me second degree burns so respect the power of garlic.

best of luck.
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how are you taking you AHCC, is it 6 pills of 500 mg in the morning, or do you divide it in 2x 500 mg in the morning, aftrenoon and at night
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7 years I have had warts... it has been a long 7 years.  There is a product called wart and mole remover by Pristine Herbal that will burn them off ( usually for good in a single shot).  However, this will not prevent them from returning.  I have tried literally everything to rid myself of them and they always return.  The only thing I have noted which I believe is important is if I smoke even a single cigarette I am guaranteed to have an outbreak.

Oh and if you have medical insurance and a local dermatologist with a laser machine take that route.  A few years ago I was getting laser treatments and they were the most effective at quick and scar free removal ( with my insurance it was $50 a visit).  Good luck everyone, I really hope you get rid of the warts, as I know just how depressing them are.  
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I've(30 year old male) been taking AHCC 3000mg every morning for about a month and a half now. On an empty stomach and waiting at least an hour to eat anything. Over this time my little patches of warts are definitely starting to fade. It's safe to say its working for me and i'm going to continue the dose for an entire 6 months. If it affects your strain then you can probably have complete eradication. The crappy part of the whole thing is I just started dating a girl I like(we've had no sexual contact thus far, I won't without telling her...) I gotta figure out how to tell her I have HPV and that i'm almost certain i'm curing it. sigh, life
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I'm really interested in your experience with AHCC. I just stumbled upon this and it has given me some hope so I have decided I will give it a try despite the expense.

From what I've read on the studies the dose taken was 3g of AHCC every day for 6 months. Can you recall the regimen you followed and where you were inconsistent with the dose?
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I've had Gw for about 18 months. I have been taking AHCC for 6 months. I believe it helped me from getting outbreaks but I've been inconsistant with the dosage. I have a few itsy bitsy tiny warts that have appeared since I stopped taking the supplement. The thing is, that supplement is so expensive. If I knew 100% sure it actually eradicates the virus, then I would buy a years supply.
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Hello,

I'm a gay man, in my mid-forties, based in London, UK.  I became infected with HPV back in 2009 (5 years ago) after just a skin-to-skin contact in the genital area (there was actually no penetrative sex at all). A few months after the encounter, I developed a severe outbreak of anal warts that was treated at a sexual health clinic. The treatment took nearly 3 months to complete and had another outbreak 5 (or so) months later, and a minor one 18 months later (Autumn 2010).

I was told that the infection tends to clear in 2 years' time but was never instructed that I should boost my immune system or given information on the severity of the virus. They only mentioned that warts are stubborn and that I may experience more outbreaks, that I had to be patient and let my body do its job. But like you cited in your posts, I deem there is a lack of awareness and knowledge of the HPV virus and its severity.

Time went by and took for granted that after 2 years' I'll be fine. Sadly, a month ago I started noticing lumps in my anus and decided to go to the health clinic last Monday, just to get confirmation that those lumps were effectively warts and that my infection has not cleared after all these years.

I tend to have a very healthy lifestyle: don't smoke, don't drink, have a healthy diet, drink loads of green tea, exercise regularly (3-5 times a week), etc. However my body has not got rid of the virus after nearly 3 years. I started treatment for the warts on Monday but my concern is that I have been doing some research and found links between persistent HPV infection and anal cancer, and must confess that my anxiety is growing.

I would very much appreciate if we could exchange information for me to learn from your research. After spending the last 3 days educating myself on HPV, like you, boosting one's immune system is the only hope.

Looking forward to hear from you.
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I also wanted to add that sometimes I wonder whether it was the girl I was seeing during the time I had the warts.  I first contracted them about 6 months after seeing her and we broke up 4 1/2 years later mid last year.  I started treating them at the end of last year and they've never grown back.  I'm wondering whether she was re-infecting me everytime we had sex .... they always grew back then.  However, I never used Vyloma during that relationship so that could also be the major factor of course.  Always good to theorize ..... I'm sure doctors would be the best people to comment on this thread with proper knowledge of different immune systems and how infections spread / are cured ... etc
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