Genital warts infections in men early stages

The early stages of a genital warts infection caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is almost impossible to detect, simply because there are no actual early symptoms for genital warts. You will only know that you have been infected once the warts start appearing on your skin in the genital area. You may even be infected months or even years ago and not be aware of it simply because you are not displaying any warts at all.
However, if genital warts do begin to appear on your genitalia (male or female), this is what you need to look out for:
In Men
● genital warts appear in smallish bumps on the
● penis
● scrotum
● groin
● anal area

What are the early signs to look out for?
Once the genital warts have occurred, early symptoms to look out for are itchiness and general discomfort. They may also hurt and bleed if they are scratched excessively.
When considering the early warning signs of an HPV genital warts infection, you need to be mindful that they will generally only appear after weeks or even months after the initial infection.

Women who have participated in unprotected sex and are worried that they may have been exposed to infection can either wait for the warts to appear, or get a Pap smear test. Early symptoms to look out for are abnormal vaginal discharges, perhaps even vaginal bleeding shortly after sex, or itchy genitalia.


When it comes to contracting genital warts through the sexually transmitted HPV, there are no reliable tests to date that can detect definite exposure to the virus in men. The first concrete signs of men having contracted HPV would be the appearance of the genital warts in the genital area. However, because not everyone who has HPV presents with genital warts, many men end up infected with HPV for years without even knowing it.

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