Treating HPV in Infants

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Dr. Savage. I'm here to discuss treating HPV in infants. Now first of all, you know, intuitively; HPV, the human papilloma virus, that is a sexually transmitted disease. It's very common in the population. In fact, some epidemiologists have estimated that as much as eighty percent of the population is infected with one of the hundreds of different strains of HPV. With that in mind, there also is a high rate, studies have shown there is a high rate, of transmission from the mother to to the baby during, you know, the birthing procedure. It's also been a recent hot topic, cause' now there are vaccines for the, for HPV. Also, HPV causes cervical cancer in females. That's one of the things that it can do. Also, other strains of HPV cause genital warts. If the infant actually contracts the HPV virus during the birthing procedure a lot of times it's difficult to tell, and it's not routinely screened for. So typically, what you'd end up seein' in this situation would be signs of genital warts in the infant. So, when you'd see something like flesh colored papules in in areas of the genital or the anal area that would be something to bring up to your pediatrician and discussing natural treatment of of that with them. There are different ways to take the genital warts off, and then also discuss future immunization of your baby. If there are any other questions talk to your pediatrician as well. I'm Dr. Savage. I'm confident that this has been informative. Here is to you and your baby's health."