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Pregnancy Effects AdviceThe human papillomavirus (HPV) can cause a variety of complications in pregnant women. Pregnancy could sometimes cause the genital warts to increase in size. When this happens the pregnant woman could have increased difficulty urinating. Although this does not sound like a serious concern it could start a chain of events that results in a urinary tract infection (UTI) that is directly related to the large warts making it difficult to urinate. One of the common locations for genital warts to form is the vaginal walls. When they form in this location on a pregnant woman, there could be complications that relate to their labor and delivery. The existence of genital warts on the vaginal walls can cause the vagina to become less elastic and may result in complications during pregnancy. The vagina is required to stretch during labor to make room for the baby to emerge but when it fails to do so, it can obstruct the birth canal resulting in a difficult pregnancy and making it difficult for the baby to be born naturally. The above concerns related to difficulty urinating and loss of elasticity in the vagina are very real concerns that affect pregnant women who suffer from HPV. However, most women who have this virus are more concerned with whether or not they are likely to pass the virus on to their baby. While it is possible for the mother to transmit the virus to her child during birth this is very rare. Less than 0.05% of children who are born to mothers afflicted with HPV are born with the potentially life threatening condition known as laryngeal papillomatosis. In this condition the virus is transmitted from mother to child during birth and the warts are present on the vocal cords of the child. When this condition exists, laser surgery may be required to prevent obstructions in the airway that may result from the existence of the warts on the vocal cords. In addition to the small percentage of children who are born with laryngeal papillomatosis, there is an unknown percentage of children who will be born as carriers of the virus and may develop warts later in life as a result of this infection. |
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