I have had a group of tiny grainy looking warts on the shaft of my penis. I went to my physician, and he suggested that they were warts and he wasn’t sure initially as they were very tiny. However, they were always very itchy and painful. He prescribed Imiquimod (Aldara) and I took an entire course of it and didn’t see any improvement. Meanwhile, I was able to get an appointment with a dermatologist and the dermatologist told me that they were HPV warts and all the genital warts are caused by one of the several strains of HPV. I described the less-than-successful treatment with Aldara. However, it was stressed that it shoudl work. Later, I was precribed Condylox gel. Although very severe and uncomfortable, the condylox gel was able to clear the warts. When I thought the warts disappeared, I had severe itchiness on my shaft and foreskin, which instantaneously turned into a group of tiny warts. Based the itchiness, pain, I feel like they warts are Herpes warts. However, my dermatologist says they are HPV warts. Furthermore, between the general physician visit and dermatologist visit, the results for my STDs like Chlamydia, Herpes, HIV came back. They were all negative except for HSV-1. I was told that HSV-1 only causes cold sores occasionally. Hence, I have ruled out HSV-2. However, now I think it could be HSV-2 and the warts I have are herpes warts. If it is true, I think I might need antivirals instead of the local treatments. Please help with any kind suggestions that you may have regarding this.
Thanks.

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