Aldara cream is a popular prescription treatment used for genital warts, a viral STI. An infection of genital warts can appear as small fleshy growths or bumps on the external or internal of your genital or anal areas. To treat this sexually transmitted infection, you are to apply Aldara cream in a thin layer on the infected area and rub it in until the cream is no longer seen. This aldara cream has been proven effective in treating genital warts and is safe to use in most cases, but there are certain points you should keep in mind for safety purposes, which are as mentioned below:
- Aldara cream can cause skin reactions, varying from a little redness to severe problems such as painful ulceration of the skin. Under the circumstances, it is advisable that you stop using the medication.
- This medication can also worsen skin reactions that you are already suffering from, especially graft-versus-host disease of the skin.
- At times, you can experience flu like symptoms on using Aldara cream such as fatigue, nausea, fever, general ill feeling, joint pain, muscle pain and chills.
- It is also advisable to avoid exposure to sun or even sun lamps.
- This treatment for sexually transmitted infections can also be harmful for your baby, which is why it is advisable not to use the medication while you are pregnant.
- It not yet known whether the ingredients of Aldara cream can be passed on to the infant through breast milk. Hence it is advisable that you use the medication only after consulting your doctor.
