If there's a wart on your hand and you touch yourself or someone else, will it transfer?

Same to the face, leg, etc.

Probably not.

There are many different strains of HPV. Some can be transmitted via hand to genital contact; however, this usually happens when the hand in question has been in contact with infected genitalia. This route of transmission has been demonstrated by cases of infants contracting HPV with no signs of abuse. The HPV was spread via parents changing diapers after using the restroom and not washing their hands.

HPV has over 100 strains. Statistics show if you have had 4 or more sexual partners, there is an 80% chance that you have HPV. You do not have to show physical symptoms in order to carry the virus.

The big scare with HPV is cervical cancer. There are four strains of HPV that are most commonly linked with cervical cancer. Being HPV positive does not mean you will get cervical cancer. If you are a male, it does not mean that you will spread cervical cancer.

Warts are spread via skin to skin contact. But genital warts are usually confined to genital areas. Can you spread non-genital warts to other parts of your body? No.

If you are a female, GET VACCINATED against HPV. You can obtain info about this at any Walgreens or Rite Aid. They may even do the vaccination there.

Aldara cream! You can have them lazered off or frozen off like some people. But for me, I kind of saw that as a last resort! I would have much rather tried using a cream for a few weeks. I used Aldara cream when I had genital warts and I haven't had them since! It can take a few weeks for them to completely disappear though, so you have to be patient. Just ask your doctor for a prescription. And, you don't need to go to the dermatologist, your family doctor is fine. Good luck to you!

I would direct that question to a dermatologist. What is prescribed for one person might not be appropriate for another,

My 4 year old has a wart right on his finger that’s pretty unsightly and its already interfering with how he holds a pencil.

Are there any home or over the counter remedies to get rid of warts on kids, that actually work. I wanted to try other methods before I take him in to get it frozen off - I doubt he’ll think that’s so great.

I had a wart for a long time when i was a kid. Finally my mom bought some compound w and i put it on every night the key is to put duck tape on it. I repeated this process every night and it went away. I guess a band aid would work just as well…. But i think the duct tape has more of a grab to take off layer by layer

Cauliflower look-like warts on the finger. Would this be caused by hpv? would an over the counter medication take it away?

Probably not HPV, even though there are tons of strains (i'm under the impression that HPV is only sexually transmitted). A dermatologist will be able to tell you what you have, but i have found that there is a home remedy of putting garlic on a wart (similar to what you described) for 12 hours. Be careful though because the wart will disappear, but a wart blister will occur that is the same size as the piece of garlic used (only use it as big as the wart is, i used a whole clove and had a blister the same size as the toe the wart was on, couldn't wear a shoe for a week). But doctors can freeze them off or you can find something that might work over the counter. Good Luck!

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not to get them, there is no home remedy

What are warts? How long does it take to cure this? Is therer any at all? Do they spread to others?

i had a wart once. i went to the doctors office and they used liquid nitrogen or something on it. it didnt hurt that bad. it just felt cold mostly. it went away and i had no problems after that. i think they can spread though if it touches other stuff.

on the bottom of my feet.

I had deep plantars warts on my right foot. I had three successive surgeries to remove them and after each very painful surgery the warts quickly grew back larger than before. When I told the podiatrist that I didn't want any additional surgery he suggested that I try applying triamcinolone ointment (a common corticosteroid ointment) twice each day underneath a band-aid on the bottom of my foot. Within two weeks my plantars warts were gone, never to return. Thanks Dr - but why didn't you tell me this option before the three very painful surgeries?

Ok, so i know the best option is to go see a doctor, so don't tell me something I don't already know. But I just want some piece of mind about this before I do.

I've had a small bump near the opening to my vagina. It's been there ever since I can remember. Well recently I was in the shower and while washing I noticed the bump was a little bigger. It just kind of scratched off too. It sort of looked like three little cells stuck together. It didn't hurt, and it came off easy like a skin tag. I have looked at pictures all over the internet and it looks nothing like all the scary pictures of warts. I mean, this thing was TINY and not red, and not sore, didn't itch. Well it came back again and like before, it just sort of scratched off. It doesn't hurt when it comes off. I think I found another one now in the crease where my thigh connects.

Can anyone help? Maybe someone who has warts and knows what they are like?

I'm not promiscuous either. Neither is the bf. So I'm dumbfounded
I also wanted to add that I do have an insulin resistance problem and the website listed below mentioned that people with insulin resistance are more prone to skin tags.

I've never really gotten skin tags before, maybe a few. Now why in the vaginal region? I have found a few EXTREMELY tiny ones, about the size of a grain of sand that look like a regular skin tag. But the one that I found first is the one that worries me because it looks like a few skin tags attached.

AND… I am in college and still on the family insurance, but I don't exactly want my parents knowing I'm getting tested for STD's. Sounds childish and immature, but my parents are EXTREMELY unreasonable when it comes to that stuff. What can I do to keep information like that off the bill? Isn't there some sort of confidentiality now because I'm over 18?

If you shave then rest easy its probably a skin tag just like the ones almost everone gets in their armpits and it will keep coming back unless you have a doctor freeze it off.If you had warts or herpes then you would probably have more than one lone bump. If it makes you feel better I got a skin tag in the same spot and I freaked out forever and when finally I got my pap the doctor didn't say anything so I pointed it out and he said thats just a skin tag I was so relieved. Anyways after a while it just really didn't bother me anymore. but ya if its small and just slightly darker than the color of your skin its probably a skin tag. Hope I helped, try not to stress and you should still see a doctor if for nothing more than you're peace of mind.

My roomate is dating a boy with genital warts, she will probably contract this disease. If she does how easy would it be for her to give it to me? I heard you can get it from washing our underwear together using a blanket that someone with genital warts had sex on, from the toilet or in the shower? Im really worried. I dont want this STD.

ONLY through sexual activity.

So you would have to be having intercourse with her or very close genital-to-genital contact to catch it.

It CANNOT be spread by using the toilet after her, touching other parts of her body, kissing her, shaking hands with her etc. There is no reason for paranoia.

My parents felt paranoid about being around me when I caught it and it was SO hurtful, I've never got over how bad it made me feel.

Herpes is dormant for about 85% of the time anyway, and cannot be passed even during intercourse when it is. If you were a man having unprotected sex with her, as long as you avoided contact during her outbreaks, your chance of catching it would only be 5-10% a year having intercourse several times a week.

http://www.whfhhc.com/Genital-Herpes/150817.htm