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My bf has one wart on his hand, the only wart he's ever had. If I hold his hand and make physical contact with the wart..can I get the virus that causes warts and then start getting it as well? Also, if he fingers me (using either the hand with the wart or the hand without the wart) can I get warts and more specifically, genital warts??
If he gets it freezed off can I still get warts??
I'm so freaked out. How can you possibly date people at this rate. (link)
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To clarify, a common wart on the hand can NOT be transmitted to the genitals!! Common warts and genital warts are two completely unique strands of HPV. Hand warts can almost never lead to anything except more hand warts.
Infection can only occur when your hands are wet or you have a cut/abrasion on your hand. This is why many people who get a wart on their hand end up with a few--it just keeps going back and forth from hand to hand! If your friend or boyfriend has a wart his hand, there's a chance that you can get a hand wart, but first you need to have a cut on your hand (or your giving a really wet hand shake for some reason...).
And even then, only about 1 in 4 people are susceptible to hand warts, so you might not get them at all. And even if you do get it, you can just get them treated and they go away. Most people who are susceptible to hand warts will get them anyway simply because the HPV virus is so stubborn--it will stick on inanimate objects for long periods of time! However, most people who do get hand warts don't develop any more than a few.
They're just hand warts. Don't freak out!
Stumbled on this and had to clarify--hope it helps!
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