Genital Warts - Sexually Transmitted Diseases Message Board

falcone · 06-10-2007, 09:39 AM

Can you catch them through hand contact, i.e someone touching warts then touching you (not neccessarily on your genitals).

shellshell82 · 06-10-2007, 07:28 PM

Someone touching their genital warts and then touching you (not necessarily on your genitals)?

Is that what you are asking??

Check out the other threads on this board about HPV / genital warts and how it is spread. It is HIGHLY contagious... can't seem to stress that enough! No one really seems to know how many ways it can be transmitted - but yes, it can be transmitted without sexual contact.

falcone · 06-10-2007, 07:35 PM

Someone with Warts who has had them treated (frozen) yet the warts still remain visible touched the area with their hand then touched me on the face near the mouth.

Is it possible I could catch it then?

shellshell82 · 06-11-2007, 04:25 AM

I don't know! No one would really be able to say whether you got it that way or not.

Did you wash your face afterwards? If you then touched your face (without it being washed) and then went to the toilet ... I think that would be more likely that you could catch it.

But you are not to know. You will not know unless you get symptoms (warts). Then you can go to a doc and get them treated. So just be on the lookout for that and try not to stress too much about it. Most people will get HPV at some point in their lives.

falcone · 06-11-2007, 06:10 AM

Yes I think I did go to the toilet afterwards without washing my hands first, although I cant recall if I touched my face.

Oh well thats life, would the warts just be about the genitals? or should I look for them elsewhere?

anything else I should look for? + should I get myself tested?