Are vaginal warts contagious?  If they are how are they transmitted?
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You are referring to genital warts.  Genital warts are very contagious and are spread during oral, genital, or aal sex with an infected partner. About two-thirds of people who have sexual contact with a partner with genital warts will develop warts. Development of warts usually occurs within three months of contact.  Please see your doctor for treatment.
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No way warts are not contagious they are mini growths
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The HPV that causes warts on your hands and feet is different from the HPV that causes genital warts. So, no, you won't give a girl genital warts. Unless, of course, you're infected with genital HPV. The problem is that there are no real symptoms in men, other than the actual genital warts. There are some strains of HPV that don't show any outward symptoms.\n\nAs far as condom use goes, condoms are great for preventing HIV and pregnancy, but they don't necessarily work for preventing HPV. Your best bet is to practice abstinence, but if you must have sex, use a condom. In fact, the CDC is recommending that you change condoms in between sexual acts - so maybe one condom for oral sex, then a new one for vaginal sex. Good luck to you.
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They have all sorts of shapes and sizes. If you have a protruding lump anywhere on the skin of your penis,foreskin,testicles,anus or the immediate area then it could well be a wart. There could well be more than one and more could arrive. The virus can lie dormant for months or even years so telling your partner is not necessarily that difficult. They are also not a big problem: you just get them burnt off with a "cream" over time or frozen off in one go. They probably won't come back. But they won't go away on their own, so go to a genito-urinary clinic in a hospital, check yourself in and get looked at. If you have a female partner who you have unprotected sex with then you will need to tell her if it turns out to be warts, as they have been linked to cervical cancer. But again it shouldn't become a problem if you monitor the situation properly. Lumps on the penis are not necessarily warts, either. You could have harmless lumps which are nothing to do with std's.
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Yes. common girl-to-girl transmitted diseases include genital warts (HPV), herpes and bacterial vaginosis. A study a few years ago tested lesian couples and found that if both partners had BV, the becteria were often genetical identical, meaning they probably gave it to each other. girl-to-girl HIV transmission is rare, but not impossible.
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everyone is right...genital warts are caused by HPV, which isn't curable.  however, go to a doctor and i'm sure they can provide some sort of treatment plan to help with outbreaks and intensity.
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genital warts usually are pasted from partner to partner during an outbreak.I would use protection though because your partner can be vulnerable to an out brake and not have signs aware to the human eye.Avoid unproductive sex when sick because the immune system is not strong enough and you can very much allow you to become infected.Once you have been exposed the virus stays in your system and you become a carrier.
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NO, not at all. Genital warts is caused by the Human Pappiloma Virus. Some people carry this virus and never develop warts, because there are so many strains of it. However, some strains cause cervical cancer in women. Herpes causes sores that can be painful. There are daily treatments for herpes, but I'm not sure if there are for the warts. But there is no cure for either, so that may be why people get them confused.
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If genital warts are not treated, the bumps will spread. It is possible for those bump to become tumor that lead to cancer.\nYou can apply Podophyllotoxin solution to infected skin at home. It could destroys the affected skin cells so the warts shrink or disappear. However, even warts is removed, viral infection might remain because virus live inside your skin.\nIf self cure doesn't work, you will need to see doctor. Clinic treatment like cryotherapy (freeze the infected area), laser and loop electrosurgical excision procedure can effetely remove genital wart
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No. Genital warts are spread by direct skin to skin contact and sex.\n\nI worried about this when I was living with my two younger brothers. I shared a bathroom with them for 5 years and I never gave them the virus!
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They all have different incubation periods although most of them can be revealed in testing fairly quickly.  You may never feel the symptoms for Chlamydiae, Urea Plasma, or even HPV (genital warts) but you can still pass them on.  Syphilis is a scary one for that because some people go years before they have any symptoms and by then you could develop heart problems and your reproductive organs could be destroyed.  This is why you would get tested regularly if you are sexually active.  Genital Warts can show anywhere from  2 weeks to 9 months? after you contract the virus.  Things like clymidea and gonorrhea should show up quickly after contraction but they are all different diseases and have different incubation periods.  I used to teach sex ed-class but that was a while ago so many of the tests may have improved since then.  If you have concerns then go see your doc or go to a std clinic where they specialize in that type of thing.
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Definition\n\nWarts are small, benign growths caused by a viral infection of the skin or mucous membrane. The virus infects the surface layer. The viruses that cause warts are members of the human papilloma virus (HPV) family. Warts are not cancerous but some strains of HPV, usually not associated with warts, have been linked with cancer formation. Warts are contagious from person to person and from one area of the body to another on the same person.\n\nDescription\n\nParticularly common among children, young adults, and women, warts are a problem for 7-10% of the population. There are close to 60 types of HPV that cause warts, each preferring a specific skin location. For instance, some types of HPV cause warts to grow on the skin, others cause them to grow inside the mouth, while still others cause them to grow on the genital and rectal areas. However, most can be active anywhere on the body. The virus enters through the skin and produces new warts after an incubation period of one to eight months. Warts are usually skin-colored and feel rough to the touch, but they also can be dark, flat, and smooth.\n\nWarts are passed from person to person, directly and indirectly. Some people are continually susceptible to warts, while others are more resistant to HPV and seldom get them. The virus takes hold more readily when the skin has been damaged in some way, which may explain why children who bite their nails tend to have warts located on their fingers. People who take a medication to suppress their immune system or are on long-term steroid use are also prone to a wart virus infection. This same is true for patients with AIDS.\n\nCauses and symptoms\n\nThe more common types of warts include:\n\n\ncommon hand warts \n\n\nfoot warts \n\n\nflat warts \n\n\ngenital warts \n\nHand warts\n\nCommon hand warts grow around the nails, on the fingers, and on the backs of hands. They appear more frequently where skin is broken, such as in areas where fingernails are bitten or hangnails picked.\n\nFoot warts\n\nFoot warts are called plantar warts because the word plantar is the medical term for the sole of the foot, the area where the wart usually appears as a single lesion or as a cluster. Plantar warts, however, do not stick up above the surface like common warts. The ball of the foot, the heel and the plantar part of the toes are the most likely locations for the warts because the skin in those areas is subject to the most weight, pressure and irritation, making a small break or crack more likely.\n\nPlantar warts are familiar to all ages groups, appearing frequently in children between the ages of 12-16. Adolescents often come into contact with a wart virus in a locker room, swimming pool area, or by walking barefooted on dirty surfaces. The blood vessels feeding them are the black dots that are visible on the wart. If left untreated, these warts can grow to an inch or more in circumference and spread into clusters of several warts. They are known to be very painful at times, the pain usually compared to the feeling of a permanent stone in the shoe particularly if the wart is on a pressure point of the foot. People with diabetes mellitus are prone to complications from plantar warts related to the development of sores or ulceration and the poor healing potential associated with diabetes.\n\nFlat warts\n\nFlat warts tend to grow in great numbers and are smaller and smoother than other warts. They can erupt anywhere, appearing more frequently on the legs of women, the faces of children, and on the areas of the face that are shaved by young adult males.\n\nGenital warts\n\nGenital warts, also called condyloma acuminata or venereal warts, are one of the most common causes of sexually transmitted disease (STD) in this country. According to the Journal of the American Medical Association's STD Information Center, they are contracted by sexual contact with an infected person who carries HPV and are more contagious than other warts. It is esti
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HPV is the virus which transmits genital warts but in the vast majority of HPV infections there is nothing visible - and yet - the virus continues to be transmitted.  That is why there is now a 4 valent HPV vaccine for women - which will hopefully prevent many cases of cervical cancer.  Other than cervical cancer the other concern is primarily cosmetic and if you were able to see the growths you would not have asked the question.  The growths look like any other wart.
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Most commonly this std is transmitted from penis to vagina intercourse or vulva to vulva intercourse with an infected  partner.  This parasite is usually found in the vagina and transmitted via women. For more information see http://www.epigee.org/health/trich.html
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Gardenella Vaginalis is a bacterial infection of the vagina.\nit is not clear that it is sexually transmitted; however,it is associated with sexual transmitted disease risk factors.\nbut no single organism has been identified. Also, treatment of male partners does not change the risk of reoccurrence in women - true of the other STDs. It may be sexually transmitted, but there is some thought that it is vertically transmitted from mother to daughter at birth. Don't get too paranoid about this one. It's very common and little known of the cause.
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No! HPV is transmitted through skin to skin contact.
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Warts won't. There are dozens of different type of wart viruses, and they tend to specialise in different parts of the body. The viruses that cause warts on your hands are different from those that cause warts on the anal or genital areas.\n\nI have heard of people transferring herpes from their genitals to their own hands, but I've never seen it, and I reckon it would be very, very rare.\n\nSyphilis is a whole body infection. The genital sore (chancre) is just the first sign, so passing  from genitals to hand would be the least of your worries, even if it did occur.