Question 1

can you get genital warts from sitting on the carpet?

Accepted Answer

Yes -if: If someone else with genital warts was sitting on the same section of carpet then it is possible that the human papilloma virus could stay on the carpet fibers and then be transferred to another host. However the virus would not be expected to last long on the carpet and the chances seem unlikely.

Question 2

can you get hpv from sharing a towel with someone who has genital warts or sitting on a toilet?

Accepted Answer

HPV: Hpv is passed on through genital contact, most often during vaginal and anal sex. Hpv may also be passed on during oral sex and genital-to-genital contact. Hpv can be passed on between straight and same-sex partners—even when the infected person has no signs or symptoms.

Question 3

can you get genital warts from a toilet?

Accepted Answer

Yes possible: Papilloma virus is contagious  possible but unlikely as most of the time it is not from toilets.

Question 4

can you get genital warts from the sheet?

Accepted Answer

Genital warts: Generally, about two-thirds of people who have sexual contact with a partner who has genital warts develop them within three months.
Genital warts are indirectly associated with use of birth control pills due to increased sexual contact without the use of barrier protection, multiple sex partners, and having sex at an early age. You cannot get genital warts from bed sheets. Skin to skin contact.

Question 5

can you get genital warts on your hands?

Accepted Answer

Warts are warts 1st.: Warts are an infection with a strain of the human papilloma virus. They are not just 'genital' or not.  They infect the skin where ever you are exposed.

Question 6

can you get genital warts from towels?

Accepted Answer

Genital warts ?: If the towels are not sanitized (i.e., could have been used by others prior to your use) it is possible.  Since genital warts are very contagious, it is more likely to have been caused by sexual contact with another individual .

Question 7

after you get genital warts burned with acid do they stay bumpy or go flat?

Accepted Answer

Warts: If they are gone they should be flat. A few reasons for bumpiness are that wart is still present or healing is still taking place or treatment created scar tissue.

Question 8

if you get genital warts is it to late for the immune system to fight off hvp?

Accepted Answer

Not necessarily : Sometimes the body can fight infection with genital warts but better to have them evaluated and treated by a physician to ensure that they don't persist and remain unmonitored.

Question 9

i have genital warts which i just had treated.my question is can you get genital warts on your breasts and other parts of your body?

Accepted Answer

Genital Warts: Warts are due to an infection with human papilloma virus. There are over 75 related viruses in the hpv family. Some of the subtypes are carcinogenic, and other subtypes have a predilection to develop in certain areas. They are transmited by skin to skin contact and minor trauma with breaks in the stratum corneum facilitates epidermal infection.  The answer to a "can " question is always yes.

Question 10

can you get genital warts by touching a towel with your hands and then your genitals?

Accepted Answer

No: An inanimate object like a towel is not a vehicle that can transmit the organism as it needs to go from one "warm moist place to another".

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