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Can you get hpv from kissing someone

A 16-year-old male asked:
Dr. Kenneth Crabb
Obstetrics & Gynecology 48 years experience
Not normally: Kissing will not transfer hpv, but oral sex can. It takes at least months and probably years for a cancer to develop. Most women < 30 years old w... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. Carlo Hatem
Pulmonary Critical Care 27 years experience
No: Not unless they have visible warts on their hands or face. Transmission is more likely with intimate contact.
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Dr. James Eitner
Family Medicine 36 years experience
NO: Hiv is transmitted through body fluids. These fluids would need to have contact through broken skin or mucous membranes. It is transmitted through s... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Martin Raff
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
You bet: Hpv is transmitted person to person by direct contact. If the person you are kissing has warts on their lips or in mouth the virus can be easily tran... Read More
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Dr. George Klauber
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
Yes: If your partner has hpv of lips, mouth or throat.
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A 31-year-old male asked:
Dr. James Ellis
61 years experience
Yes: Hpv is contagious. It can be passed orally, vaginally and anally. You should avoid activity while you have a visible lesion, and should probably use ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfield
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Little or no risk even if you have oral HPV, which probably you do not.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Cheryl Coldwater
Pediatrics 40 years experience
Not likely: It isn't very likely to get an std of any type from kissing or hugging. There usually needs to be some form of genital contact with or without exchang... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan
Dermatology 59 years experience
No: There are numerous different wart viruses. Perhaps your initial infection came from him, or his came from you. If you each have a different wart virus... Read More
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A 22-year-old male asked:
Dr. John Berryman
Obstetrics and Gynecology 56 years experience
Oral HPV/ spread?: Any mucosal surface will be a potential source of both acquiring and spreading HPV: this includes oral areas, so "kissing" can cause spread, and genit... Read More
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A 28-year-old female asked:
Dr. Samuel Galima
Family Medicine 9 years experience
Human papilloma virus causes cutaneous warts as well as cervical cancer. Transmission occurs with direct skin contact, especially where there is break... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. Hunter Handsfield
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
Your many questions show you are obsessed about HPV for no good reason. If a penis does not enter your body, you are unlikely to be infected. But if y... Read More
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