Question 1

what's the only ways to spread hpv?

Accepted Answer

Skin to skin contact: This germ requires direct skin to skin contact to pass. It may be transiently in secretions during the process but intimate & direct contact is involved.

Question 2

can you spread hpv through a toilet seat i thought you couldn't?

Accepted Answer

Yep: Possible but not probable. Would have to have almost immediate contact from an infected person.

Question 3

is it possible for me to spread hpv to my children if i share drinks or utensils or food with them?

Accepted Answer

: The sexual/genital forms of HPV are passed skin to skin from an active case that is shedding virus to a vulnerable recipient. Random contact with utensils is not a transfer agent. These germ strains do not act like staph or strep by passing through random contact.

Question 4

do you have to have intercourse to spread hpv?

Accepted Answer

No, you do not: Genital warts are caused by strains of HPV viruses. Thus, two people rubbing their genitals together, while not officially constituting intercourse, will be sharing HPV genital wart viruses. It is not predictable if and when such viruses will actually be transferred from the skin surfaces of one person to another, and not predictable whether or not the receiving person will develop an infection.

Question 5

can you spread hpv through petroleum jelly?

Accepted Answer

No: Intimate contact is the usual way HPV is spread

Question 6

can you spread hpv warts by kissing someone?

Accepted Answer

HPV: Yes these can be transmitted in that fashion.

Question 7

can you spread hpv by kissing someone on the lips?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Hpv is one of the most common virus infection in humans and is responsible for warts, mild skin changes as well as the aggressive ones associated with abnormal growths on the cervix which can lead to cervical cancer. It is so common, however, it would almost be impossible to avoid exposure to this virus. There are almost 100 subtypes of hpv. Two of those types cause warts.

Question 8

does oral and oropharyngeal cancers spread hpv and thus are contagious?

Accepted Answer

Ca is not contagious: Cancers are not contagious,  the  associated infections like hiv, hpv are  if present , they are contagious.

Question 9

can you spread hpv to others such as family members by sharing a washing machine and washing all you clothes together?

Accepted Answer

No: This family of germs doesn't spread by casual transfer like staph or strep might. It is transferred during skin to skin contact.

Question 10

can i spread hpv to others by my tooth brush kept in contact with other toothbrush ?

Accepted Answer

: No. This germ is not passed like random bacteria. It is passed by genital to genital contact with a person shedding virus.

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