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I shook someones hand who had a wart. how scared should i be? i dont have any cuts on my hand. washed hand in lake(within 10min)/hand sanitizer(20) ty
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Slight risk: Warts are indeed contagious but if your contact was fleeting and your skin intact the hand washing you did probably reduced the risk to minimal. Hand washing and foot protection are two of the best things you can do to protect yourself.
Answered 2/3/2018
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