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Im still afraid that a toad or frog could cause a human to some how develop warts? can someone please explain how this is not true and why?

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Dr. Lori Lange answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

What causes a wart: A wart is caused by a virus. Perhaps in folk lore a person touched a toad or frog and just happened to develop a wart. Since electron microscopes were not invented to see viruses until 1952 folk lore may been the explanation for the cause of the wart for many long years.

Answered 11/20/2020

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Not true: Warts are caused by a virus called Human Papilloma virus and it is only transmitted from one human to another. Have a healthy diet, exercise 30 minutes/day, drink plenty of water daily so your urine is mostly colorless, have safe sex, no tobacco alcohol weed or street drugs. For nutrition: http://www.choosemyplate.gov/. Get HPV vaccine. Wish you good health!

Answered 11/21/2020

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