Hand Transmission of Genital Warts
Hand Transmission of Genital Warts, is it true? Can Genital Warts be contact through hand transmission?
Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases and over 50 percent of the world’s sexually active population will get the virus at some point in their lives.
Very often has no symptoms because the HPV virus lies dormant in the epidermis (skin). This virus is spread through skin to skin contact, including genital, oral and anal sexual contact.
There is also evidence to confirm the hand transmission of genital warts, such as touching a partner’s genitals, and then touching your own with the same hand.
Therefore…YES…the possibility of transmitting genital warts by hand does exist, but it is less common than the normal transmission. Through sex.
Therefore it is possible for theHPV virus and genital warts to be spread through foreplay.
A recent study on the likelihood of transmitting genital warts by hand was carried out at the Department of GU Medicine, at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, England.
In the study, 14 men and 8 women with genital warts had cytobrush samples taken from genital lesions, finger tips and tips of finger tips. Samples were examined for the presence of HPV DNA by the polymerase chain reaction.
The Results Were:
* HPV DNA was detected in all female genital samples and in 13 out of the 14 male genital samples.
* HPV DNA was detected in the finger brush samples of 3 women and 9 men.
* The same HPV type was identified in both genital and hand samples in 1 woman and 5 men.
This study has identified hand carriage of genital HPV types in patients with genital warts.
Although sexual intercourse is considered the usual mode of transmitting genital HPV infection, the research from Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, England, raise the possibility of transmission by finger and hand genital contact.”
This study confirms the possibility of transmitting genital warts by hand, so it is wise to be aware that even non-penetrative sex play can be risky with HPV or Genital Warts. It is a skin to skin contact condition that spreads the virus.
If you already have genital warts, avoid touching the genital area and use rubber gloves or wash the hands thoroughly in hot soapy water if contact is made.
Any growth on the genitals should be examined by your doctor or health care provider and they will advise you on how to treat genital warts and the different methods available.
What are the signs and symptoms of genital warts?
Hand Transmission of Genital Warts-Transmitting genital warts is a strong possibility when you have sexual or skin to skin contact with a partner who has the HPV virus. If genital warts do appear, they usually occur as small growths on the genital areas.
Genital Warts can be small individual warts or they can accumulate into large groups of warts on the genital tissues. If not treated, a genital wart may grow and take on a fleshy and cauliflower like appears.
If genital warts are inside the vagina or are of the anal warts type, or if they are too small to see, the first indication of their presence may well be a painful or itchy feeling in that area.
This happens particularly during sexual intercourse. However, it can take anything from a few months to many years for these warts to appear after the initial transmission.
Often they never occur so that you may not even be aware that you carrying the virus and that you can transmit the virus to others.
Some people are fortunate and manage to clear the HPV virus through their body’s own immune response.
What about the hand transmission of ordinary warts?
Although there is a possibility of transmitting genital warts by hand either to or from your sexual partner, there is no possibility of transmitting those ordinary hand warts to the genitalia.
The strains of HPV that cause warts on your hands or feet are not the same strains that cause genital warts. So you can rest assured that genital contact with a wart on your hand (or your sexual partner’s) will not cause genital warts.
Conclusion
If you know you are infected with HPV or genital warts, it is very important that you tell your partner before you engage in foreplay because of the risk of hand transmission of genital warts or of course intercourse itself. About 50 percent of those with HPV never develop genital warts, but are still capable of transmitting the virus to others through foreplay or intercourse.
Hand Transmission of Genital Warts is very likely. For treatment of genital warts, Go to our Genital Warts Treatment page.
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