How contagious are hand warts?

Yea...double EWWWWWWWWW! Sorry!

Here, I found this for you:
Hand Warts are very common and are caused by a virus called HPV. The Human Papilloma virus is not just responsible for hand warts. It is the cause of all warts. Hand warts make up a few strains of the wart virus. There are over 80 different strains of the warts virus and therefore warts can be found anywhere on the body.

HPV is contagious and can be passed from one person to another, without the carrier of the virus actually having any hand warts or any other type of warts. The virus can lay dormant in the body for months without any warts surfacing. This makes HPV one of the fastest spreading viruses known today.

Warts are contagious and can definitely be passed from one person to another. Any contact with another persons warts can spread the virus to the person that touches it. Even touching products or items that touched someone else's wares can cause you to get warts. The bottom line is that if you have a wart stop anyone from touching it or using anything that may have touched it such as a towel, shirt, socks or similar.

So, yes...they are!

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Posted by DCSAAB06

Yea...double Ew! Sorry!

Here, I found this for you:
Hand Warts are very common and are caused by a virus called HPV. The Human Papilloma virus is not just responsible for hand warts. It is the cause of all warts. Hand warts make up a few strains of the wart virus. There are over 80 different strains of the warts virus and therefore warts can be found anywhere on the body.

HPV is contagious and can be passed from one person to another, without the carrier of the virus actually having any hand warts or any other type of warts. The virus can lay dormant in the body for months without any warts surfacing. This makes HPV one of the fastest spreading viruses known today.

So, yes...they are!

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OK, this gets a triple EWWW then! Nasty!

nevermind- i re-read the last paragraph-

eww!
she should have been wearing gloves!

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Posted by nov04LIbride

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Posted by DCSAAB06

Yea...double Ew! Sorry!

Here, I found this for you:
Hand Warts are very common and are caused by a virus called HPV. The Human Papilloma virus is not just responsible for hand warts. It is the cause of all warts. Hand warts make up a few strains of the wart virus. There are over 80 different strains of the warts virus and therefore warts can be found anywhere on the body.

HPV is contagious and can be passed from one person to another, without the carrier of the virus actually having any hand warts or any other type of warts. The virus can lay dormant in the body for months without any warts surfacing. This makes HPV one of the fastest spreading viruses known today.

So, yes...they are!

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OK, this gets a triple EWWW then! Nasty!

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I added one more paragraph. Thats why she has so many....they multiple from contact!!

Sorry!

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Posted by tourist

well, Deb, it says that HPV is contagious, put it doesn't say how it is spread. The warts are an outward sign of the HPV, but the virus may be spread other ways.

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That's true. I shake so many hands there is no way I could ever protect myself from touching any other hands with warts on them...

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Posted by nov04LIbride

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Posted by tourist

well, Deb, it says that HPV is contagious, put it doesn't say how it is spread. The warts are an outward sign of the HPV, but the virus may be spread other ways.

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That's true. I shake so many hands there is no way I could ever protect myself from touching any other hands with warts on them...

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hmm, maybe you should stop being so friendly!

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Posted by tourist

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Posted by nov04LIbride

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Posted by tourist

well, Deb, it says that HPV is contagious, put it doesn't say how it is spread. The warts are an outward sign of the HPV, but the virus may be spread other ways.

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That's true. I shake so many hands there is no way I could ever protect myself from touching any other hands with warts on them...

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hmm, maybe you should stop being so friendly!

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Eww maybe that's why Donald Trump winks instead of shaking hands now!

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Posted by nov04LIbride

OK, so back to the problem AT HAND...Am I for sure getting them now?!

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No.....Not necessarily.
I was just about to add this:

Are Warts Contagious?
Simply touching a wart on someone doesn't guarantee that you'll get one, too. But the viruses that cause warts are passed from person to person by close physical contact. (You can't, however, get a wart from holding a frog or toad, as your child might have wondered!)

A tiny cut or scratch can make any area of skin more vulnerable to warts. Also, if your child picks at a wart, it can spread to other parts of the body.

The length of time between when a person is exposed to the virus that causes warts and when a wart appears varies. However, warts can grow very slowly and may take weeks or longer, in some cases, to develop.

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Posted by MonkeyLuv

After reading that article, I sorta want to scrub my hands with lye!

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I think I want to live in a bubble. And at least be wart-free even if I get no human contact. And now my head is itchy. That may be unrelated to the wart-infested mani woman.

Try not to break out in warts until you get home from the reunion or boy!!!! will SOB have something to say!!!!!!

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Posted by wc0143

Try not to break out in warts until you get home from the reunion or boy!!!! will SOB have something to say!!!!!!

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LOL good idea!