Warts Transmission

Can Someone Transmit their hand warts to their own genitals?
Can Someone Transmit their genital warts to their own hands?

Or are they 2 different virus?
I've had have genital warts... and I'm in the wait and observe stage... and it seems to be clearing up... a week before... it seems that im developing warts in my hands... my concern is, maybe i acquired my hand warts from my genitals and is afraid that i might contract my present hand warts back to my genitals again.  

I hate to have a "Ping Pong" effect regarding my condition.

Thanks in advance for clearing some things up for me.

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

No, they can't.  Otherwise we would all be covered with warts.  If you think you have genital warts, you shouldn't be in the 'wait and observe stage,' because there isn't one.  I wonder whether you have warts in either place, genitals or hands, but I think you owe to to yourself to get yourself examined so you'll know for sure, and get treatment if you need it.  But you can't spread warts from the genitals elsewhere, or vice versa.

Take care.

Dr. Rockoff

[ashwin448]

A related discussion, White Lesion on Shaft of Penis was started.

[Coralinegeek]

I was diagnosed with vinereal warts 7 years ago. And had them burned off. When I got pregnant about 5 years ago, I  told my ob/gyn about them and she did a check and said my chech up went well and that i didn't have hpv or warts of any kind. Age said my pap came back 100% normal. I've had 3 miscarriages since then and again doctors have not found any warts of any kind. My ex husband never got them either. And we were together almost 5 1/2 years. I now have about 3 round skin tags in my pubic hair region and a couple small ones. I had a pap back in April 2010 and there was nothing there. Could this probably have been a misdiagnosis and could they just be skin tags?!