HPV entry point is the place where warts form?

[musterx]

Hi. For HPV, is the place on your body where contact with HPV virus originally occurred, the place where genital warts form? I always use a condom, but my testicles are still uncovered. Will the condom prevent my penis head and shaft? Or can contact with my testicles cause warts on the penis head and shaft?

Thanks for the info

[Wolfcub86]

Hello.
Hpv infects the basal layer of the skin. Therefore infection can be established only when there is an access to them. Microscopic trauma is enough.

The infected person (having the active phase) sheds the virus particles whether showing symptoms (such as warts) or not, as the dead cells normally sloughed off.

So to put it in simple words, not necessarily - genital warts can also appear in areas where there was no direct original contact with the source (due to the shedding). Therefore, the condom offers a limited protection against HPV, YET PLEASE DO REMEMBER IT:S HIGHTLY IMPORTANT TO PRACTICE SAFER SEX IN EVERY SEXUAL CONTACT, for you and your partner's health. It's also important to use it also during the foreplay.

This way or another, clinical HPV infection (such as warts) on the testicles is quite uncommon.

It's possible for the same infection in the same indidual to cause symptoms partially, for example infected skin showing warts in one area but not showing warts in another area nearby.

[mkh9]

It is where you had contact, where you the get the warts.