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HPV TRANSMISSION
Hi. I have the HPV virus. I have been treating it for some time, but I still have something like 2 warts on my penis. Yesterday I went out with a girl and she gave me a hand job. I also gave her one, but my hand was clean. I believe that after giving me the hand job she didn't put her hand on her vagina. Is there any chance she might've caught the virus from me just by touching my penis with her hand? And in the event that she did touch her vagina after giving me the hand job, that would most likely transmit the virus to her, right?
Thank you
Thank you
Everything I've read online says that the act of sex is to be avoided during recovery. One's immune system has to be strong as possible to aid in the recovery and sex (esp unsafe sex) does not help.
Visible active warts do make it more likely to infect someone but no one can say that people with invisible warts can't infect anyone too.
Visible active warts do make it more likely to infect someone but no one can say that people with invisible warts can't infect anyone too.
It is very very unlikely, so be reassured by that.
Could you please clarify "to also not delay their recovery"? Does the very act of having sex have an effect on the infected person? Also is it known whether or not warts are more easily passed on when the person has visible warts? Im a bit confused about all this. Thanks in anticipation.
Genital warts are caused by HPV which is spread through skin to skin contact, including genital, oral, and anal sexual contact. There is some chance the virus could be spread via genital-hand-genital contact (i.e. touching a partner's genitals, then touching your own with the same hand). So based on this, I would say she did not accidentally infect herself unless she used the same hand on herself. But this isn't as easy as it sounds. It's not as easy to be infected as it is via genital, oral and anal sex.
When touching someone's genitals, it is always good practice to use a different hand on your partner than the one you use on yourself. Especially when one partner has active genital warts. Ideally, the person with active warts should refrain from all sex until the warts go away. Not only to avoid infecting their partner but to also not delay their recovery. Or at the very least, use a latex condom.
When touching someone's genitals, it is always good practice to use a different hand on your partner than the one you use on yourself. Especially when one partner has active genital warts. Ideally, the person with active warts should refrain from all sex until the warts go away. Not only to avoid infecting their partner but to also not delay their recovery. Or at the very least, use a latex condom.
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