Does the other person have to touch their privates as well or is it enough to just shake hands? Intercourse really necessary?
2007-04-30 11:07:30 · 5 answers · asked by Me 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
No but, my doctor told me that you can spread it in your gential areal. Like when you have an active infection and you dry yourself with a towel, your spreading it to other areas on genital area...
As funny and weird as this may sound ...just air dry that area.
Good luck!
2007-05-01 05:06:37 · answer #1 · answered by lotsofluv007 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can reduce your risk of developing genital warts and other HPV-related genital lesions by:
Being in a mutually monogamous sexual relationship
Reducing your number of sex partners
Using a latex condom, which may prevent some but not all HPV transmission
A vaccine called Gardasil is available for women to prevent HPV infections of types 6, 11, 16 and 18. Ideally, a woman should receive this vaccine before becoming sexually active. The vaccine protects women only from contracting HPV infections of types they haven't already encountered.
2007-04-30 11:15:38 · answer #2 · answered by Neil L 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
80 percent of people who are sexually active, have HPV. You can definitly spread some sort of std through another person who has just touched their outbreak, then touched your private part, your mouth, or any open sore. If you shake hands with someone who hasnt washed their hands, its not very likely for you to contract something. As long as you wash YOUR hands after you touched that persons hands, before touching your mouth, or any open sore.
Sharing towells.. shouldnt spread diseases too often, its unlikely. Unless that person very scrubbed a certain part and you touched that same place for too long.
HPV is only open for intercourse though...
2007-04-30 11:23:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
HPV is spread through skin to skin contact. There are several strains, some being the strains that cause plantars warts on your hands and feet. You can not get genital warts from the warts on your hands or feet, this is a different strain. Genital HPV can only be spread by skin to skin contact in the genital area. Sexual intercourse does not necessarily have to happen to transmit it.
2007-04-30 11:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by PhantomRN 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
intercourse is the only way to contract HPV
2007-04-30 11:10:50 · answer #5 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋