When asking the question are their contagious genital warts? The best way to answer your question is to properly explain exactly what genital warts are so that you as a potential victim can protect yourself through the understanding of how genital warts work.

So are genital warts contagious?

Yes, genital warts are in fact contagious. Genital warts happen to be one of the most contagious sexually transmitted infections which can be attained at any given time in a sexually active lifestyle. The statistics on the contagious level of genital warts is that 1 million new cases of infections found in patients occur every year, by the same statistic it is believed 5.5 million cases of infection are actually occurring every year but are unnoticed or undiagnosed.

How are genital warts so commonly not diagnosed?

Typically genital warts can in fact lay dormant or not actually form an outbreak of warts themselves weeks to months after sexual contact with an infected partner. Some outbreaks remain so minor that the infection remains unnoticed and pain free therefore the infected individual is not aware that they are carrying an infectious disease.

What are genital warts?

Genital warts is a contagious infection which causes abnormalities in skin cells leading to abnormal growths in body cavities such as the genitalia, vagina, mouth, throat, anus, and surrounding external facilities of the body.

Genital warts can only be passed by direct contact from one infected orifice of the body to another. For example mouth to mouth, genital to genital, sex, oral sex, kissing, basically any part of the body touches an infected part of the body increases risk of infection. Although places such as a toilet seat will not give you risk to catching genital warts.

Can genital warts cause cancer?

Genital warts cannot cause cancer itself, but could contribute to the formation of cancer over a period of time. Specifically genital warts are different strains of HPV there are over 40 different types of HPV. Some of these types solely cause different forms of genital warts, while other types cause problems such as penile or cervical cancer.

How can I protect myself from genital warts?

Genital warts are a sexually transmitted infection which may sit silently. The only 100% thorough way to protect yourself from a genital warts infection is to have your partners all get tested for STDs and STIs before performing any sexual or non-sexual activity which involves one body touching another. Even kissing could in fact transmit genital warts.

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