The saddest thing that no one, including the CDC, ever tells people in public health information concerning genital warts - is that they are NOT spread just by sexual contact.
Warts can spread to the genitals from a wart anywhere else on the body. Warts on the hands, or touched by the hands before contact with the genitals, can develop into genital warts by such non-sexual events such as inserting hemorrhoid suppository, or vaginal diaphragm insertion, or a shared towel.
It need not even be direct wart to skin contact. It can even be wart to shared surface to skin. HPV is a very durable virus, & can live many hours outside the body on both solid & porous surfaces, such as shared towels, bathroom floors, door knobs, faucets, & more. That's why such a large part of the population has at least 1 wart somewhere on their body.
Molestation is always a possibility when venereal warts are found on a child. But it's also possible that someone who changed the child's diapers who had warts on their hands could have been the carrier, or from a wart on the child's own hands from rectal itching or their own natural curiosity. Given the 3+ month incubation time for HPV, the original time & source of infection may be indeterminable.
I don't know how many posts I've seen where couples married 10-30 years suddenly turn up with genital warts, & wonder how an STD can possibly turn up after so long, & even who may have strayed in the marriage... When the truth is, the warts could easily have come from their partner's, or from their very own, hands.
It's a real pity that no one ever tells us these things, & that the public is lead to assume that venereal warts only arise from careless & likely unscrupulous bedroom activity...
My advice is - intermittently check your hands & body for warts. Also, check your partner's. If you see any warts, & there are a variety of types, treat them. Wash your hands frequently, & always think twice about where you put your hands, & where you let other people put theirs.
Good health & good luck to you & your niece... & to everyone else with similar concerns.
You can catch herpes by changing a diaper of a baby with herpes.
There are 100 different kinds of hpv, 30 of which are sexually transmitted, 12 of which casue genital warts, and 15 of which can cause cervical cancer. Warts can be spread from any part of the body to any part of the body by skin contact. So, if you have a type of HPV that causes warts, and the warts on on your face, it you have genital contact you could spread that kind of HPV to the genetial area.
HPV is spread by direct contact and are not spread via body fluids.
HPV has over 30 different types. Only a few of the types cause warts. Unless your healthcare provider tells you that you have genital warts, you do not.
Yes they are; HPV is the virus that causes genital warts.
HPV is one of the most common STDs. It can produce warts or cancers. Either are rapid undefined growth of the cell. Normally, cells in tissues have "governors" that prevent their uncontrolled growth and spread. This is lost and warts are seen instead of normal tissue.
HPV is a cause of all warts. Some warts are transmitted sexually and those of the ones that she should be most worried about.
HPV means human papillomavirus, the virus that causes warts and, in certain subtypes, is associated with cancer of the cervix, penis, vulva, anus, and some head and neck cancers.HPV is genital warts.
All types of warts are caused by HPV. Some HPV types are more likely to cause warts on the feet, others on the genitals.
HPV virus warts do itch.
HPV or genital warts is often cauliflower shaped.
Yes women with HPV give men genital warts.
There are around 120 different serovars of HPV and some do cause common warts and plantar warts. These are not sexually transmitted.