Can genital warts be spread from the mouth

Many people ask “can genital warts be spread from the mouth”. Before getting the answer, you should know some facts about genital warts.

What are genital warts?
Genital warts are flesh-colored or gray growths found in the genital area and anal region in both men and women. They represent the most common sexually-transmitted disease caused by a virus. The warts are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), affecting both men and women. Genital warts are generally located in and around the vagina, cervix, anus and penis. They also have been found in the mouth and other areas of sexual contact.

How do genital warts spread?
HPV is the virus that causes genital warts , a sexually transmitted disease (STD). The most common way to get HPV is by having sex with someone who has HPV. Genital warts are very contagious. So you can get them or spread them easily. Genital warts can spread through vaginal, oral, and/or anal sex. It takes about 3 months since time of contact with an infected person to develop genital warts. A person has 60% chances for getting infected with HPV if he or she has sexual life with infected people.

How to prevent genital warts?

The only way to make sure you do not get genital warts is to avoid having sex at all, or to have sex only with someone who does not have HPV and is only having sex with you. That is, you are in a mutually monogamous relationship.Using condoms may prevent you from catching HPV from someone who might have it. However, condoms can't always cover all of the affected skin.

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