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Learn what warts are and how to prevent them
Almost everyone knows what a wart looks like but not a whole lot of people know what in the world causes them. The HPV or human papillomavirus causes people to get warts. There are about 100 types of the HPV and many of them cause different types of warts that will appear on all different parts of the body. Warts can occur all over the genital area and even further down than that though more often noticed are the ones that form on the hands and feet. A person does not have to display the outward signs of the virus to have it and transmit it so if you are curious to know if you have it then get tested.
Many people ask if warts can be spread from person to person and the answer is yes. Not only can you get warts from touching another person that has them but you can actually get the virus from contacting any object that has touched their warts. In addition to being able to spread from person to person the virus can spread from body part to body part. If you find that you have a wart somewhere on your body then do not touch it and if you happen to contact it then wash your hands thoroughly. This is often a surprise to individuals but the fact is that they are very contagious and spreading them is very preventable.
Though the majority of the warts people have get treatment many warts will go away all by themselves. Lots of warts can disappear without treatment but many will not and have to be treated. Why does this happen? Doctors do not really know why some cure themselves and others do not. The thing is that the ones that will go away often take up to a few years to do so and that is a long time. Most people do not want tot deal with warts for that long and seek treatment. This is good because the sooner the warts go away the less chance of spreading is there.
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