Therefore, warts found on your hands cannot be spread through sexual contact.Ĭommon warts (such as the ones that you and your boyfriend likely have on your hands) are also slightly different in appearance and transmission from genital warts. Genital warts, for example, are a specific STI (in fact, the most common STI) that are caused by an entirely different strain of virus from those that would cause warts elsewhere on your body.
Only some HPV viruses are spread through sexual contact, while others are spread through different means.
HPV has hundreds of variations - or “strains” - with which someone may become infected. The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the culprit behind all warts on the human body. Although warts and herpes are contagious, warts on your hands or feet cannot be transferred to the genital area, and vice versa. Humans are susceptible to hundreds of wart and herpes viruses, and they’re all unique. The viruses that cause warts on hands are different from the viruses that cause genital warts.
