[Question #9506] Hpv from vagina to hand to penis to vagina

32 months ago

Hello.

Would it be a possibility to spread high risk hpv by the act of fingering a women who may of had hpv, then touching my penis to go to the toilet, then the next day having sex with another women.

Could I of passed it from one women to another from this?

Thank you.

Edward W. Hook M.D.

32 months ago

Welcome to the Forum and thanks for your questions. Most HPV infections (both high and low risk) are transmitted through DIRECT contact with infected areas. As a generality which applies as well to HPV, there is little or no risk of transmission of STIs through transfer if infection from one persons genitals to another's on hands or fingers. Masturbation (including "fingering") is not a risk for STI. I would not be worried about transfer of HPV through the situations you describe.

To learn more about HPV, just how common it is ( just about every sexually active person who has not been vaccinated has it), how it is spread, how innocuous most infections are, and how to prevent it, I would encourage you to read other threads on this forum on HPV- the topic has been discussed extensively and there are many other posts about it- just take a look). EWH

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