[lola bulregard]

i know a 3 year old that has HPV. i didn't know what HPV was until i started researching it, from what I've read it occurs through skin to skin contact. is this correct? I've read you can get it from using towels from someone that has it and toilet seats but i don't know if this is true.

it started with her ankle swelling up. spots were noticed before the swelling occur ed. i didn't see these spots, or get much of a look at the ankle so i haven't actually seen much but she was taken to the hospital and has HPV apparently.

i can't find much about children getting it let alone toddlers so I'm wondering how she could have got it?

also, is it contagious?
she's not my child. i don't know much about her or her family

[asgsj2006]

A HPV is a kinda of a STD its kinda odd that a 3 year old would have this you can only get it sexual transmit ed Desi's and its only contagious if you would have skin to skin contact meaning penis to vagina or sexual intercourse or oral sex how could your 3 year old have HPV ! this mirth get your mind thinking on something else and the towel thing and toil let thing is a lie ! you can only get a HPV by skin to skin contact have you seen a doctor ! ? you do not know our family oh is there a possibility she was raped ! ? that mirth be a reason for HOV does she even have HOV ?

[stratotanker]

All warts on the body are of the large family of HPV types. Genital HPV types are most commonly transmitted during vaginal and anal sex...and may be transmitted during oral and hand to genital sex play.

It is rare from children to acquire warts of the genital area ...but this could occur through the diaper change from an infected person...ferrying the virus from hand to genital area. Warts on a child's leg are not genital HPV types. Common warts of the leg usually don't cause swelling.

There is no evidence that contaminated toilet seats, doorknobs, towels, soaps, swimming pools or hot tubs, can transmit HPV. However, some unexplained cases of HPV lesions do occur and one should never rule out the possibility that an HPV infection may have been transmitted in a non-sexual event.
HPV types that cause hand and common warts are different from the types that cause warts in the genital area. The exception is the rare occurrence of warts in the genital area in young children that are due to these "non-genital" HPV types. Likewise, genital HPV types are only very rarely found in lesions outside the genital area.

http://www.asccp.org/hpv_history.shtml

[Khandee K]

HPV stands for human gallimaufries (pronounced pap ah LO MA), but there are actually more than 100 related viruses in this group. Each HPV virus is given a number or type. The term "papilla" refers to a kind of wart that results from some HPV types.

HPV lives in the body's epithelial cells. These are flat and thin cells found on the skin's surface and also on the surface of the vagina, anus, vulva, cervix, penis head, mouth, and throat.

Of the 100 HPV types, about 60 types cause warts on areas such as the hands or feet. The other 40 or so types of HPV are sexually transmitted and are drawn to the body's mucous membranes, such as the moist layers around the anal and genital areas.

The common reasons for spreading HPV include contact with skin to skin or sexual contact. One may also contract HPV during childbirth. The brushing of one?s fingernails may also help spread the HPV virus, which can easily be transferred by shaking hands.

While some people believe that using condoms during sexual activity is enough protection, most professionals disagree. All that?s needed is to touch another person?s skin to spread the HPV or human papilloma virus. In regard to the more serious strains of infection, genital warts may be the most severe. These strains of HPV usually spread during sexual intercourse, anal sex, and oral sex. Genital warts may also be invisible while residing in the anus or vagina.