How do you get warts?
Viruses cause warts. They're called human papilloma (say: pah-pih-loh-mah) viruses, or HPV for short and are contracted.
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A wart develops when a human papillomavirus infects the outermost layer of skin and causes the skin cells to grow rapidly.
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Anybody can get warts, but kids get them more often than adults do. Lots of kids get warts, although some kids never get any warts at all.
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You can get warts by being infected by the human papilloma virus or HPV. A wart is in reality a non-cancerous growth caused by an infection by this type of virus.
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Foot warts(plantar warts) are caused by pressure and irritation to the skin which cracks open providing an opening for a virus.
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More common in kids, warts are skin infections caused by viruses of the human papillomavirus family. You can get it from touch.
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Common warts are local growths in the skin that are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. ChaCha for now!
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Warts are skin infections caused by viruses of the human papillomavirus (HPV) family. They can affect any area of the body, MORE?
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You can pick up HPV - and get warts - from touching anything someone with a wart has used, like towels and surfaces. People MORE?
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