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Do Warts Spread Through Skin Contact?

my friend was over the other day and had warts all over his fingers he stayed the night and i didn t see them tll the next day noticed because he was digging at them i am worried he would pass them to my kids , wife or myself. Also after he left my eye became irritated similar to pink eye is it possible i rubbed my eye r touching something he touched should i be alarmed at all?
Tue, 24 Apr 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

No, usually any kind of a wart is not contagious at all for sure. Benign or malignant conditions doesn't spread.

If it is infectious then only it will spread. But as you describe it, I don't think it's infectious.

If it is so, then he will have some discharge kind of thing everywhere. If that pus is touched then you will have an infection but not the wart. So just don't worry about it.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Archana
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Do Warts Spread Through Skin Contact?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. No, usually any kind of a wart is not contagious at all for sure. Benign or malignant conditions doesn t spread. If it is infectious then only it will spread. But as you describe it, I don t think it s infectious. If it is so, then he will have some discharge kind of thing everywhere. If that pus is touched then you will have an infection but not the wart. So just don t worry about it. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Archana