Is HPV infection sexually transmitted?

HPV (human papillomavirus) infection may be sexually transmitted or transmitted through other means. 1. HPV is sexually transmitted: HPV infection caused by warts, mainly through sexual transmission, mostly occurring after unclean sex, to avoid unclean sex, to take condoms and other protective measures, you can effectively prevent the transmission. 2. Other ways: mainly including direct contact and indirect contact transmission. (1) direct contact: for example, direct skin contact with the patient’s common warts, flat warts, condyloma acuminatum, etc., HPV will be through the skin mucous membrane tiny breaks, into the epithelial cells, and then replicated, hyperplasia, caused by the epithelial cells of the abnormal differentiation, hyperplasia appeared in the skin superfluous organisms. (2) Indirect contact: body contact with household items contaminated by the patient, such as towels, bed sheets, bedding, underwear, etc., may also cause cross-infection. If your body is infected with HPV, you need to go to the hospital in time for examination and treatment as prescribed by the doctor.