Howdy,

May seem a dumb question.  But does anyone know whether transmission of genital warts would be possible from a full body massage at a sauna, include from attention to your backside?  Quite scary if it is possible, IMHO.

Strange question but I think the answer is yes it is possible particularlt if the warts on the carrier have any small cuts or are sore or inflamed.

Thanks - I'm not thinking so much of direct transmission (ie warts on fingers = anal warts).  I was thinking more of transmission via a third person's fingers (ie a masseuse) of warts on one monger to another...

Get ready for getting your penis sliced up... if you haven't already....

This just in on the news regarding Genital Warts....

Original Article link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE52M7HQ20090323


Circumcision protects against genital wart virus
Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:36pm EDT
SOURCE: International Journal of Cancer, March 15, 2009.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A study of nearly 1000 men in three countries has yielded more evidence that circumcision helps protect against infection with human papillomavirus.

Human papillomavirus has long been known as a cause of genital warts, but in recent years most reports have focused on its association with cervical cancer. The virus, which is transmitted sexually and by skin-to-skin contact, can also cause anal and penis cancers.

"Interventions such as circumcision may provide a low-cost method to reduce human papillomavirus infection," Dr. Anna R. Giuliano, from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, and colleagues conclude in a report in the International Journal of Cancer.

Using data from the Human papillomavirus In Men (HIM) study group, the investigators determined factors associated with human papillomavirus infection in 988 men, ages 18 to 70 years, living in Brazil, Mexico or the United States.

Human papillomavirus infection was strongly related to sexual behavior and circumcision, the investigators found.

"In this multi-national study where approximately 60 percent of study participants were un-circumcised, we found circumcision to be associated with a significantly reduced risk of...human papillomavirus," they report.

These findings, they point out, mirror those of a previous study in a mixed ethnic group of men from Tucson, Arizona, and are similar to what others have reported in studies conducted in Spain, Columbia, Brazil, the Philippines, Thailand, Mexico and Denmark, the team notes.

By contrast, as the number of lifetime female sexual partners, number of female partners in the past 3 months, and number of anal sex partners increased, so did the risk of human papillomavirus infection.

Reported race of Asian/Pacific Islander was also linked to an increased risk of human papillomavirus infection.

Unlike what has been shown in women, age appeared to have no bearing on the risk of infection, the authors note.

one of the Bros in the Macau section posted he got quite a bad rash after a HJ massage in one of the saunas. He wasn't sure if it was allergy to the oil or whether from the previous customer ..... he did say he noticed the girl did not bother to wash hands between customers.

I've contracted a plantar wart once wearing slippers at a sauna in NYC.  Took me a good month to get rid of it, it was on the bottom of my foot.  Fucking hell to walk on and would not go away after many numerous cuttings and using salicylic acid treatments.  Finally went to the dr and he froze it off in less than 10 seconds.