are genital warts the same as regular warts
It depends. There are many types of HPV, and the types that cause common warts are usually different from those that cause plantar warts and genital warts. If the wart on a person's hand is caused by a type of HPV that can also cause genital warts, then there is a chance that skin contact could cause genital warts. But common warts don't cause the type of genital warts that lead to high-risk cancers.