Not casually, and not even through intimate contact. You cannot catch RRP from another person who has it. There are a number of letters from RRP physicians and researchers corroborating this statement. Physicians who work in major treatment centers for Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis agree that most people are not susceptible to catching the HPV virus in their respiratory tract. It simply doesn't get a foothold, nor can it.

RRP is the abbreviation of "Registry Registrar Protocol" and is VeriSigns proprietary protocol for accessing the database where the domain names are stored. Although EPP will be implemented to replace it, RRP will still be supported for at least one, full year after the transition of the .net registry operation to CORE++ on June 30th, 2005.

A: Ichthyosis is definitely not contagious. It is not caused by a bacteria, virus, or germs, and thus it cannot be passed from one person to another.

No, epilepsy is never contagious. You cannot catch epilepsy from someone else and nobody can catch it from you.

In many respects, yes. If you have one on your feet, it would be unwise to pick at it and it can spread to someone else if that person has the potential towards getting that virus in the same way certain people have the potential for catching a certain cold. The wart virus likes to linger around moist environments such as pools, spas, locker rooms, public showers (such as those at the gym). Wearing flip flops or crocs in these areas is always a good idea.

Yes. About 1% of the population carries MRSA on the skin – they are considered to be ‘colonized’ with MRSA and are generally asymptomatic. People who are exposed to the organism from a carrier generally do not get sick from it, or develop only mild illnesses (similar to normal staph infections). However, if a minor infection is not cared for, or if there are other factors (e.g., compromised immunity), then the infection may become more serious.

EMS is not a contagious disease. There should not be fears about that. Naturally, chronic diseases such as EMS may have profound effects upon close family members of the sick person and might contribute to feelings of depression, anxiety, problems with children accepting the illness, or other physical and emotional conditions in loved ones. But this occurs with any chronic illness that goes on for many years - which is what a chronic illness is, an ongoing one.

Vitiligo is NOT contagious. If it were, many more people in the world, including doctors who treat vitiligo and family members of those with vitiligo, would have the condition. There are many theories about what causes vitiligo, but many experts believe, and data supports the theory, that one must be genetically susceptible, in order to develop vitiligo.

While the exact cause of the disease is not known, what is known indicates that Parkinson's is not contagious. Parkinson's is a neurological, not a mental, disorder. In the majority of cases, it slows the body, not the mind. However, when brain cells are affected by medication, some emotional changes can be expected. Anxiety and depression are very common among people with Parkinson's and may occur due to seratonin imbalance, a side effect of certain medications.

No, it's important to note that BSE is not a contagious disease; spread occur through the ingestion of infected material, generally brain or spinal cord tissue.

Smallpox is less contagious than chickenpox or measles. The great majority of people in a large room will become infected if even only one person has measles, whereas the highest risk for smallpox is face-to face contact, i.e. within 2 meters (6.5 feet). If there is personal protective equipment (fit-tested N-95 masks, gloves, etc.) on you and the patient, the risk of airborne spread becomes very low.

Yes, definitely. But they can't jump from head to head and they can't fly. The only way they can be transmitted is by direct contact (heads touching) or indirect contact (a hat passed around which has been worn by a person with headlice).

I have rrp (throat warts) too. Listen to the above poster. I never heard of this disease & was a virgin when I met my boyfriend (supposedly he was too -- huh!!). No one is safe from this disease, and I'm suffering because of someone elses discrections.

By observation and finally by biopsy, Observation MUST be in a physician's office or in the operating room, where the papillomas often present in a recognizable form. Note, however, that a biopsy (at least initially) is necessary to confirm the diagnosis.

The incidence of Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis is spread fairly evenly between children and adults. Physicians who treat Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis estimate that between .005-.01% of people in the United States have this disease. The low estimate is 10 patients in a million (Steinberg). Other estimates range between 5,000-25,000 people.

Men who have undergone nerve-sparing technique should be offered therapies that are not expected to interfere with the potential recovery of spontaneous, natural erectile function. The relatively new strategy of rehabilitation in clinical management after an RRP comes from the idea that early-induced sexual stimulation and blood flow in the penis may facilitate the return of natural erectile function and resumption of medically unassisted sexual activity.