Improper hygiene, especially around the genitalia can invite many infections including genital warts as they create an optimum atmosphere for these micro-organisms to thrive in colonies. Regular washing of your private parts and maintaining cleanliness can go a long way in avoiding genital warts.Genital warts can be prevented by total abstinence or sticking to one sexual partner. Condoms help to some extent if you have multiple sex partners, but are not foolproof. Thorough cleaning of the genital areas every now and then can ensure that you do not contract the HPV easily.

Consuming too much of alcohol creates a perfect atmosphere in your system for the Human Papilloma Virus to form colonies and lead to genital warts, by breaking down your resistance to ward off these microbes. Avoiding might help you keep away from genital warts.

Excessive smoking or tobacco chewing breaks down your immunity system and can lead to genital warts during sexual contact with an already infected person. Although the exact cause is not known, there is a definite evidence of tobacco users having genital warts.

A pregnant lady should be more careful about sexual contact with an infected person since the genital areas such as the vagina and the cervix become tender and susceptible to outside infections. It is therefore wise to practice safe sex or abstinence during pregnancy to avoid getting warts or any such viral infections.

A person having low immunity or low resistance is most likely to end up with genital warts, if he or she is not careful. Many diseases such as typhoid, jaundice, influenza, cancer, and malaria can break down your immunity and allow micro-organisms such as the HPV to come and infest body.

A person having AIDS is susceptible to all sorts of infections and genital warts can be a warning sign to check whether you have contracted the deadly AIDS virus.

Viral infections such as herpes combined with stress can break down your immunity and allow the HPV strains to form colonies leading to genital warts. These viruses can affect a person with low resistance and allow other viruses to come and infest the body.

A person in his or her teens and younger days is more prone to being infected with genital warts, since the mucus membranes and skin around the genitalia are tender and more susceptible to infections. It is therefore advisable not to indulge in active sex at a tender age.

If you unknowingly have sexual contact with a person who is infected with a sexually transmitted infection (STI), then you are more susceptible to genital warts. These infections include syphilis, gonorrhea, and the like. A person infected with an STI is already low on resistance giving a chance for the HPV virus strains to form additional colonies and warts.

Having sex with multiple partners is one of the most common causes of genital warts. You are exposed to various HPV strains of which some may cause genital warts.This is because the HPV virus prevalent in your partners may get the perfect atmosphere to thrive and multiply.