Common warts are the most seen warts on people.Dogs and cats can also get common warts. Some people believe that common warts are caused by frogs, this is not true. Common warts tend to be caused by an overgrowth of skin cells on the outside of the skin causing a lump to appear. Common warts however will not be seen on areas of the body like the soles of the feet or genitals. Like all warts, common warts are caused by the human papillomavirus. The strain which causes common warts to appear on the body remains dormant in millions of people and may only cause wart outbreaks on some people. Warts tend to be caused by an overgrowth of skin cells on the outside of the skin causing a lump to appear.

Warts are generally seen on parts of the body such as the hands fingers and finger nail regions sometimes causing an overgrowth of warts to occur on the nail. Warts found on the hands are different from those found elsewhere on the body. Warts also have different names depending on where they are on the body but typically can be treated the same way as the virus remains the same. Anyone can get warts although the HPV virus may not always be just random it can be hereditary. The good thing to know about regular warts on the hands is they cannot be spread to others. Normal warts are more of a common annoyance than anything else.