Different Things About Warts That You Might Not Have Known

Plantar warts are contagious skin growths that appear at the bottom of the feet. They are caused by a virus and although they can be painful, they are harmless. You can catch a wart on almost any surface, such as tile floors in locker rooms, showers and even carpets - wherever a person with wart has contracted and left the virus.

Any small cut on the outer surface of the skin of your foot (epidermis) could be an entry point. Plantar warts often appear flat, but develop towards the dermis (second layer) of the skin, which can be painful. A pain or a lump at the bottom of your foot is the first sign (it may seem like a stone is in your shoe); walking can make the sensation worse. Apply salicylic acid daily to the warts.

This will help eliminate the infected skin and prevent the virus from spreading elsewhere. Use an over-the-counter wart remover containing at least 40% salicylic acid. Try Dr. Scholl's Clear Plantar Wart Remover ($ 9 in pharmacies). If a home treatment does not resolve your plantar warts after two months of dedicated use, a dermatologist can help you.

"It's common to freeze warts with liquid nitrogen during a procedure that destroys infected skin," says Sandra Johnson, MD, a dermatologist in Dublin, Ohio. * The bottom line You will probably be in contact with the virus at some point, but you can prevent warts with good hygiene and, fortunately, it is relatively easy to get rid of existing warts.

If this is not the case, 10 children should be treated with tape for 6 weeks to eliminate 1 wart. In 81% of cases, the tape would not stick; 32% used an additional fixative. A small flawed study (Arch Pediatr Adol Med 2002; 156: 975-977) found that duct tape was as effective as cryotherapy.

The corn block was placed overnight, with soaking once a week and pumice rubbing. The evaluation was blind. The wart disappeared in 16% of the treated group and 6% of the placebo group. This difference had a 12% chance of being random, but the power to detect the difference was less than 30%.

Warts are very annoying and do not look very attractive. It is therefore very important for some to remedy this. It is important to know what type of wart you have before deciding which treatment option you are going to buy. There are different types of drugs for different types of warts.

Warts do not make you mean or ugly, they can be treated usually, so there is no reason to panic. It is important that you pay close attention to the marks on your skin to make sure that you take the appropriate steps for the treatment, instead of wasting your time and money.

Treating stains that do not end up being warts is just a waste of your precious time. Observe what type of wart you are infected with, choose your treatment route and start noticing the difference between your wart that is slowly disappearing.