Killing Warts
Warts are
unsightly small skin growths that grow on feet, hands, mostly on the fingers.
However, they can appear in any part of the human body.
It is
caused by the human papillovirus (HPV) and is contagious/ it can spread from
person to person through direct and indirect contact. After exposure to the virus, it can sometime
take around 6 months for the virus to develop a wart.
Types
There are five major kinds of warts. Each of these types is on a
different part of the body and each one has a distinct appearance.
Common warts
These wart types usually grow on the
fingers of the hands and the toes of the feet. They can also appear anywhere in
the body. They are a bit of a gray shade compared to the body’s skin tone. They
have a rough, grainy appearance and a rounded top.
Plantar
warts
This wart type prefers to grow on the soles on the feet. They can grow into
your skin and not out of it. The plantar type has a small hole in the bottom of
your foot which is surrounde3d by hardened skin. They can make walking uncomfortable.
Flat
warts
Flat warts usually
grow on the face, thighs, or arms. They are small and not immediately
noticeable. Flat warts have a flat top, as if they’ve been scraped.
Filiform
warts
Filiform warts usually
abound around the mouth or nose or under the chin. They are very small and look
like a tiny flap or skin tag.
Periungual warts
Periungual warts grow under and around
a person’s toenails and fingernails. They can be painful and affect nail
growth.
Children and young adults are very
susceptible of getting warts from others. Anyone can have warts or corns yet
for some people it can lead to another parasite to the body.
The other susceptible people are those
with chronic conditions that weaken the body.
Management
and treatment
Warts often disappear
on its own after your immune system fights it off. However, warts can spread,
cause pain and are unsightly, your doctor may recommend treatments to manage
the disease.
There are several
options to choose from, and are commonly available at your pharmacist. Some of
them might need the presence of a medical person to supervise or apply such
treatment.
Here are some of
them.
Freezing
This procedure is
called cryotherapy and must be administered by a medical professional. Your
doctor applies liquid nitrogen to freeze your wart. After the freezing, a
blister develops and eventually dies.
Immunotherapy
Warts
can be stubborn and those that don’t respond to other traditional treatments,
immunotherapy helps your immune system fight off the virus. The chemical, like
diphecyrone (DCP) causes a mild allergic reaction that makes the wart die off.
Laser treatment
Your doctor uses
laser light to heat and destroy tiny blood vessels inside the wart. The process
effectively cuts off blood supply, killing the wart.
Topical medicine
Your doctor applies
the chemical cantharidin that cause blisters to form around the wart and cuts
off its blood supply. The doctor will remove the dead wart after some time.
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