Warts

Warts arise on the human body due to infection with one of the types of papilloma virus transmitted as a result of contact: handshake, walking barefoot in common areas, swimming in the pool, using a common shower) also when using household items.Warts can be from 1 mm to 15 mm, it depends on their place of formation, type.Warts can form large tumors of a hemispherical or conical shape.Over time, their color changes.At first, the color of the warts coincides with the color of the skin, then they become brown, less often black, to a greater extent, such a color is acquired due to dirt, which is easily applied to the uneven surface of the wart.The incubation period of the wart is at least 5-6 weeks to 5-6 months.To infect with the virus ordinary contact is not enough, you also need the presence of several disposal factors, which include increased sweating of the hands and feet, microtrauma on the skin, immunodeficiency.

Types of warts:

Among warts, 4 main types are distinguished: simple (or ordinary), flat, pointed condylomas and senile warts.

• Simple warts are keratinized papules with a diameter of 1 to 10 mm.Most often they are formed on the back of the hands.This type of warts passes itself within two years and does not require any treatment.
• Subject warts - they are also ordinary and appear on the feet in places of pressure pressure due to fogged legs.At first, a small wart with a characteristic luster, then it becomes a keratinized papule or plaque of a yellowish-gray color, its surface becomes rough and uneven.Such a wart is usually single, but it happens 3-6 or more.The most painful sensations are most painful, keratinized, gray-muddy, pierce warts.In rare cases, this type of warts can cause disability.
• Flat (youthful warts) clearly delimited papules with a smooth surface, their diameter is from 1 to 5 mm, protruding 1-2 mm above the skin.Such warts mainly appear in children and youth.Flat warts look like round or irregular shape of flat nodules, which are located on the back of the hands, legs, as well as on the skin of the face.The color is light brown, pink or bodily.The occurrence of flat warts leads to skin irritation (scratches, cuts, etc. appear).
• Sharp warts (condylomas) are very small pink color skin growths that lead to a papillary growth of a soft consistency of bodily or red.This type of wart appears on the genitals in men and women.The disease is transmitted by sexual contact, especially often when there are microtraumas (or cracks) on the genitals.If you do not get rid of them, then they can grow large size, and cause severe harm to human health.Conadilomas lead to the development of other infectious diseases on the genitals.According to statistics, women with a high probability of developing cervical cancer are more affected by their appearance.
• Senior warts (keratomas, seborrheic keratosis, seborrheic wart, basal -coal papilloma) - a benign tumor.It is clear from the name that this type of warts appears in elderly people.Their causes are not clear, but it is believed that they develop from the cells of the basal layer of the epidermis, on the more surface part of the hair follicle.Symptoms of seborrheic keratosis are most often manifested on the chest, less often on the face, neck, hands, surface of the forearm.The palms and soles of a person are exceptions.Such a wart does not affect the mucous membranes, they are usually not more than 20, their size is from 0.3 to 3.5 cm, less often reaches 4.5-5 cm.

The causes of warts

The main reason for the appearance of warts is HPV (human papillomavirus).The most common way to infect the virus is direct contact, as a handshake with a person who has warts in the hands.You can also become infected with VPV virus from touching infected objects, such as handrails in public transport, towels, nail files, manicure scissors and so on.The HPV virus penetrates into a person due to damage to the skin: cracks, scratches, irritation on the skin and cuts.One of the types of warts is transmitted during sexual contact - these are witty condylomas.According to statistics, more than 80% of people are carriers of the HPV virus, and do not suspect this.HPV can take place absolutely asymptomatic.It includes reasons:

• Nervous disorder or stress
• Weak immune system
• Hypothermia of the body
• Sitty sweating
• Wearing synthetic clothing, cramped shoes, as well as shoes from artificial materials
• Microtrauma (injured during shaving)

Without taking measures to treat warts at once, a person can infect the whole body with “colonies” of warts.So, as we already know with you, the reason for the appearance of warts is the human papillomavirus (HPV), which are infected with more than 80% of people on Earth, and each infected person can have several types of virus at the same time, and without guessing this, due to their asymptomatic current.Every year, the provision of HPV virus in countries is growing steadily.More often, infection occurs with direct contact with the skin and mucous membranes, less often infection can happen through everyday items (nail files, scissors, etc.)

Treatment of warts

Now that we have learned what warts are, how they are manifested and what are the reasons for their appearance, we will try to find out the ways of their treatment with medical and folk remedies.

General principles for treating warts

Today, there is no such method of treating warts that would eliminate their cause (human papillomavirus (HPV)) completely.The appearance of warts can again occur after any of the removal methods.The probability of relapse is the same after any treatment method and is 25% - 40%.Most methods of removing warts leave traces on the human body - scars and scars.At the same time, we see a frequent sequence: the more effective the removal method, the higher the probability of the formation of scars and scars.Warts can behave absolutely unpredictably: they pass on their own without treatment, but they may not pass after the most effective treatment methods.In adults and in people with low immunity, as well as with a long course of warts, their own warts rarely go on their own.First you need to try safe treatment methods.Then, if you do not see the effect, then you should proceed to a more aggressive treatment.It is better not to start the treatment of warts by laser removal, since in this method of treatment the highest risk of scars and the probability of relapse is not reduced.

Medical ways to get rid of warts.

When warts appear, the most true decision will be to consult a dermatologist who will select drugs to increase immunity and soothing nerves.In addition, the doctor will correctly select a way to get rid of warts.These methods include:

• Cryodestruction (freezing warts with liquid nitrogen).On a wart with an even layer using a tampon mounted on a wooden stick or a special medical cryo-apple, liquid nitrogen is applied, thereby freezing the wart within 15-40 seconds.After that, the wart changes the color to white and becomes dense, then within an hour, a bubble forms in its place, which lasts 4-8 days and then it gradually dries.Completely, the crust departs after one and a half to two weeks, leaving a light pink spot.For plantar warts, you need a longer course of several cryoprocedur with an interval of 2-3 days.
• Electrocoagulation (removal of a wart using current).Under the current of high frequency, the wart is “cut” with a thin metal loop, this helps to avoid bleeding, and also disinfects the tissue.At the same time, the doctor will have material to check it for oncology.The operation takes place under local anesthesia.After exposure to the current, a thin crust appears, which disappears after 5-7 days (so that there is no scar left, it is better not to wet it).
• Laserocoagulation (removal of a laser wart).The wart removes the layer by layer using a laser under local anesthesia.After the procedure, on the spot where the wart was a small recess, which is independently equalized in 3-4 weeks.If we talk about the plantar wart, you need to keep in mind that for 3-4 weeks you will have to walk as little as possible.
• Surgical excision of warts.The method is used only if the warts are very large (or there are several merged warts into one).All unnecessary is cut out with a scalpel, and is necessarily sent for research.The procedure takes place under local anesthesia.The skin is sewn up with a cosmetic seam, after which a thin light scar will remain.
• Chemical methods.They mean a one -time or course processing of warts with caustic acid or alkali.At the same time, there is a high probability of damaging the fabric around the wart, or, even worse, to bring an infection.This is a very painful method of removing warts.The exception is only the treatment of salicylic acid.It can be bought at any pharmacy in liquid form, like an ointment or as a special patch.For some types of warts, this helps quite well.The main thing is to remember that you only need to remove the wart, and not along with the skin on which it appeared - that is, you must lubricate or seal only the wart itself.

Folk methods of treating warts.

• Daily, several times a day, lubricate the wart with infusion of wormwood.A strong decoction of wormwood (3 tablespoons of wormwood should be added per 1 cup of boiling water, boil for 2-3 minutes, then insist under the lid for half an hour).The decoction is also used for daily lubrication of warts.
• Every day, 3-4 times, you need to rub the warts with a raw garlic.The course of treatment must be continued until the warts disappeared, which takes two to three weeks to a month, in some cases, the course of treatment can take longer than time.
• Squeeze juice from celandine or dandelion.Lubricate a wart daily with this juice.Continue treatment for about 2-4 weeks.
• Apply bake garlic with butter.
• Warts that appeared on the legs, grease tea tree with oil 3-4 times a day.You can purchase oil in most pharmacies, and its cost is small.No need to dilute the oil, becauseThe skin of the legs is thicker and, therefore, it is less sensitive compared to the skin on other parts of the body.If you think that your skin is sensitive, then there is a high probability of irritation so that this does not happen, you need to dilute the oil using the aloe vera gel or water.You need to dilute the oil in a ratio of 50 to 50.
• Gently without damaging the neoplasm, rub it with a clean chalk, pouring a little more chalk on top.Tie so that moisture does not fall through the bandage.With such a bandage, you need to walk a day.
• Insist a raw bulb in vinegar essence and tie it overnight.Do several times a day until the wart comes out with the root.
• Pull the slices of garlic to the paste, then pour a little lemon juice and add flour to make the dough.Then on the wart, stick a patch with a hole in the middle for a nodule.The latter, on the wart, put the resulting dough from garlic and stick a larger patch on top.Keep this bandage for 2-3 days, daily replacing it with a new one.
• If the wart falls off, then it is necessary to lubricate the skin with Vishnevsky ointment and bandage.Apply the ointment until the wound is complete.
• Instead of the recipe described above, garlic dough, a piece of Kalanchoe can be used to remove warts.Disputes to make daily several times a day, changing a piece of Kalanchoe to a fresh one.After such procedures, warts completely disappear.
• Daily several times a day, lubricate the warts of lemon juice or juice from sour apples.Let it dry without washing off.Sour juice significantly reduces the wart in the amount and days after 8-12 it will disappear completely.
• Buy green liquid soap in any pharmacy and used for dressings for a wart.Moisten a piece of bandage with soap and fix it on a wart with a adhesive plaster.
• The disappearance of warts helps juice from fresh berries of mountain ash.The juice must lubricate the warts 3-4 times a day.
• Fresh juice of green tomatoes is used to lubricate warts.
• Place from horseradish with salt, make compresses to warts.
• Removing warts with dry ice.Keep a piece of ice on a wart as long as possible, repeating the procedure several times a day
• Hot water (hyperthermia).The method is extremely simple and consists in immersing the arms or legs affected by warts, for 25-35 minutes in the hottest water that a person can endure (usually 43-47 ° C).The procedures are carried out 3-4 times a week.The mechanism of action of hyperthermia is associated with redness of the skin by expanding small blood vessels with the subsequent activation of immunity.This method is primitive and therefore often causes mockery in patients.Nevertheless, hyperthermia is very effective.The method is preferable for plantar warts.

The consequences of warts

Warts become malignant extremely rarely, although inflammation may develop with prolonged friction and their injury.The consequences of warts include:

• Their distribution in the nearest areas on the human body;
• Frequent relapses after treatment;
• The appearance of scars and scars after their removal;
• The introduction of infection, especially if the integrity of the wart was broken;
• Joining the infection, especially if the integrity of the wart is broken;
• The possibility of converting some types of warts into malignant;