Warts Treatment
Self-Care at Home
Home care is effective in making the wart or warts go away. No matter what technique you use, warts will disappear 60-70% of the time. Techniques may be done with or without medication.
The ultimate goal of the medical therapies (not the surgical treatments) is to get your body to recognize the wart as something foreign and to destroy it, much like the body destroys a cold virus.
Adhesive tape therapy
Place several layers of waterproof adhesive tape over the wart region (even duct tape). Do not remove the tape for 6 1/2 days. Then take off the tape and open the area to the air for 12 hours. Reapply tape for another 6 1/2 days.
The tape works best in the region around the fingernail. This area may scar if cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen is used. Scarring could lead to permanent nail disfiguration.
Tape works because the airtight, moist environment under the tape does not allow the virus to grow and reproduce.
Salicylic acid therapy
Salicylic acid is available by many different trade names at the drug store. It comes either as a liquid to paint on the wart or as a plaster to be cut out and placed on the wart tissue.
The area with the wart should be soaked in warm water for 5-10 minutes. The wart should then be pared down with a razor. A simple plastic razor works fine for this, then throw it away. Do not shave far enough to make the wart bleed.
Apply the salicylic acid preparation to the wart tissue. Do not apply it to other skin because of salicylic acid's potential to injure normal tissue.
Follow directions on the package for how long to apply the acid.
If you have genital warts , see a doctor. The treatments described here are not appropriate for genital warts and should not be used.
Medical Treatment
In addition to recommending the home care treatments, such as taping and salicylic acid, the doctor may typically choose to treat the wart more aggressively.
Liquid nitrogen: Liquid nitrogen or cryotherapy is used to deep freeze the wart tissue. With liquid nitrogen applied to the wart, the water in the cells expands, thus exploding the infected tissue. The exploded cells can no longer hide the human papillomavirus from the body's immune system. The immune system then works to destroy the virus particles.
Laser therapy: Lasers are simply very intense light sources. This light has an enormous amount of energy that heats the tissue enough that it vaporizes.
Surgical removal: Surgery may be necessary when other treatment methods fail. This would involve numbing the region around the wart and cutting out the wart.
I'm not sure about the spreading part, but i'm going to say yes. A wart develops when a human papillomavirus infects the outermost layer of skin and causes the skin cells to grow rapidly. The virus can then spread from an existing wart to other areas of the body, causing more warts. Various types of this virus thrive in warm, moist environments such as showers, locker room
I take care of my own. I used the dr schol's one and then pulled the rest of it off and then pulled out the core.. the core looks like a long black core.
2006-11-15 18:23:20
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answered by dee luna 4
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There are several ways. You can see a doctor and have them removed. They usually freeze them, with liquid nitrogen I think, and they come off in a few days or so. You can buy wart remover in the drugstore. You put drops on the wart every day and it removes layers of skin until eventually the wart is gone. And finally, you can just put the sticky part of a bandaid on it and change it every day. That's what my daughter's pediatrician told us. Warts eventually go away on their own. The wart will disappear in a month or so. The only thing to keep in mind is that warts are caused by a virus - and they are contagious. So you may get more. But don't be embarrassed - a lot of people get them at one time or another.
2016-03-19 09:05:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Compound W or St. John's Wart Remover.
2006-11-15 18:27:38
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answered by martin1170_2 2
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2016-04-29 17:54:28
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answered by Anonymous
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2016-05-16 03:48:47
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answered by Penelope 4
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A wart is generally a small, rough tumour, typically on hands and feet, that resembles a cauliflower. Warts are common, and are caused by a viral infection, specifically by the human papillomavirus (HPV). They typically disappear after a few months but can last for years and can recur. A few papillomaviruses are known to cause cancer. Certain types of warts, depending on location and cause, can be contagious from region to region, but are not transferable between species.
Warts if not treated can spread on your body.
Please visit Homoeopathic doctor in your area as In Homoeopathy it can be treated and will not occur again.
2006-11-15 18:22:23
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answered by sanjuu 2
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You're going to think I'm totally nuts but this does work!! Castor oil and duct tape!! Put castor oil on the wart (really douse it) cover it with duct tape--repeat as needed--every day or so. My hubby swears by this--my son scoffed but had a wart on his thumb and tried it. He asked me not to tell his Dad that it worked!!
2006-11-15 18:42:06
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answered by fallingstar 4
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Wear duct tape over it, change daily. This is a proven way to get rid of a high percentage of warts. No one knows why it works. This is no joke and not quack alternative medicine.
2006-11-15 18:25:08
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answered by syrious 5
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Believe it or not duct tape
cover the whole thing plus more. Warts need are to live cover them and they die it may take awhile 2- 4 weeks.
this will kill all types
2006-11-15 19:11:58
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answered by Anonymous
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Yes, they can spread. My daughter has had them, as have I. Compound W didn't really work. My doctor suggested Soluver, which I got from the pharmacist (it was behind the counter). It worked quickly and efficiently.
2006-11-15 18:27:19
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answered by Elizabeth L 3
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