Causes of warts
“Warts” are caused by skin infection with “Human Papillomavirus (HPV)”. People who use contact with handrails, door handles, and elevator buttons may be infected with Human Papillomavirus. Eczema patients and those with weak immunity are infected with this virus The probability of the virus is high.
Now there are more than 100 types of HPV virus, and different types can cause different “warts“. Common “warts” include flat warts, common warts, plantar warts, and genital warts. Understanding Warts Contagious Warts are contagious? Dermatologists explain prevention and treatment in detail
Types of warts
Flat warts (plane warts / flat warts)
- Standard on the face, neck, chest, abdomen
- Flesh-colored or brown-yellow, slightly protruding fine particles, about 1 to 2 mm, the number can be many
- The number of flat warts can increase over time and infect the nearby normal skin. There may even be hundreds of flat warts on the patient’s face, affecting the appearance
- Sometimes misunderstood as grease particles, acne, moles
common warts
- Common on fingers, toes, and nail edges
- Rough protruding hard lumps or particles, with fine black spots on the surface, up to 10 mm in size
- sometimes mistaken for skin cancer
Plantar warts, plantar warts
- Growths on the soles of the feet or toes, or pain when walking
- Raised, thickened, a rough lump that can be deeply etched, or has fine black spots on the surface
- sometimes mistaken for corns
Wart Removal Treatment
Now the technology of 脫疣 treatment is very mature. Dermatologists recommend the treatment method of wart removal. The treatment method will be determined according to the type and size of the wart. The commonly used methods are mainly divided into five types:
| method | Cryotherapy for wart removal | Wart removal by electrocautery | topical wart removal | surgical wart removal | carbon dioxide laser wart removal |
| Healing | Using the extremely low temperature of liquid nitrogen to destroy virus-infected tissues during freezing and thawing | Using electricity to burn the infected area under local anesthesia and then scrape it off | Use a caustic topical lotion, such as salicylic acid, to soften and break down infected cuticles | Surgery to remove wart tissue under local anesthesia | Use a carbon dioxide laser with a wavelength of 10600nm to accurately gasify and ablate the infected tissue |
| scope of application | More suitable for larger warts, such as warts on hands and feet | Suitable for large plantar warts | Applicable to small warts in the early stage, more commonly used for warts on hands and feet | For larger warts | Suitable for removing warts of all sizes, especially for small flat warts on the face and neck |
| shortcoming | Cryotherapy will be accompanied by a tingling sensation during the treatment process, requiring multiple treatments, and redness, swelling, blisters, and pigmentation may occur | Because the current will flow to normal tissues other than the wart, the wound is less beautiful, more painful, and has a higher risk of scarring | Longer treatment time may corrode the surrounding normal skin, which may cause pigmentation and scarring and is not suitable for sensitive areas | Pay attention to the follow-up wound care after the operation, there will be scars | Laser treatment may cause hyperpigmentation, but the risk of scarring is low |
Some netizens will search for the Japanese Baramycin Ointment ointment, which claims to be able to warts online, but its ingredients are Bacitracin and Fradiomycin sulfate antibiotics, which are suitable for treating skin bacterial infections and are not helpful for warts caused by the HPV virus. This type of ointment is recommended to get used only under the recommendation or guidance of a dermatologist.
Who is suitable for wart removal?
Warts can go away on their own, but if they cause symptoms (such as itching or pain) or affect their appearance, treatment can speed up the time to go away. If it lasts for a long time and does not subside, and the area continues to expand, you should seek medical treatment as soon as possible. People with weakened immunity (such as children, the elderly, patients with chronic diseases, etc.) or those with skin wounds are susceptible to infection. In addition, after the infection is found, do not scratch it, otherwise, it may expand the infected area.
How to avoid “warts”?
HPV virus is transmitted through “contact”, whether it is direct contact or indirect contact, it is possible to be infected with the virus.
- Avoid direct contact with affected areas of patients with warts
- Avoid using other people’s towels, makeup puffs, razors, pillow sheets, slippers, etc.
- When in public bathrooms and gyms, avoid walking barefoot, and use cleaning products to wash the parts that come into direct contact, such as the soles of the feet, palms, etc.
What should I pay attention to after infection with warts?
Do not grasp the infected part after infection to avoid the expansion of the infected area; Avoid skin wounds, the HPV virus will invade from the wound site.
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