WARTS
Warts are small benign growth on the skin with a rough texture. Viral infections mostly cause warts. The skin with wart looks like a solid blister. HPVs have gained widespread attention in the development of various skin conditions. It is almost impossible to prevent infection with HPVs. It is also a fact that most warts clear up without any treatment.
TYPES OF WARTS
There are five major types of warts
- Common warts: Most often on your fingers or hands
- Genital warts: These are soft warts that appear on the genitals
- Filiform warts: Occur on lips, eyelids, and neck
- Flat warts: Mostly on the face, back of hands and legs
- Foot warts Heels or weight-bearing areas of the feet
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
- Small bumps that appear fleshy or grainy
- They may be of the same color as that of flesh or white, tanned or pink
- They are rough to touch.
- Warts usually have a black pinpoint. These are typically small, clotted blood vessels.
CAUSES
- Human Papillomavirus (HPV)
This is the only cause for warts. A patient can contract the virus after getting a cut or scrape on the skin. That is why the majority of the patients are children. It is also common to get warts on the area that a patient shaves.
Warts are easily transferable from one area of the body to the other. Moreover, it can also spread from person to person.
TREATMENT
- Peeling Medicine
The most common choice, in this case, is the use of salicylic acid. A prescription-strength peeling medicine helps in the removal of the wart layer by layer. Salicylic acid does not work; the doctor can recommend other types of peeling medication for treatment.
- Cryotherapy
The other name for this method is freezing. A patient can get this treatment in the doctor’s office. The doctor may apply liquid nitrogen to freeze the wart. This creates a blister on the wart. The dead tissue of the wart then falls off naturally in a few weeks.
- Surgery
Sometime, the patient may need minor surgery. However, it leaves a scar in the area.
- Laser
The laser helps to cauterize the blood vessels of the wart. This causes the wart to die. However, this method of treatment can cause pain and leave a scar.
Our specialist doctors at MyDoc Urgent Care always prefer to treat warts non-surgically. However, if required, our clinics are well-equipped with state of the art equipment to perform minor surgeries. Therefore, come and visit us and get an assessment for your warts by one of our doctors.