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Warts

Medical Questions » Warts
Name: Warts
Also known as:
Unsightly growth on the skin.
Causes of Warts
A very slow-growing virus, which takes months or years to cause a wart. Only a quarter of the population is susceptible to the wart virus, the rest have natural immunity. Most common in children from 8 to 16 years of age. People with warts should not be isolated for fear of spreading the disease as the virus is widespread in the community.
Symptoms of Warts
Hard, rough, raised growth on the skin. The most common sites are the knees, elbows, hands and feet.
Tests for Warts
None necessary.
Treatment for Warts
Acid paints applied regularly eat away wart tissue, freezing (cryotherapy) with liquid nitrogen causes the wart to fall off after a few days, burning the wart tissue away with a high voltage electric current (diathermy), injecting a cell destroying substance (bleomycin) under the wart, or cutting the wart out surgically.
Complications of Warts of its treatment
Warts may recur after all forms of treatment. Only warts that are causing disfigurement or discomfort should be treated, as a scar may remain after any form of surgery, diathermy or cryotherapy.
Likely Outcome of Warts
Usually go away by themselves without any treatment, but this may take many months or years. The average life span of a wart is about 18 months.
       
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