Warts, as you already know, are caused by the human papillomavirus. They can be located on almost any part of the body, often warts appear on the hands. When are warts dangerous and need medical treatment? How to prevent the appearance of warts on your hands? You will find answers to these questions in the next article.
Warts on the hands
Warts (verruca) are benign infectious skin lesions that look like papules or papillomas.
Common and flat warts and genital warts are caused by a virus common to them - Tumefaciens verrucarum. The incubation period is long (2-5 months). Histologically, depending on the clinical form, there are different severity of papillomatosis, acanthosis, hyperkeratosis; in styloid layer cells - perinuclear vacuoles.
Common warts (verruca vulgaris) are dense and non -inflammatory nodules, from pinheads to nuts, gray or yellowish in color, with a rough surface. Often localized in the hand. Common warts can appear in large numbers.
The warts are flat, or youthful (verruca plana, s. Juvenilis) - flat papules, slightly protruding above the level of healthy skin, round or polygonal lines, fleshy or yellowish pink, with a matte surface, sometimes shiny. Flat warts are usually double, pouring on the face, back of the hands in young people, especially at school age.
Plantar warts (verruca plantaris) - a common type of wart like normal warts - are localized in the places of greatest pressure, especially in the head of the metatarsal bone and in the heel area. Painful stress. After scraping the horn mass from the surface of the wart, papillary growth is exposed.
Genital warts (condyloma acuminatum) occur in the form of small pink papules, then grow, taking the form of papillary. When the papules merge, extensive vegetation is formed. Characterized by a soft consistency, a narrow base in the shape of a foot. More often develops on the genitals, in the inguinal and intergluteal folds with the maintenance and removal of unclean skin.
Features warts on the hands and palms
Warts can affect the epidermis of the hand, but most often it forms on the back of the hand or on the fingers. Moreover, a large number of these formations belong to the vulgar growths that do not differ in color from healthy skin and are relatively small in size-0, 1-1 cm.
Regarding the number of such neoplasms, there are both single skin defects and many warts that are prone to fusion.
The typical signs of warts on the palms are the following manifestations:
- Lack of pain and itching;
- The site of the skin defect does not have an epidermal pattern, which is usually restored after removal of the wart;
- Black spots may appear on the surface of the formation, representing the freezing of the vessel.
Based on all the above, we can conclude that warts on the palms are more of an aesthetic defect, which, however, if there is no timely treatment, can lead to significant neoplasm proliferation and a high risk of its mechanical damage.
How to recognize warts
Warts look like a mass rising on the skin, different in color from the skin. Often, several warts appear at once. At the same time, the localization can be very different: from the palms and face to the soles of the feet (plantar warts). Warts can appear on the palms of the hands and even under the nails! Its formation is rough to the touch, or rather, smooth and flat.
Papillomas that appear in groups are able to coalesce.
Cheating warts (common) usually appear on the fingers. Vulgar warts look like growths of no more than a centimeter, are brownish or gray in color, and dome -shaped. Black dots may appear in the formation. Small flat warts often appear on the hands, and they are characterized by the appearance of groups. Their color is pink or yellowish.
Reasons for appearance
Warts on the fingers and other parts of the body are exclusively viral in nature, which is associated with the penetration of the human papillomavirus virus into the patient’s blood. Based on this, treatment of warts on the fingers, palms and elbows should be aimed at eliminating the underlying cause. Unfortunately, so far, there is no medical technique that can completely free the patient’s blood from the virus, which explains the symptomatic therapy of neoplasms.
An important equivalent factor that provokes the appearance of warts on the hands is a decrease in the body's immune response, which can occur against the background of excessive work, lack of nutrients or infectious processes. Given the fact that HPV can enter the bloodstream due to damage to the epidermis, it is worth noting the role of microtraumas, scratches and small wounds, which are not uncommon on the skin of the hands. Based on all of the above, you can once again appreciate the importance of maintaining personal hand hygiene.
Despite all of the above, HPV infection is not critical. Statistical data claim that about 90% of all people who are carriers of the virus, which may not manifest themselves for a long time, are in the blood in a latent state.
As already mentioned, these neoplasms appear due to the penetration of the HP virus into the body, which has more than a hundred types. The virus is fairly common, and common warts are found in twenty percent of school students.
It is important to remember that the attack is multiplied intensively - through the proliferation of the upper layers. Moreover, the person from whom you are exposed to the "wart" virus may not have the warts themselves. HPV is very fond of microcrack on the skin and microtraumas, so most of them "carry" from public ponds and reservoirs.
If you do not take steps for treatment and do not get rid of such a rash, complications can arise: it can spread throughout the body, and even if they disappear, they can return again. While removing warts at home, keloid scars can form.
Symptoms of warts on the hands and fingers
Of course, warts, for all their dangers, should not be ignored, as they can cause many problems. Moreover, they are contagious and can spread new and new prey through simple contact.
By the way, the appearance of such a rash should be a reason to think about your own immunity, because people with reduced immunity are at risk. A lot of stress weakens our immunity, and therefore such people are also open to the virus.
How to recognize warts? Around the papillae or nodules that rise above the skin, the skin will be light in color or otherwise dark. Bumps appear more than one, usually on the forehead, cheeks, arms and legs, small warts appear, dense and fleshy, smooth and flat. Rough growths appear around the nail or under the nail, and on the feet you can also see neoplasms such as oval or round shape and painful to step on. When touched, they are rather rough or fine and flat, they can merge in one group into one neoplasm.
The wart virus can be active in your body for years, and the incubation period can last up to six months, so don’t be surprised if they suddenly appear for no apparent reason.
Warts can be different: there are vulgar or common types, flat, plantar, as well as warnorm and genital. Common warts are those that appear on the feet and hands, on the elbows and knees, and on the fingers and toes. This is a small growth, no more than a centimeter, hard to touch, brownish or gray in color. Their shape is usually domed.
The surface is plain or vulgar rough, resembling cauliflower, and black dots can be distinguished in it. Flat types include those that, measuring up to five millimeters, are distinguished by a smooth flat surface, as well as a pink, yellowish or light brown color. Usually, these growths appear on the face, but can grow in clusters on the hands or knees.
The most unpleasant are plantar warts: they cause a lot of problems when walking, causing a sensation as if pebbles get into the shoe. They are usually quite hard, dirty gray in color. The filiform type grows on the face - around the nose, in the neck, around the mouth. They are elongated and resemble fingers in shape and color.
Warts also include genital warts, also called genital warts: they develop on the genitals, as well as on the groin and back, and are a direct result of an unclean attitude towards your body. Externally, they look like pink nodules, often merging, having a base that looks like a foot.
When to see a doctor
- if the warts quickly change shape, color, or together;
- if the warts have an uneven color;
- if the boundaries of the wart are not clear (in this case, most likely, it is not a wart);
- if the warts are painful or constantly injured (this increases the risk of them turning into something more serious);
- if the number of warts gradually increases;
- if the warts bleed or itch;
How to get rid of papilloma on your hands
Warts cause us a lot of discomfort in daily life. In conspicuous places, they do not look aesthetically pleasing; with uncomfortable localization, they are quickly injured and cause pain. Therefore, very often people go to a dermatologist when warts appear. Because of the possibility of their malignancy, oncologists are also involved in warts.
Since the appearance of warts is associated with provoking factors, treatment is often accompanied by the intake of vitamin-mineral complexes, sedatives, and immune-enhancing agents. Otherwise, mechanical removal of the papilloma may not give the desired result, and after a while it will start to grow back.
The desire to get rid of warts on their own sometimes leads to bad consequences. The variety of folk remedies offered by various advisors not only fails to get rid of warts, but also contributes to its malignancy. You have to be very careful here. Treatment of warts at home should not involve the use of traditional medicine, but the use of special medicines purchased at the pharmacy.
It is easier to trust professionals than private clinics. Or make an appointment with a dermatologist, oncology dispensary.
Methods of papilloma removal
Today, private and public clinics can offer a variety of methods to get rid of warts. Before choosing a removal technique, listen to your doctor's recommendations. The doctor will advise on the most appropriate intervention based on your individual characteristics. In particular, these are:
- Cryodestruction. . . Consider the use of liquid nitrogen to destroy papillomas. Nitrogen is applied to the warts, usually with an applicator, and the formation is frozen for fifteen to twenty seconds. To date, applicators have been developed that are easy to use at home. They can be purchased at affordable prices at pharmacies.
- Electrocoagulation.Cut the papilloma with a thin metal loop under high frequency current. Local anesthesia is performed before surgery. Complete healing occurs within a week.
- Laser freezing. . . It is similar to electrocoagulation, only a laser is used instead of a current.
- Surgical intervention. . . Under local anesthesia, the warts are removed with a scalpel, the site of the surgical wound is sutured with cosmetic sutures. It is used only when removing large papillomas.
- Chemical methods. . . It is rarely used, because the risk of damaging nearby tissues is too great.
What to do to dissolve warts on your hands
The son of a four -year -old woman when warts began to appear on his arm. There were so many of them that in the kindergarten the mother was asked not to take her there. And what did they not do with this disaster! Doctors recommend burning warts with acid. But the woman still decided to use folk remedies for the treatment of warts.
Cut thuja branches (palm size) into pieces 3-7 mm long. Put in a glass bottle, for example hydrogen peroxide, pour alcohol. Cover with a stopper and leave for 12 days, at once. After 12 days, open and leave the bottle open for 1-2 days. After that, the tincture is ready to use.
You need to dip a cotton ball on a match into it and lubricate the warts several times a day. It is recommended to lubricate up to six times a day. And after such treatment, the warts finally began to disappear from the boy’s skin without a trace. However, do not expect immediate results. Therefore, because the treatment of the child is quite long. And by the way, the tincture can be stored for a very long time.
Propolis for warts on the fingers
For a very long time - more than six years - a woman could not get rid of warts on her fingers. He tried to burn it with liquid nitrogen, but the warts kept growing. He even went to an oncologist, because he had already begun to assume that it was a malignant neoplasm.
But in the hospital, her fears were not confirmed, and doctors suggested that she take a piece of propolis the size of a wart, put it in her mouth and soften it with saliva. At this time, in a little warm water - clean, without additives - hold the finger with the wart for 30-40 minutes until it also softens. Then you need to wipe your fingers and apply propolis on the warts, which have just softened in your mouth.
It must be sealed with adhesive tape for three or four days. It has been written in the lunar calendar that it is best to start removing warts on the full moon and continue until the new moon.
On the day before the new moon, remove all bandages and stop treatment until the full moon, and start again on the full moon.
With traditional methods of treating warts so that he painlessly got rid of this unpleasant misfortune. If you have smaller warts, you may be able to get rid of the warts in a full moon to a new moon treatment.
Prevention of warts
It is known that it is easier to prevent a disease than to cure it later. This is entirely true for warts. First of all, you must adhere to the basic rules of personal hygiene.
You can’t walk barefoot in public areas, especially in wet areas - such as showers, dressing rooms, swimming pools; do not abuse such shoes where the feet are constantly sweating, or at least look for opportunities to dry them qualitatively; do not touch the warts or your own objects or those of others not touched by the patient.
You should also pay attention to your general health and, especially, the immune system - eat a balanced diet and lead a healthy lifestyle.
It is best to learn how to relax and avoid stress - by doing this, you are guaranteed to get rid of not only the appearance of warts, but also many possible diseases.