Since ancient times, ugly formations on the body have plagued humans. Warts on the feet are a skin disease caused by a virus. People with skin defects were avoided, afraid of infection, and, having seen a neoplasm on one or another part of the body, they tried to remove it as soon as possible. What people don’t use on their plantar warts, if only they disappear forever. To date, dermatologists are looking for the most effective and painless method to deal with this disease.
What are warts
Human papillomavirus triggers benign mutations or DNA oncology in skin cells. The body is covered with papillomas, warts, papules. More than a hundred types of HPV have been studied. Warts are skin growths that indicate the presence of the first or third type of papilloma virus in the body. Neoplasms are potentially non -carcinogenic, but highly contagious due to the viability of the pathogen in the external environment.
What do warts on the feet look like?
Plantar neoplasms have a round shape with clear edges measuring a few millimeters or centimeters. In the middle, black dots of clogged capillaries are visible. On the feet, they look like old dry calluses that have grown into the skin. Pain from plantar growth is not manifested under direct pressure, but upon compression. The absence of papillary lines on the legs is characteristic.
Causes of plantar warts
HPV infection is more common with unprotected sexual intercourse. The virus penetrates through micro cracks in the mucous membranes of the genitals. Someone’s HPV is "in transit", while others are less fortunate - the virus stays in the body, without telling itself for a long time. Dermatologists do not exclude that the appearance of papillomas on the surface of the feet is promoted by immune disorders and infectious diseases.
Walking barefoot in public places: baths, swimming pools, body care salons, shared bathrooms, on the beach, trying on shoes with bare feet are the most common causes of plantar warts. The virus is viable outside its host and "hides waiting for prey" on towels, tiles, wipes, furniture, in guests ’slippers, etc. The infection is attracted to dense, tense areas on the skin of the plantar surface and palms, where the papilloma virus enters through minor injury.
Warts on children's feet
Children are restless, often injured. Parents may not be aware of the presence of HPV in a child’s body, acquired through wounds and abrasions. With weakened immunity, the virus becomes active, papillomas appear on the legs. Painful methods of dealing with warts on the feet in children are often contraindicated, less accepted. Often, a child's body overcomes this foot skin disease on its own.
Types of warts on the legs
Warts are a collection of skin lesions caused by papillomas. Depending on the external manifestations, effects on human health, the following types of warts are classified:
- coarse (common) - round keratin blisters;
- flat - rash in the form of increased spots on the skin;
- filiform (acrochords) - elongated with "torn" edges, formed in the folds of the body;
- genital warts - reminiscent of a rooster brush;
- senile (keratomas) - occurs in the elderly, not associated with HPV.
The formation of warts is localized throughout the body, on internal organs, in the oral cavity. Warts on the feet, called plantar warts, are a common type. One type includes well -shaped, which is a depression pressed into the skin, characterized by rapid growth. The appearance of subungual growth slightly raises the nail plate.
Treatment of plantar warts
It is dangerous to neglect the treatment of plantar warts. Neoplasms of the legs are always injured. They are removed to stop the appearance of new growth and the entry of infection. There is no complete cure for HPV. Treatment is reduced to turning the disease into a "sleep mode". Available drugs, surgery, immunomodulatory removal of plantar warts, using alternative medicine.
The disadvantage of treating plantar growths lies in their location: the large stratum corneum of the epidermis makes it difficult to deliver the active ingredient to the depth of formation on the foot. In preparation for therapy, the top layer of the formation is soaked and peeled. Traditionally, the treatment of warts on the feet begins with the use of salicylic acid. Warts on the feet are daily, for three months, steamed in a bathtub, disinfected, then the soft top layer is cleaned with pumice stone, salicylic acid is applied, and a patch is applied.
The pharmacy chain advises how to get rid of warts on the feet with the help of drugs containing celandine, phenol, trichloroacetic acid. The drugs cause tissue necrosis, relieving the patient of the deficiency, but leaving a deep trace of wart wound healing. Each disease is individual to varying degrees, therefore, before choosing a method of how to remove warts on the soles of the feet, you should ask the opinion of your doctor.
ointment
According to the method of action, there are necrotizing, antiviral, herbal ointments. In the first case, the acid or alkali in the ointment base burns the painful growth and leaves scars. At home, for foot treatment, you can use a liquid solution: with acetic, nitric, oxalic, lactic acid in the composition. To avoid burns, the surface of the neoplasm is strictly processed.
Antiviral ointment for warts on the feet is applied on the growth itself and the area around it to reduce the growth of infection. They are used with special ointments. Herbal ingredients only affect the formation of the skin. Known for its effectiveness in the treatment of foot balm with an applicator, colhamin ointment.
Modern removal methods
The advent of modern methods to get rid of warts has replaced the traumatic scalpel. Much like a surgeon’s knife, an electrocoagulator burns neoplasms in the foot with a current. After a removal procedure with a laser or radio waves, depression remains in the legs. Healing takes several weeks. Exposure to liquid nitrogen is considered a very painful treatment and requires some treatment. In 2014, British dermatologists published material on the latest antigen injection therapy. It will help patients who are resistant to existing treatments.
Restoration of the people
The procedure with folk remedies for warts on the legs is carried out before bedtime, with pre-steamed feet and for a long time. During handling, protect your hands with latex gloves from further spread of infection, disinfect all devices and objects used to prevent infection of loved ones. List of folk ways that are considered effective to get rid of foot warts:
- Garlic is known for its antibiotic properties. In neoplasms on the sole, the hardened top layer is cut off, a thin layer of garlic is applied.
- You can make "anti-beard dough". It is kneaded from finely grated garlic, vinegar, wheat flour, spread on the surface of the neoplasm and sealed with plaster. After a few days, the dough is removed along with the formation.
- Apply the onions dipped in vinegar to the feet, or you can rub the growth with vinegar, then attach the fresh onions.
- You can fill the formation with the juice of medicinal plants: celandine, Kalanchoe, calendula, milkweed, dandelion, golden mustache, or attach a slice of apple, mountain ash, figs, potatoes, horseradish, cabbage. This procedure is performed daily, lasting from a few weeks to several months, until the formation disappears.
- You can use wood ash diluted in water to a creamy state.
- The growth is sprinkled with lime which is ground into a powder and wrapped with a bandage. Compressed should not be wetted.
- Birch and willow bark containing salicyl have proven themselves well in treatment. The skin is applied to the feet, softening them first with boiling water.
- Hot foot baths with sea salt, soda, laundry soap, tea tree oil or spruce soup help in the treatment of foot ailments. Treatments can be mixed or alternating.
- Application of wormwood soup is used. 3 tablespoons of dried wormwood herbs mixed in a glass of boiling water, insist for at least 2 hours.