Removal of warts

Removal of warts is a question that many people suffering from this infectious disease are asked either by friends or doctors. What methods and ways to remove these unpleasant growths exist, and which ones should I use? First you need to determine what warts are.

Warts (verrucae) are called benign formations on the epithelium. They are provoked by papillomaviruses, which today number more than 60 species. There are among these viruses and those that can cause the formation of malignant formations, so it is so important to determine the issue of "removing warts" in order not to activate the pathological process leading to serious consequences.

These growths can affect any person, regardless of gender, age or social status. The only exception is elderly people who develop specific immunity to these viruses.

Outwardly they can look different, it depends on the place from the appearance, on the degree of irritation to which they are exposed. They can be single and multiple, can appear suddenly and just disappear, some types of neoplasms settle on the human body for a long time.

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How to remove warts?

In order to carry out the removal of warts, you need to differentiate them with simple calluses. Corn does not have a characteristic papillary structure, it is more dense. Of course, the removal of warts - inspection, diagnosis of the definition of the method, should solve the dermatologist.

The procedure can be carried out with the help of laser therapy, cryodestruction, electrocoagulation, surgical excision.

Laser Therapy

• The use of the laser is based on the effect of evaporation or laser coagulation. Minimal complications (scars, hyperpigmentation), speed (2-5 minutes), relative painlessness make this method very popular.

This type of wart removal is relatively new, highly effective and absolutely painless. After the procedure, the healing process proceeds quickly enough, no bleeding occurs, the risk of scarring and staining is negligible. With the help of the laser, a layered wart removal with preliminary local anesthesia is performed. With a radio wave knife, the affected segments are removed without causing a destructive effect on nearby tissues. At the site of removal remains a slight depression, which within two or three weeks becomes even. After laser removal for some time (about three weeks), you can not sunbathe and bathe in the sauna and sauna. Contraindications to this procedure are such serious pathologies as diabetes, oncological diseases, immunodeficiency states, as well as pregnancy.

Electrocoagulation

• Removal of warts with electrocoagulation is also rapid. The procedure is performed using a surgical instrument - a coagulator with a loop. A current flows through the loop to the built-up edge, it is cut off, and the cut site immediately coagulates. As a rule, the remote material is sent to the histology to determine possible pathologies and risks in the sense of the good quality of the tumor.

Removal of warts is carried out by an electrocoagulator under the influence of electrodes, which when heated can eliminate unwanted formation. In the affected area, first a dry crust forms, preventing infection and bleeding, which subsequently disappears. Scars and scars on the skin after the electrocoagulation does not remain. In the event that the wart was very large, a light spot on the skin may be noticeable, which subsequently disappears. The first week after the procedure, lubricate the formed crust with antiseptics - for example, a 5% solution of potassium permanganate, you can not wet the crust with water and touch with your hands. Contraindications to the procedure: herpes, oncological diseases.

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Cryodestruction

• Removal of warts with the use of cryodestruction. With the help of nitrogen at low temperatures, the neoformation is frozen. The freezing time from 30 seconds to a minute depends on the size and shape of the formation. They peel and disappear.

Removal of warts is carried out with the help of liquid nitrogen, which at a temperature of one hundred and ninety-six degrees with a minus sign has a destructive effect on the affected areas. The procedure has a rather high cosmetological effect. Depending on the technique of the procedure, freezing can cause destruction and death of tissues or narrowing of blood vessels with further expansion of capillaries, which contributes to the inflow of blood to the affected area. With deep freezing the applicator is fixed over the wart and tightly pressed for thirty seconds, as a result of which the epithelial cells are destroyed. In order to cause only hyperemia of the skin without cell destruction, the applicator is fixed for pathological formation for ten to fifteen seconds. Also for the procedure use a cryoapplicator with a metal tip. Before the procedure begins, the skin is treated with a seventy percent alcohol solution.

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Surgical removal of warts

Removal of warts, applying excision surgically. This is a local operation. It is carried out on an outpatient basis. After the procedure, small stitches are applied, which are removed after a week.

If the warts are very large and occupy a large area, surgical intervention is prescribed, which is also performed if other methods of treatment are ineffective. With a special sharp spoon, the affected segment is scraped, which is then treated with a solution of silver nitrate. Scraping can also be done using a scalpel with preliminary local anesthesia. After the operation, the patient should not sunbathe and visit saunas and baths during the half-moon.

Chemical method

Such methods of removing warts are not very often used and are that the formation is treated with acid or alkali. It should be noted that with such a procedure, a high enough risk is to damage the surrounding tissues or infect the infection. For these purposes, it is best to use salicylic acid, which can be bought at a pharmacy.

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Wart removal with alternative methods

Removal of warts advocates of alternative medicine is carried out using onion, garlic and apple juice, acetic acid, natural honey, phytotherapeutic agents - calendula herb, wormwood, celandine, etc. The acetic essence is mixed with flour and superimposed on the formation, while avoiding the mixture on healthy skin areas.

Also for the removal of warts in alternative medicine use beeswax, garlic compress. However, it should be remembered that during the procedure at home, there is a risk of harm to your health, since warts are a disease that requires professional examination and qualified specialist help. If you are infected with warts, seek help from a dermatologist.

Removal of warts can also be carried out using chemodestruction - using concentrated chemicals, removal with a radio-knife, removal of warts with cytotoxic agents. The choice of the technique, as well as the procedure itself, is performed by a dermatologist. With the correct diagnosis and carrying out of the removal, the effectiveness reaches 75-90%, in some cases, the formation recurs and requires the repeated removal and use of immunomodulatory therapy.

Removal of warts - such a question will not be faced by a person if he follows the simple rules of prevention: 

• Compliance with hygiene rules, both personal and public; 
• Strengthening immunity; 
• Compliance with the rules of rational nutrition; 
• Abandonment of bad habits (excessive addiction to alcohol, smoking); 
• Increase of stress resistance, possession of methods of autogenic training, relaxation.

Causes of the appearance of warts

Before concretizing the theme of "wart removal", you should determine what type of virus and how it is caused. The common name for HPV viruses is human papillomavirus or HPV-Human papilloma virus. Most often, a person is infected with the papilloma virus by direct contact with the carrier of the virus, or through objects, objects that carry this virus. It should be noted that the carrier of the virus often does not have externally manifested symptoms of the disease and, without knowing it, it infects many around. It is also necessary to pay attention to the danger of microtraumas, abrasions, cuts when visiting met a large crowd of people - swimming pools, baths. It is small damage to the skin become a kind of "gate" for the penetration of papillomavirus into the body.

Ways of infection can be combined into two groups - the domestic and the sexual. The sexual pathway of infection occurs when you have sexual contact with an infected person, so the condylomas appear. Also, the virus can be transmitted from mother to child during the birth process, when mucous and women and children are injured.

A household path is any contact with an infected surface, whether it's household items or cutting raw meat or fish. There are cases of infection in the process of non-professional hair removal, cosmetic procedures, when the tools are not handled properly.

These formations do not manifest immediately, that is, immediately after infection with the virus. The incubation period can last for weeks, and sometimes even months.

The most common types of viruses that cause verrucae are: 

• 2 - with localization on hands; 
• 1 and 4 - on the soles of the feet; 
• 7 is typical for persons engaged in cutting and processing raw meat, "butcher's papilloma"; 
• 6 and 11 - condylomas, larynx lesions; 
• 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 - a rare disease - verrujciform epidermodysplasia and more common flat; 
• 16,18, less often the virus 31, 33 - cervical dysplasia (provocation of both benign tumor and pathological, malignant).

Removal of warts - this issue should be addressed taking into account the type and type of the virus that caused them.

Kinds: 

• Simple (verrucae vulgares) - localized, dry, dense formations, which slightly rise above the skin. The value is usually small, not more than a pea. Often merge with each other for two or three units, painless. Localization - hands or soles of the feet (verrucae plantares), where they are more dense and painful; 
• Youthful, flat (verrucae planae, verrucae juveniles). Rounded or somewhat irregular in shape. Localization on the face and hands. Often have the appearance of nodules; 
• Condylomata (Condylomata accuminata). Pink, small, pointed. Often merge into clusters having a leg. Localization - the genitals, groin, the area between the buttocks; 
• Age (senile). Non-viral etiology. Localization - the face, neck, rarely the body.

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