Medication
Bleomycin: The dermatologist may inject each wart with an anti-cancer medicine, bleomycin. The shots may hurt. They can have other side effects, such as nail loss if given in the fingers. Immunotherapy: This treatment uses the patient’s own immune system to fight the warts. This treatment is used when the warts remain despite other treatments.
Procedures
There is no cure for the wart virus. This means that warts can return at the same site or appear in a new spot. Sometimes, it seems that new warts appear as fast as old ones go away. This happens when the old warts shed virus cells into the skin before the warts are treated. This allows new warts to grow around the first warts.
Therapy
Warts are often treated with a salicylic acid solution or cryotherapy. These are also the best-studied treatments. Warts are usually harmless and generally go away on their own after a few weeks or months. But they can be bothersome and unattractive. They may also be painful, especially on the feet.
Self-care
The shots can boost the body’s immune system, which gives the body the ability to fight the virus. There is no cure for the wart virus. This means that warts can return at the same site or appear in a new spot. Sometimes, it seems that new warts appear as fast as old ones go away.
Nutrition
How do dermatologists treat warts?
Why do warts come back after treatment?
What is the best treatment for a wart on my foot?
Why do warts come and go so fast?
Which is more stable, a multimer or a protease?
The multimers are more stable and resistant to protease.
Does iodine help with warts?
Warts are caused by viruses. Daily application of tincture of iodine would be unlikely to have any effect on the wart.
Is prion disease contagious?
No, the disease is not contagious. There is no evidence that prion diseases are contagious. All have been associated with consuming tissues (especially neurological tissues, such as brain and spinal cord) of affected animals.
Can penicillin be given weekly?
Yes. Treatment requires penicillin injections weekly for some fungal infections.
Is a syringe susceptible to antibiotics?
It is not susceptible to most antibiotics.
How are warts categorized?
Warts are categorized by location and appearance.
What is a wart on the skin?
Warts are small harmless tumors of the skin caused by a virus.
What cream is best for external genital warts?
Imiquimod 5% cream for external genital and perianal warts
What is the term for the removal of warts by electrosurgery?
Electrodesiccation and curettage (see Removing warts by electrosurgery)
Why do perianal warts require sigmoidoscopy?
Recurrent perianal warts require sigmoidoscopy to rule out internal involvement, which may necessitate surgery.
Where are papules found?
Slightly elevated, flat-topped, skin-colored or tan papules commonly found on the face, arms, and dorsa of the hands and shins, possibly in a linear configuration (flat warts)
Do whites have warts?
Common warts appear twice as often in whites as in blacks and Asians.
