A Look at Various Wart Treatments
by Josh
Riverside
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After you’ve been to the doctor and been diagnosed with some type of
HPV infection that has caused an outbreak of warts somewhere on your body,
you’ll eventually get around to discussing the possible
treatments.
From simple creams and lotions designed to shrink or remove the food
supply from warts and cause them to “die,” to other, more sophisticated
chemical solutions designed to burn them off, there are a variety of
treatments available to the HPV sufferer today. It all depends on the
location and severity of the outbreak.
Outside the body, on the hands or the feet is the simplest form of
warts to treat and, usually creams and lotions applied throughout the day
are enough to make them go away. If they persist through the simpler wart
treatments, there are more powerful chemicals available that starve the
wart of blood supply, oxygen or other vital support, which will ultimately
cause it to die. In addition, there are medicines that trick the body’s
immune system into attacking the wart itself and hopefully, succeed in
killing it.
If all else fails, and the location or severity of the outbreak
warrants it, there is cauterization of the warts, freezing them and
ultimately removing them surgically.
At home, treatments usually begin with salicylic acid, which is readily
available over the counter at your local pharmacy. This treatment is very
effective, however, it can take several months to completely remove the
offending warts, causing many to seek alternative wart treatment.
Ultimately, home treatment, which can be as successful as any other form
of wart treatment, is easier, less costly and less painful than many of
the other choices.
For those who do not like the thought of putting anything with the word
“acid” on or in their bodies, there is the tape occlusion method. In this
case, you merely put a piece of tape over the wart and keep it there,
starving the wart of oxygen and light that it needs to live and grow. This
is a slow but usually effective method and many people who have tried it
have reported successful results.
Finally, there is a brand of home freezing for wart removal that should
be investigated thoroughly before trying. Essentially, the user takes two
chemicals and sprays them together, holding the mixture, which reaches a
very low temperature briefly, on the wart, freezing and killing it
quickly. This method is not advised for children.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Warts provides detailed information about the symptoms, removal and
treatment of several types of warts, including genital, vaginal, anal, and
plantar warts. For more information go to Warts and/or visit its sister site
at Hemorrhoids Web for
related information.
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