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Warts
Filed under GeneralJan 26An embarrassing condition, primarily because people don’t understand them, is warts.
Nearly half the population has warts at one time or another.
Warts are essentially benign tumors that develop when particular skin cells are infected by wart virus.
There is a psychological stigma attached to warts, but they are really not caused by witches, hexes, or spells.
There are numerous varieties of warts. The most commonly seen have rough bumps, and appear on the fingers and the hands.
Some warts are flat warts.
Then there are genital warts. Thes are particularly problematic.
Plantar warts are another variety.
Sometimes one hears the name molluscum contagiosum when the subject of warts comes up.
Warts vary by type, by location, and by the painfulness one experiences.
It is not uncommon to see them on finger and hand. We notice them more in ourselves than others.
How does one know when one has a wart?
Typically the features one sees are that skin starts to develop an irregular surfacing and then it can become rough. Then a curvaceous dome-like appearance begins to develop.
Some people believe the myth that a wart has actual roots, but they do not. They actually grow on the skin surface.
People do not like the black area often seen. But this is not to be feared.
Warts commonly come and go, and usually go away on their own.
However, upon occasion some can be very painful. These are the ones that should be treated.
Treatment involves freezing the wart with the use of liquid nitrogen.
One do-it-yourself approach to treatment, and a common urban myth, is remedy by duct tape. That is, covering with duct tape initially and leaving it there for about the better part of a week.
In preventing subsequent spread of warts, it is good to know that warts spread via direct contact. So you see, it is contagious and thus it is best to stay away from warts. Wearing shoes that are closed also helps prevent contagion.
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