Symptoms and Treatment of Warts
December 1, 2009
Warts are small tumors that can appear on a person’s hands or feet. Warts are most commonly known as verruca or the Human Papilloma Virus. They are contagious and are spread through human contact.
There are several classifications of warts. Warts can be classified as foot warts, flat warts, common warts, and genital warts. They can appear anywhere. They can be found on the skin such as a person’s fingers, elbows, their knees, or face.
They can also grow in the person’s mouth, on their genitalia or a person’s rectum. Warts are caused by a viral infection. This article discusses the causes and symptoms of warts as well as some simple home remedies to treat them.
What causes warts?
Warts are primarily caused by the Human Papilloma Virus. This virus has about one hundred variations of the Human Papilloma Virus. The most common forms of HPV warts are classified into three kinds.
Type 1 warts are a viral infection that causes plantar and palmar warts. Type 2 HPV is the cause of common warts such as plantar warts. The third kind of HPV is a viral infection that causes flat warts.
What are symptoms of warts?
Warts are found on the skin in a variety of sizes. They are a three-dimensional elevation of the skin. They are most commonly found on a person’s hands and fingers, on the bottom of their feet, and on their elbows, knees and face.
Common warts typically form on the back of a person’s hands and on their fingers. Foot warts, as the name implies, grow on the bottom of a person’s foot. Flat warts grow in large clusters and can form anywhere on the body. Genital warts are a sexually transmitted disease affecting many people.
Home remedies
The treatment of warts at home involves many different types of poultices. One is a combination of ground flaxseeds with flaxseed oil and raw honey. Apply this mixture to the warts and keep them bandaged.
Change the poultice and bandages on a daily basis. Another remedy is to crush garlic cloves and apply them to the warts. Again, bandage the infected area and change it daily.
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