Viral Warts
Viral Warts
Viral warts are small, rough, raised lesions that sometimes appear on your skin and are caused by a common type of virus called the human papillomavirus (HPV). When you come into contact with the virus, it can enter your body through tiny cuts or breaks in your skin. These warts can show up almost anywhere on your body, like your hands, face, nails, scalp, even your genitals.
These are infectious, and can spread from one site to other, or to another person. In cases of low immunity, you can have multiple warts on body.
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Signs & Symptoms
Viral warts present with small, rough, veruccous growths in body. They can bleed easily on rubbing or pressure.
Causes/ Triggers
Viral warts are caused by Human Papilloma virus infection (HPV). The HPV has multiple strains, and the type of wart depends upon the type of strain causing infection.
HPV infection can soread by a break in skin barrier.
- Low immunity
- Other chronic infections, like tuberculosis
- Taking immunosuppresants
- Uncontrolled diabetes
Multiple warts are seen in situations like-
Home Care
- Do not touch the warts repeatedly
- Do not try to cut them/ scratch them or try to remove it by yourself
- Do not use home remedies
- Do not use unsupervised creams or lotions
- Treat any infection or condition properly
- Boost immunity via healthy, balanced diet
Treatment
At Skinfinity Derma, we offer a wide range of treatment options to help you manage viral warts effectively. Our team of dermatologists will work with you to create a treatment plan for viral warts effectively. Some of the most common treatments we offer for include:
- Topical medications- These are creams and lotions which work on reducing the size of warts and infections.
- Oral medications- These are usually given when there is recurrent warts or multiple warts. There are tablets to boost immunity, or to reduce the size of wart.
- Radiofrequency removal- We provide the removal of warts from various locations using the radiofrequency waves. Immunotherapy- These include certain injections which modulate and boost the immunity, thus helpful in multiple and recurrent warts.
