They are often confused with dry calluses due to their external similarity and localization features. Incorrect treatment or ignoring the problem leads to relapses, severe pain, and proliferation of tumors. Getting rid of plantar warts is recommended in clinical settings. Doing this at home is much more difficult.
What does a plantar wart look like?
Since the formation is located on the foot, this can lead to pain and injury to the wart itself.
For these reasons, a plantar wart must be treated, although there is a small chance that a plantar wart will go away on its own without serious treatment. Unfortunately, it is still not easy to get rid of a wart, so it is recommended to consult a dermatologist to reduce the risk of infecting other people, as well as to reduce the treatment time for the disease.
The use of exclusively folk remedies and independent attempts to get rid of the tumor are undesirable. A plantar wart has a deep root that is almost impossible to remove on your own, so relapses occur. Folk remedies often severely injure surrounding tissues, which can lead to an increase in the affected area and unpleasant consequences in the form of burns and scars.
Treatment of a spine on a child’s foot
A spine on a child’s leg appears for the same reasons as in an adult.
For children it is recommended to use medications:
- Super clean;
- Fresol;
- Solcoderm;
- Argonica (contains silver ions);
- Lapis pencil.
A dermatologist decides how to cure a spine on a child’s foot. He selects medications and their dosage, establishes the advisability of physical treatment.
Symptoms
If you suspect the appearance of a neoplasm, you should not only know what a plantar wart looks like in the photo, but also remember that the disease has characteristic symptoms:
- noticeable itching at the site of formation;
- the size of warts ranges from a few millimeters to 2 centimeters;
- unlike calluses, a wart is painful;
- bleeding when damaged;
- pain when walking.
If you experience similar symptoms, consult your doctor
. It is easier to prevent a disease than to deal with the consequences.
People's estates
Folk methods are the safest and most accessible method, which helps remove the thorn on the heel. Bathing at home can be carried out regularly to achieve the maximum effect.
salt baths
To carry out the procedure, you will need five liters of hot water, mixed with a kilogram of kitchen salt. Legs need to float at least every day. After completing the procedure, rub your feet and anoint your heels with iodine. Wrap your feet in polyethylene, tighten the scarps and leave them for the whole night.
Hairy pea skin baths
The green skin of the vikory pea is used to prepare a meat infusion. Leave your feet until they are cold, do not rinse or rub after the procedure. The course of treatment is ten days.
Bath with salt, soda and iodine
Dissolve one hundred grams of salt, five tablespoons of soda in hot water, add iodine (in drops). Soak your legs for 15 minutes, then anoint them with olive oil, massaging problem areas.
Compress with mashed potatoes
Boil potatoes “in their uniforms” (6-7 pieces), add water and, after adding a few gauze, mash into puree. While the puree is not cold, lower your foot into the new one and rub the skin 15. Wash your feet, carefully rub and dry the scarpets. Do this procedure before going to bed.
Compress for an hour
To prepare the compress, grind the chasnik finely and apply it to the foot for three or three years. However, such a procedure cannot be carried out, as there may be a strong impact on the skin. To avoid this, add roslinna oil to the porridge. Carry out the procedure until you know nothing.
You can add some cream to the powder before the porridge (1: 1). Apply the compress until your legs are steamed. After a few sessions, your skin may improve.
Onion compress
Skip the procedure for now. Rub the head of the tsibula finely, put it in a bag and put the leg in there, and tan the animal. The Frenchman does not wash his feet, but simply wipes them. You need to repeat the procedure two or three times.
Compress with honey
Coat a cabbage leaf with honey, place it on your foot overnight, then rinse with water. Repeat at least three times.
You can mix part honey and part sea salt. Sumish is applied at night.
For celebration, you can vikorize the cake with honey. To prepare it, add a lot of honey until it forms a dough. Apply a cake to the steamed foot, tan it with polyethylene and warm soft or cloth. The procedure must be repeated ten times.
Compress with the Gospodar's Mil
For this recipe, take a serverlet with flax or burdock (the fuzzy side burns), wrap it nicely and secure it to the foot in a plastic bag. Cover the top of your leg with a warm scarf.
Black radish compres
Black radish is grated with the skin on a fine grate. Apply the compress on the night, rubbing the wound with water. Repeat three times.
It is very effective to walk on fresh crops for a distance of 30 miles. To eliminate the problem, complete five procedures.
Red pepper, which you pour into scallops and leave like that until evening, helps a lot. If you repeat the procedure every day, you can recover from illness in two days.
Causes of plantar warts
Plantar warts are caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the foot. The main route of transmission is contact; infection occurs through shared objects or directly from person to person. A favorable environment is warmth and humidity, so it is important to take precautions when visiting a bathhouse, swimming pool, sauna and gym.
The cause may also be a weakened immune system, since in normal conditions the human papillomavirus does not give visible manifestations.
This type of wart can also occur due to microtrauma of the epidermis, dry skin, wearing tight, uncomfortable shoes, or hyperhidrosis. Also, the causes of warts on the foot can be diseases that lead to deformation of the feet - arthritis of the joints, osteoarthritis, flat feet, as well as diseases that lead to disruption of the integrity of the skin of the foot: diabetes mellitus, varicose veins. It must be remembered that frequent stress can indirectly affect the occurrence of this disease.
HPV can be acquired accidentally by simply walking barefoot on an infected surface, and the virus can live for up to several months without a direct host. After entering the body, it may not manifest itself for several days or even weeks, which is why it is not always possible to accurately determine the time of infection.
Ointments of our own production
An unusual method of treating spurs with vinegar. Place a raw egg in a glass. Pour just enough vinegar essence to completely cover the egg and wait until the shell dissolves. Then remove the film and pour in the egg. Combine 200 grams of melted butter with an egg. Beat everything thoroughly with a mixer. It turns out to be an ointment. Apply as a compress every night. The effect occurs within a few days.
Creams at home:
- Squeeze a tube of baby cream into a bowl and combine with a raw egg and 1 tbsp. spoon of vinegar. Beat all ingredients until smooth. We apply this cream to the sore spot every night until it improves.
- Add vitamin A oil and 1 tbsp to the calendula ointment. a spoonful of apple cider vinegar. Use the resulting cream regularly for a long time.
- Mix the crushed leaves of the Golden Usa with any baby cream and smear it several times a day. The activity of the spur inflammation will noticeably decrease.
- Mix a chicken egg and 100 grams of lard, add 100 grams of vinegar essence. Whisk everything and leave to infuse for 10 days. Apply this cream every day, but for no more than 6 hours.
If one cream does not give any results within ten days, then feel free to try another cream. It is better to try several creams than to do nothing at all.
How to cure plantar warts
When a plantar wart appears, the question arises of how to cure this tumor. When the growths cause excessive discomfort and spread quickly, the best solution is to contact a dermatologist as soon as possible, he will select the most appropriate treatment option. There are several ways to solve this problem.
The most radical of them is surgical: the wart and its roots are surgically removed. This method is not the most effective, since the roots of the tumor are located in the deep layers of the skin. In some cases, it is not possible to completely remove them.
Wart removal can be done using laser and electrocoagulation, as well as cryotherapy.
In addition to removal in medical institutions, plantar warts can be removed using less radical methods, such as ointments, solutions, special patches, as well as folk remedies. These products for removing plantar warts have a number of advantages and disadvantages, the main one of which is the long treatment time.
Removal of plantar warts
One of the most common ways to remove plantar warts is to remove them in specialized medical institutions. At the appointment, the dermatologist should tell you in detail how to get rid of plantar warts and, based on the results of the examination, choose the most suitable method. Despite the fact that thorns are difficult to cure, there is no specific means of removing them; all methods that are appropriate for the treatment of other types of warts are used. Removal of plantar warts can occur on an outpatient basis, but your doctor can prescribe remedies to help remove the growths at home.
Surgical removal of warts
Along with other treatment methods, surgery is used to remove warts. The wart is scraped out with a special scalpel under local anesthesia. After this procedure, if the plantar wart is large, sutures are placed under the skin and removed within one to two weeks. The wound site is treated with a disinfectant solution and an aseptic bandage is applied. There is usually a small scar left at the site of removal.
The complexity of this method is that during the operation the doctor must remove all the roots, otherwise the plantar wart will appear again. Therefore, this method is used today only if all other treatment methods have been ineffective.
Liquid nitrogen removal
Removal with liquid nitrogen involves exposing the neoplasm to extremely low temperatures; this is the most common modern and fastest way to treat plantar warts.
The method is based on freezing the tumor tissue itself. In fact, inside the wart cells, under the influence of an extremely low temperature of -196 degrees Celsius, ruptures occur, leading to the death of the wart.
Cryodestruction is carried out manually or using hardware. If the wart is large or the procedure is performed on a child, then it becomes necessary to use local anesthesia, usually novocaine.
The exposure time to direct liquid nitrogen is up to 30 seconds. After the first cauterization, the doctor should pause to assess the effectiveness of the effect and the need for repeated cauterization.
After freezing, a bubble with a colorless or reddish liquid forms at the site of the wart, which indicates the beginning of the inflammatory process. This is a normal reaction to the cauterization procedure.
Cryodestruction is considered painless, but when treating plantar warts it must be repeated several times to achieve the final effect. After the wart falls off, there are no scars left.
The advantages of liquid nitrogen removal are:
- freezing prevents further spread of the disease to the nearest skin;
- lack of special training;
- short duration of the procedure;
- the risks of developing scars or cicatrices are minimal.
The disadvantages of cryodestruction of plantar warts are:
- the need to repeat the course if the affected area is large or due to the size of the wart;
- the human factor - the professionalism of the doctor performing this procedure is a guarantee of success. The doctor must correctly assess the time and degree of exposure of the tissue to nitrogen, otherwise a burn may form;
- the discomfort that a swollen bladder brings and the need to treat it are also considered disadvantages of the method.
In general, reviews of the treatment of plantar warts using liquid nitrogen cauterization are positive, since this is the simplest, most effective and affordable method.
Laser removal
Laser removal is considered one of the most effective and safe methods. After laser treatment, the wart ceases to be infectious. The procedure itself is painless; the laser has a special attachment built into it that cools the treatment site. Additionally, one or more pain-relieving injections are given before the operation. The patient usually feels a slight tingling sensation during the procedure. After removing the tumor, there are no traces left, since the laser directly burns the diseased tissue. The laser method allows maximum control over the depth of exposure, which is individual in each case. Therefore, even with deep tissue damage, it is possible to completely remove the roots, which means preventing the regrowth of the wart.
The operation takes place under sterile conditions, there is no direct contact with the skin or wart, and the operation lasts only a few minutes. Positive results when removing plantar warts using a laser also make this method the most attractive.
The main disadvantage of laser plantar wart removal remains the high cost, which usually includes a doctor’s consultation, anesthesia and the operation itself. In addition, the wound takes a long time to heal after removal and requires compliance with hygiene rules.
Treatment of plantar warts
Before treating a plantar wart, you need to make sure the diagnosis is accurate and then proceed directly to the procedures. In addition to surgical interventions, the doctor may prescribe immunotherapy and topical medications.
The need for immunotherapy is usually justified, since the disease is caused by a virus, which actively develops when the body is weakened. Topical immunotherapies directly target the virus in two ways. In the first case, the drug stimulates the immune system, and in the second, an antigen is introduced into the body of the wart, which also activates the immune system, so that the wart can disappear faster.
Treatment of a plantar wart takes quite a long time; it is important not to forget to strengthen the immune system and maintain hygiene. If removal and treatment are not applied, the wart can go away on its own for more than a year, while the person is a source of infection for everyone around him. You should pay close attention to this unpleasant disease and be sure to consult a dermatologist, who will definitely tell you how and how to treat a plantar wart.
Treatment of a plantar wart directly depends on compliance with all hygiene standards and doctor’s instructions; daily treatment of the formation is a guarantee of successful recovery.
Treatment at home
Any new formations on the skin cannot be ignored, since cancer awareness is now growing all over the world. You should not ignore an appointment with a specialist; he can prescribe treatment for plantar warts at home. In this case, special solutions, ointments, and a patch for warts are usually prescribed.
Ointments are one of the mildest methods of treatment; they act on the wart itself, as a result of which it gradually dies and disappears. The following types of ointments are used in treatment:
- antiviral ointment;
- acid-based ointment;
- various ointments based on herbal remedies.
The most commonly prescribed ointments are salicylic acid and oxolinic ointment. Any type of ointment is applied pointwise to the wart several times a day in accordance with the instructions. When treating a plantar wart, before applying the drug, it must be steamed in warm water in advance. It is advisable to apply any ointment at night so that you do not have to step on the formation and wash off the ointment.
To get rid of plantar warts at home, you can use a special salicylic acid-based patch. This product has low cost and proven effectiveness. The patch is sold in pharmacies without a prescription, the principle of its use is very simple - a wart is sealed with a piece of the patch, and a regular medical plaster is attached on top. The patch needs to be changed at certain intervals. It may take about two weeks to remove a small wart, and you should not leave the wart without a patch for a long time. As treatment progresses, the area of the wart decreases; after 12 hours it becomes covered with a crust, which then disappears. After successful treatment, a small pinkish spot remains on the skin, which should completely disappear over time.
When applying the patch, you must be careful - when applying it, you should avoid healthy areas of the skin, otherwise severe irritation may occur. There are contraindications for using this method of wart removal, so the decision to prescribe a patch must be made by a doctor.
Another way to treat plantar warts at home is hyperthermia. The feet affected by warts are immersed in the hottest possible water. Such procedures are repeated several times. In some cases, hyperthermia shows a positive effect. The mechanism of the procedure is based on the stimulation of small blood vessels in the legs and activation of local immunity.
At home, you can use low temperature treatment, similar to removing warts with liquid nitrogen. To do this, you can use special applicator pens or sprays. As with cryoablation, multiple applications may be required.
Treatment with folk remedies
Despite the fact that modern medicines are much more effective and with their help the process of removing plantar warts occurs faster, the effectiveness of treatment with folk remedies cannot be denied. Traditional medicine has accumulated vast experience in combating warts, and some methods remain effective.
- Celandine juice is one of the most popular methods for removing spines. You can use the juice of a fresh plant or purchase Mountain Celandine at the pharmacy, which contains, in addition to celandine juice, other herbal extracts. The juice is applied once or twice a day to the affected area.
- Acetic acid, along with various additional agents, is also used to remove warts. In addition to acid, onions and flour are used. You can directly drip the acid itself onto the affected area, but this method is quite dangerous due to the high risk of severe burns.
- Apple cider vinegar: a swab soaked in the solution (it is important not to use undiluted vinegar) is applied to the affected area of the skin; the area of skin is first treated with an abrasive nail file.
- Garlic is another folk remedy for treating warts. Raw garlic should be rubbed on the formation until it completely disappears, but this method can be used for no more than three weeks.
- A banana peel is applied with the inside to the affected area of the skin; it is believed that it can pull out the wart.
In order to precisely treat the affected area and not affect adjacent tissues, you can use a piece of adhesive tape. A hole is made in it according to the size of the tumor, and the adjacent healthy skin remains untouched. This avoids burns and other injuries.
Plantar wart in a child
With age, a person develops immunity to HPV, so children and young people are more susceptible to this infection. Most often, the disease affects children aged five years and older. A doctor will help you recognize a plantar wart in a child, since in some cases it may resemble an old callus.
Although plantar warts in a child go away on their own, you should not ignore their treatment; you should also remember about the possibility of infecting the entire family and people around you. A plantar wart in a child almost always causes severe painful discomfort when walking, and therefore requires prompt treatment and consultation with a doctor. Our service features verified pediatric dermatologists and reviews
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Since children are sensitive to pain, choosing a therapy is quite difficult. To begin with, it is worth using various ointments - they are accessible, easy to use and effective. Folk remedies are also widely used, the safety of which can be assured.
Effective methods for removing plantar warts in children are liquid nitrogen and laser removal. Removing warts using these methods is considered to be the most radical methods. They are resorted to when solutions and ointments do not have the desired effect.
After treatment, it is important not to forget about the prevention of plantar warts in children. These include strengthening the immune system, practicing good hygiene and wearing the right comfortable shoes. It should be remembered that the risk of infection is especially high in public places and from another person, so you need to make sure that the child does not walk in someone else’s shoes or barefoot. Any item that has come into direct contact with the formation must be thoroughly washed at high temperature. All of these actions will help prevent the virus from developing in the future.
Treatment
Traditional and folk medicine offer their own options for how to remove thorns on the heels. For treatment to be effective, it must be aimed directly at the source of the disease - the virus.
Treatment with medical methods
The use of medications is the main method of treatment, the purpose of which is to destroy the papilloma virus.
Systemic medications
They act for a long time, fight pathology, and prevent the spread of infection. Of the drugs in this group, the following are prescribed for plantar warts:
- Verrucacid, Ferezol. They have necrotizing properties. They are dangerous if they come into contact with open skin or mucous membranes and can cause tissue burns.
- Cryopharma, Wartner. They have a freezing effect: under their influence, pathological cells freeze and die.
- Lapis pencil. Disinfects and cauterizes, but requires a long period of use. Causes burns. Not suitable for eliminating warts in children; contraindicated for pregnant women.
- Cycloferon.
- Isoprinosine.
Systemic therapy has a detrimental effect on the virus and restores the normal functioning of the systems of the human body.
Plasters for bunions on feet
Patches are used to soften skin growths and reduce pain. The most popular are:
- Salipod.
- Salicylic Acid and Phenol Plasters: disinfect, relieve pain and inflammation, eliminate fungus.
- Ugro: dries, softens skin tumors, has an anti-inflammatory effect.
