Warts

 

Introduction

• The benign growth (not cancerous) is a small chant on the surface of the skin, which occurs as a result of infection with a viral infection.
• There are several types of warts that have been classified according to their shape and places to appear in the body.
• Most warts have no symptoms, unless they are in the feet, or any part of the body that is exposed to touch, or constant pressure.
• Do not cause warts - often - any other problems, and go away without any interference, but it may take a long time.
• Avoid touching the warts of the injured, and not sharing personal tools is one of the most important ways of prevention.

Definition

• The wart is a benign growth (not a cancerous) for a small block on the surface of the skin, which occurs as a result of infection with a viral infection through the skin, and it is often - harsh and the color of the skin itself, and it can also be darker than the color of the skin (brown or semi -black), and a smooth flat.
• The wart can appear in any area of ​​the body, especially in warm and humid areas such as: small wounds in the fingers, hands and feet.

Other names

• Fish Ain - Sinta - Taloula - Thuoul - Saloul.

The difference between the wart and the boils

• The wart is a viral infection, and the drain is a bacterial infection. See: boils.

Types of warts

There are several types of warts that were classified according to their shape, places of appearance in the body, including

• Common warts.
• Foot warts (plantaries).
• Flat warts.
• Genital warts (Al Saadana - Al -Khitiya).
• Some warts are transmitted by sexual contact, and appear in the genital area, but most of them appear on the fingers, hands, and feet.

Causes

• Warts occur due to the entry of HPV (HPV) to the body.

Methods of transition

• Touching the wound of an infected person who does not necessarily lead to infection, but the virus in general, can move from one person to another by direct contact, or by touching the surface that has been exposed to the dullness of another person, such as: bathing floor.
• Simple wounds are more vulnerable to warts, such as: nail biting places, wounds and around them, places of shaving hair in the body, such as beard in men, and legs in women, and they can also move from one member to another to the person itself.

Nursery

• After the body is exposed to the virus, the wart may take several weeks or more, to appear clearly on the surface of the skin.

Symptoms

Most warts have no symptoms, unless they are in the feet, or any part of the body that is under constant touch or pressure. Symptoms vary according to the type of wart

Common warts

• It often appears on the fingers, the apparent hands, and around the nails, especially when there is a skin wound, such as the one that results from nail biting.
• It is small, cruel, prominent, and with gray -brown color.
• It has a rough surface that may resemble cauliflower, with blackheads inside.

Foot warts

• It appears in the soles of the feet.
• It can appear as groups, that is, a group of warts in the unit area.
• You may be flat, or grow inward; This is due to pressure on it while walking.
• While walking, a feeling of discomfort is similar to walking on small stones, or there is stones inside the shoe.
• It may contain black heads.

Flat warts

• It may appear in any area of ​​the body, often affect children in the face, while adults affect them in the areas that are frequently subjected to shaving, so that men in the chin or beard area, and affect women in the legs.
• It is the size of the pin head, which is smaller, smaller than other types of warts, and with a flat head.
• It may be pink, light brown, or yellow.
• They appear as groups in large numbers, ranging between 20 and 100 warts at the same time.

Genital warts

• It appears in the form of a long thread of tangled pointed heads.
• It is often reddish color.
• In most cases, on or around the mouth, eyes, or nose.
• It often grows quickly.

When do you have to see a doctor?

• When worrying about the appearance of a strange block on the surface of the skin.
• If the wart continues to appear even after its treatment.
• If the wart is large, it causes pain.
• If the wart is bleeding, or changes its shape.
• If the wart appears in the face, or the genital area.
• If the numbers of warts are many.
• If a person has weakness in the body's immune system, such as: AIDS patients.
• People with diabetes should never tamper with the pill of foot.

children

Before trying to remove the wart with medications without a prescription, it is necessary to see the doctor in case

• If the wart appears on the newborn in any area of ​​the body.
• If the child appears in the face of the face, the genital area, and the anus.

The doctor must also be seen if the wart is rapidly multiplied, or the skin is around the wart

• Painful.
• Redted color.
• Bleeding.
• Solid.
• Safe (pus) comes out.

Diagnosis

• The specialist doctor can distinguish the wart from others with an abstract view of it, but in rare cases it may need to take a biopsy of the skin, and examine it as a laboratory to ensure that it is a wart.

People are more likely to develop warts

All people are vulnerable to warts, but some groups are more likely than others, and they are

• Children, and who are in adulthood.
• People who have bitten and bitten their nails, or peeling around them.
• People with weak immunity.

Complications

• Self -confidence may be affected, if the wart is large, and affects the external appearance.
• Warts - often - are not harmful to people with good immunity, and it is very rare turning them into malignant tumors, but people with weak immunity may be more vulnerable to that.

Treatment

Do not cause warts - often - any other problems, and go away by themselves and without any interference, but it may take a long period ranging between several months and two, but can be eradicated by the following means

• Using cantonidine: The dermatologist may put this substance on the wart; Where a bubble below him, and about a week later, the doctor removes the wart after his death.
• Freezing.
• Electric surgery and altitude.

If it is difficult to treat warts, the dermatologist may use one of the following means

• Laser therapy.
• Chemical peeling.
• Use of Pleiumsin.
• Immunotherapy.

Post -treatment

• There is no cure for the virus that causes warts, which means that it may appear in the same area that has been injured before; Therefore, the wart must be treated immediately after it appears again.

Ways from preventing warts

• Wash the hands well after touching the wart.
• Change the socks daily if a person has warts.
• The injured person does not walk barefoot warts in public places.
• Cover the wart when swimming.
• Avoid sharing towels, clothes, socks, shoes, etc., if a person has warts.
• Avoid scratching, or trying to tamper with the wound.
• Be careful not to scratch the wart during shaving.
• Avoid biting nails, or finger with warts.
• Avoid cutting healthy nails with the same scissors that were used to cut the nail with a pill.
• Make sure to keep the wart dry, as moisture helps spread it.

Prevention

• Avoid touching warts of people with people.
• Wear the sole, or the pool shoes when walking around public swimming pools, in the changing rooms and others.
• Make sure not to share personal tools, such as: nail scissors, towels and others with others.
• Attention to abnormal growth, and other changes in the skin of the child.

Common questions

• Can people with warts swim?
• Yes, they can swim, but the feet should be dried, the fingers well, and wearing the shoes for swimming pools when walking around.
• Is it possible to reduce, or prevent the reproduction of warts after treatment?
• This can be followed by following the aforementioned prevention methods, but it is difficult for people with a deficiency in the immune system.