Warts called skin lesions caused by specific viruses that lead to the formation of the skin special rounded, protruding above the surface formations and growths.
Education are prone to sprawl and screenings, sometimes their location so inconvenient that is causing not only beauty, but also the physical discomfort. Warts are often traumatized and change their color, shape and size, can produce scars, lead to malignancy. When removing warts tend to recur.
Kinds
There are several types of warts:
- ordinary (common), occur on the exposed parts of the body, hands, feet, the face, the scalp.
- plantar, occur on the sole,
- Youth (flat) occur in the face, on the rear brush
- peri,
- warts (Warts and genital area of the anus).
Causes
The main reason for the formation of warts is an infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV). This virus is widespread among adults and children. The virus can affect both the skin and the mucous membranes of the nose and the mouth, genitals, bladder and ligaments.
HPV Infection occurs through direct contact with the carrier virus may be suffering from infection of the animals. Also, there are cases of infection through household items - towels, washcloths, underwear and clothing. Frequent become infected when carrying out various procedures - haircuts, manicure, peeling, and other processes associated with at least the minimum, but the skin trauma. The virus is particularly well penetrates the injured, soggy or over-dried skin.
Symptoms of warts
The incubation period from the time the skin penetration of the virus to the first manifestations of warts is about 2-5 months, and sometimes in the presence of infection, visible displays may not be. The clinical picture depends on the type and location of the warts.
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A simple wart localized on the fingers, back of the hand or hands.
It looks like a simple wart tight knot of body painting can have a yellowish or pink hue.
Warts can provide screenings around himself smaller formations that grow and merge together. The skin over a simple wart dry, coarse and rough, uneven edges, usually the mother wart is large, surrounded by a crown of small dropouts. After removing the remaining warts may regress themselves.
Flat (youthful) warts usually located on the face or back of the hand. Youthful look as flat warts multiple elevation above the skin usually flesh-colored.
plantar form It looks dense thickened form, like corn, with a thickened horny layer of the skin. Due to wearing tight shoes with localization on the feet become infected, spread.
Plantar warts localized on the foot, and prevents walking injured, gives pain.
periungual wart It occurs at a constant injury or nail obkusyvaniya arise repeatedly small dimensions.
genital warts or genital warts occur in active sexually active women and young men have lobed structure, texture, similar to a dense dough that resemble cauliflower florets or scallop hen. In color they are pink, red or physical, they can become very inflamed with injury and friction of clothing, are located on the genitals, around the anus, perineum. There may be quite a lot, they can be large, disturbing sex life and complicating physiological functions. Sometimes formation may form a narrow stalk, bleeding from the injury.
methods of diagnosis
The basis of the diagnosis of warts - is the outward manifestations and the typical localization of warts. However, to do this is to just dermatologist, because sometimes it is necessary to distinguish warts from depriving certain skin diseases and even cutaneous tuberculosis.
Complements the study of skin biomicroscopy, examination with a magnifying glass and lamp Wood's skin biopsy in the affected area.
Methods of treatment of warts
Treatment of warts engaged dermatologists and cosmeticians cosmetology specialized medical clinics.
medication
Conservative treatment of warts is done with antiviral drugs, applied to the area of the wart and the skin around it. It prevents infection screenings on unaffected skin in the case of a complex localization of warts and the inability to remove it. Applicable viferonovaya, okslolinovaya, tebrofenovaya antiviral ointment. The concentration of the ointment, the duration and the number of applications selects physician.
- Treatment of common and plantar warts, palmar assumes intralesional administration of interferon preparations 1 500 000 ME 3 times a week or 0.1% solution of bleomycin or massaging fluorouracil 5% ointments, the ointment kolhaminovoy 0.5% and 20% of the interferon ointment trichloroacetic moxibustion acid.
- When flat warts recommended to ingest magnesium oxide of 0.15-0.25 g three times a day for 2-3 weeks. Topically applied ointment with salicylic and benzoic acids, tretinoin, 2 times a day for 4-6 weeks, with 50% phonophoresis interferon ointment.
Good effect gives parallel assignment antivirals (bromnaftohinon et al.) Inward. Warts Treatment should be long (at least 3-4 weeks), and accurately perform patient.
removal of warts
The surgical method involves the removal of warts mechanically using a hardware treatment. Most often today in typical localizations used on exposed skin
- cryotherapy (liquid nitrogen moxibustion warts)
- electrocoagulation (moxibustion point electric discharge).
- no less effective laser treatment - laser evaporated or cauterize warts zone, for applying either of these methods local anesthetic creams or solutions for anesthesia.
Warts are removed layer by layer, giving bezrubtsovoe healing and lack of pigmentation. There remains a small sore with a recess, which heals in 1-2 weeks.
Another method to remove warts - electric coagulation. It occurs cutting metal fabric loop warts with simultaneous effect on the current vessels, to avoid bleeding, and infection. After the operation is quickly healing crust, with a large amount of defect is barely visible scar.
The prognosis after removal
On average, a cure takes a couple of weeks, including this period of healing scabs on the operation.
Relapses warts occur in a quarter of patients, particularly those with advanced forms. The earlier started fighting warts, the better the prognosis. For the life of the disease is not dangerous, relapses are associated with defects in the immune system.
