Warts are a very common, rather ugly, but in most cases painless and safe disease. The most prudent decision when they appear will be to not pay attention, at least until they increase or begin to change their color. Although it’s worth a visit to the doctor for a guarantee, to make sure that you become the owner of a wart, and not something worse.
What causes the appearance of warts
The causative agent of warts, as established a long time ago, is a virus called human papilloma. Like other viruses, it is very "cunning" - you can be its carrier, but not be aware of it, since warts in the latent state of the virus do not appear.
The main reason for the appearance of warts, including on hands, is contact with the virus carrier. It is not worth it to be very scared and start wearing an almost diving suit in order to avoid infection. In order to become infected with a papilloma, it is necessary to maintain a fairly tight and constant contact with its carrier for almost six months. Three months - that's for sure.
Contagion Factors
The cause of the appearance of warts on the hands can also be in damage to the skin. It is not in vain that children from infancy are told that biting nails and biting burrs is bad. With such bad habits, a person actually opens the gates of the virus wide open.
Stress frees the path of papilloma
Immunity weakened after an illness or due to other circumstances is also the reason for the appearance of warts on the hands, as well as on the face or neck, or on any other parts of your body. So it’s worth taking care of the strength and endurance of your body. And do not forget that immunity is also undermined by a way of life, that is, a lack of sleep, irregular nutrition, eternal worries about and without. And now you have warts on your hands, the reasons for the appearance of which were strengthened, frankly, by you. So if the papilloma still catches up with you, try at least after that to provide it with uncomfortable conditions: eat normally, sleep normally, philosophically relate to troubles and enjoy life.
Where is the easiest to get?
Actually, as already mentioned, the reason for the appearance of warts on the hands is reduced to infection with the virus. However, if there is a desire to never meet him at all, learn a list of places where there is a maximum likelihood of subsequently acquiring warts. This includes nail salons where instruments are casually sterilized; dishes from which a sick person ate (so it is better to use disposable appliances in canteens); where there are a lot of people - tram, trolley, metro. An interesting factor in "helping" the penetration of the virus into the body is shoes of the wrong size. With sweating hands, or if you are forced to constantly contact with moisture, the chances of contracting papilloma are increased.
Varieties of warts
The only thing that brings some mental relief is that the types of warts on the hands are not very diverse. The upper limbs mainly suffer only from an ordinary subspecies, the most harmless. Young people can still have flat (the so-called "youthful") warts; hanging in the armpits sometimes grow, but they often form not on the hands, but on the body. Nail warts still remain, almost invisible to the eye, but deforming the nail itself.
It remains to say that although warts usually do not bring pain and are not a dangerous disease, it is unpleasant to have them on the body, and the oblique looks of strangers do not add self-confidence. So immunity and cleanliness should become a weapon that will not allow these "jewelry" to become part of our body.