In the article, we consider the treatment of warts on toes.
Many have encountered such a nuisance. This disease can not be ignored, because warts have viral causes. Their appearance is not only unpleasant, but also dangerous overgrowth and degeneration into malignant tumors. Most often, growths on the fingers are benign, but it happens differently. If the bubbles increase and cause pain, they should be removed immediately.
Consider below how to get rid of a wart on a toe.
Causes of occurrence
The appearance of a wart is a result of the human papillomavirus. They come in four types. Moreover, all four are usually benign. Experts identify five prerequisites that contribute to their appearance:
- Papilloma virus infection. Studies have shown that 90% of people are carriers of this virus, but additional causes are necessary for the occurrence of warts.
- Weakened immunity. It causes the activation of the virus, which displaces healthy cells and begins to develop. This explains the frequent appearance of warts in the winter time after severely endured diseases.
- Improper nutrition. The formation of malnutrition habits leads to gaining excess weight and, ultimately, weakening of the immune system. Sweet and fatty foods contain few vitamins and do not heal a person, but, on the contrary, destroy health.
- Disorders of the liver. With such phenomena, toxins accumulate in the body, which work to activate the papilloma virus and the appearance of warts.
- Bowel disorders. Disorders of intestinal activity are always negatively reflected on the skin and, in particular, cause the appearance of unsightly growths.
The need to treat warts is caused, first of all, by the ugly aesthetic appearance of these growths, as well as by the discomfort that they deliver. Often, bubbles appear between the toes or in the lower part of them, which interferes with wearing shoes and walking.
But before proceeding with the treatment of warts on the toes, the type of viral disease should be determined.
The choice of drugs determines the type of wart
Different types of warts are treated in specific ways, therefore, in order to decide on the choice of medication, you need to figure out what type of papilloma virus caused trouble.
- Ordinary warts have a rounded shape, slightly pressed against the body. They become infected when they touch a sick person or an infected area.
- Plantar papillomas grow on the heels or around the fingers. A wart on the big toe is a common occurrence. They are large or smaller are grouped around one large wart. Often, these neoplasms hide under corns and corns. But they will surely remind themselves of itching or painful sensations.
- Flat growths differ in small forms up to three millimeters. They grow, as a rule, in adolescents on the legs and knees.
- Genital warts are the most unpleasant of their counterparts. Their favorite place in the genital area and in the upper leg area. They cannot be self-medicated. In this case, it is necessary to consult a urologist or gynecologist.
Toe Wart Treatment
Treatment of formations always begins with their removal. Mankind has developed many ways to remove neoplasms: from radical to mild medicinal methods.
But it is impossible to limit it. If you do not take up immunity, new warts will appear. To generally strengthen the body's resistance, immunomodulators and antiviral drugs are usually prescribed. The most effective way to prevent warts is personal hygiene, proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.
The treatment of warts on the toes is carried out in clinics, as well as at home.
Quickly and easily get rid of growths can be operational or medical methods, as well as folk remedies.
Radical Wart Removal Techniques
They are resorted to when warts are affected by a large area of the skin, or in cases where it is forbidden or not recommended to use other means.
You can remove warts in hospitals, clinics or beauty salons. We list five modern methods of radical removal.
- Cryodestruction. It involves freezing the growth with nitrogen. The operation is performed once when removing ordinary and flat formations, and if the wart has a root, the operation must be repeated.
- Laser removal. In this case, a slight burn remains on the skin. However, after he gets down, a new healthy skin will appear. The doctor selects the wavelength of the laser beam on his own.
- Electrocoagulation Punching a wart with electric shock. This is an inexpensive operation, accessible to everyone. It is carried out by doctors even in clinics. But after the wart is shocked, a small scar remains on the body.
- Chemical excision. A little pyrogenal is introduced into the wart, which causes a “burning” of the painful area. The crust remaining at the site of drying of the wart then disappears. It is believed that the drug stimulates the functioning of the human immune system.
- Surgical removal. This is the most radical way, and they resort to it quite rarely. Warts are removed if they fill large areas and “take root”. This is the most painful of these methods. It is followed by a long recovery period. As a rule, the patient does not leave the hospital room all this time.
How are warts removed at home?
Solutions and ointments for removing papillomas
Liquids and ointments are a medical way to get rid of warts without surgery. Typically, these drugs are based on acid, alkali or liquid nitrogen.
The most effective drugs include the following drugs:
- Ferezol. This is a very aggressive product containing phenol and tricresol. It totally burns out the entire growth from the first time. However, it is dangerous to use it on your own at home. Improper use of the medicine is fraught with burns and damage to the skin. It is recommended to use the drug in a hospital under the supervision of doctors. It is possible that with extensive neoplasms, the drug will have to be reused.
- "Verrucacid." It also contains phenol supplemented with metacresol. The medicine, like the previous one, destroys the wart, but does not burn healthy skin. It is sold in small bottles with an applicator for applying medicine to damaged skin.
- "Collomac." The drug is based on salicylic acid. Accordingly, the effect of the drug is based on softening the growths. The drug is used repeatedly. It must be applied up to two times a day for about four days. The medicine removes warts completely without affecting healthy skin.
- Ointment "Viferon". A universal tool based on human interferon is an immunomodulator. When applying the medicine to the damaged area, it damages the viral proteins, which leads to the removal of the wart. The minus of the drug in the duration of its administration. The duration of treatment can take up to two months - until the immune system is fully restored.
- "Oxolinic" ointment. Antiviral drug that destroys viral particles. Effectively affects young warts, while old ones require another treatment. Not the best side of the drug is the duration of treatment. It can take up to several months. However, after completing the course, the appearance of new formations at the treatment site is practically excluded.
- Imiquimod. This tool contains an immunomodulating and stimulating component - imichimod. It gradually leads to the drying of the affected area.
How are warts removed at home?
Removing warts with plasters
Adhesives are the most convenient way to deal with warts, because they do not require constant attention to the infected area. The patch gasket cloth is impregnated with the active component that softens the wart, and a person can do normal tasks and work, changing the tool as necessary.
As a rule, salicylic acid is used as the basis for the active substance of the wart patch. In rare cases, this component is replaced by other means.
Band names
The following is a list of the most tested and reliable adhesives:
- The Salipod. The most affordable and inexpensive tool. The pad is saturated with a solution of sulfur and salicylic acid. One dose of the substance is designed for two days, after which the wart is removed along with the removal of the patch.
- Wart patch Ultra H DR. House. Chinese remedy also affordable. It is based on a high concentration of salicylic acid. Before applying the product, you need to steam out the area of the skin with the sore and wipe it dry. The patch should be worn for 12 hours, after which it requires a change. Visually, you can determine when the wart disappears and you no longer need to apply the patch.
- Suda Epitact. German expensive remedy based on arborvitae extract. The tape must be cut into small pieces of the right size and replaced twice a week. The manufacturer is a well-known brand specializing in the manufacture of orthopedic preparations and devices for over 80 years.
Are wart tablets suitable?
Antiviral drugs for the treatment of human papilloma
At the beginning of the article, it was reported that warts appear only in those people in whom the human papillomavirus lives. Accordingly, the use of antiviral drugs will be the most effective treatment. These drugs should be used along with the above methods in order to exclude the re-emergence of growths.
The most well-known antiviral tablets for warts that have been clinically tested are Isoprinosine, Viferon Groprinosin, and Tsitovir 3. All these drugs have immunomodulatory properties. The duration of their use should be limited so that the body can restore its own ability to resist viruses.
Many are interested in how to reduce a wart between the toes using folk methods.
Treatment of warts with folk remedies at home
People have learned to remove warts since ancient times, and the experience of previous generations in the fight against this ailment can also be useful. Folk techniques are good in that they not only remove unpleasant growths, but also improve the condition of the skin in the affected areas.
Often, warts on toes at home are removed with the help of decoctions and plant juices. Our ancestors also learned to put compresses to remove neoplasms.
Effective folk remedies
Best of all, warts help celandine, which grows well in the southern territories of Russia. The grass should be collected before flowering, after which the white sticky mass contained in it should be applied to the affected areas of the skin. After a few days, you can forget about warts.
It is suitable for the treatment of papilloma, crushed garlic, a solution of vinegar and glycerin, grass juice euphorbia with antiviral properties, a mixture of onion juice with acetic acid or grated potatoes. All these funds must be applied to the growths for several days before the warts disappear.
How to treat a wart on a toe in a child?
Features of the treatment of growths in children
At a young age, the protective functions of the body are reduced compared to adults, so the appearance of warts on the fingers of babies, alas, is not uncommon. Children cling to trouble in the sandboxes, when running barefoot in the streets and grass, when infected from each other, when wearing someone else’s shoes, wiping with a common towel or visiting pools and baths. It happens that a papillomavirus is transmitted by a woman to a child during childbirth or in children's clinics, hospitals and kindergartens.
Such growths, as a rule, are benign in nature and appear most often on the legs and arms of the child. In babies, the same types of formations are distinguished as in adults. They are also easy to identify.
So that a benign wart does not grow and does not turn into a malignant wart, it should be promptly removed. Moreover, we should not forget that the removal should be accompanied by antiviral treatment and work with the child’s immunity.
For the treatment of warts in children, it is better to choose milder and sparing drugs. But before using them, you must definitely consult with your child’s doctor. Among medications, it is better to stop on ointments and solutions "Mountain Balsam", "Ferezol", "Superchistotel", "Iodine" and "Lyapis". You can also cauterize a wart in a child with Kolomomak, Wartner and Duofilm.
In the case of the growth of warts, children, like adults, will find a radical way to get rid of them or the use of folk remedies. To prevent burns, the baby's skin is better protected during treatment with a fat baby cream.
Parents should also remember that the appearance of warts in a baby can be avoided by observing such simple preventive measures as strengthening immunity, a healthy diet, strict implementation of sleep and rest regimes, proper physical development and personal hygiene measures.
We looked at how to remove a wart on the toe.