Warts

A wart is customarily a small, rough tumour, typically on hands and feet, that resembles a cauliflower. The virus accountable is the human papillomavirus (HPV), a double-stranded DNA virus. Other types of HPV tend to cause warts in other places, such as on the soles of the feet, the genitals or the face and legs. Generally found on fingers, hands, knees, and elbows, a common wart is a small, hard bump that's dome-shaped and usually grayish-brown. There are cases where genital warts have been observed on the thigh and groin. They are noticed on people of all ages but most frequently appear in children and teenagers. The incubation period of a wart is 2 to 9 months furthering infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV), during which time an extreme proliferation of skin growth slowly develops.

Common warts are dissimilar from moles, and they aren't cancerous. In fact, they're generally harmless and usually disappear on their own. Treatment helps prevent common warts from spreading to other parts of your body or to other people. But common warts may reoccur after treatment, and they may be a importunate problem.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is one of the most common causes of transmitted infection (STI) in the world. There are 60 or more forms of HPV. Common warts frequently occur on your hands, fingers or near your fingernails. A few papillomaviruses are known to cause cancer. Specific types of warts, depending on location and cause, can be contagious from region to region, but are not alienationable between species. Viruses penetrates the body through the skin or mucous membrane.

When warts appear, they are generally skin-colored and feel coarse to the touch, but they can also be dark, flat, and delicate. People differ in their sensitivity to HPV. The virus is capable to penetrate the body more easily if the skin has been damaged. For instance, children who bite their nails may damage their skin in the process, that makes it easier for the virus to enter the body and cause warts. People having feebled immune systems are especially sensitive to HPV and wart infections.

Causes of Warts

The common Causes of Warts :

• Warts are caused by a virus (called HPV).
• Virus Infection (usually contracted in swimming pools)
• Defects in the proper growth of the skin surface in certain areas.

Symptoms of Warts

Some Symptoms of Warts :

• Number of small, smooth, flat (pinhead sized) lesions on forehead, cheeks, arms, or legs.
• Rough growths around or underneath fingernails or toenails.
• Abnormally dark or light skin surrounding the lesion .
• Small, hard, flat or raised skin lesion or lump.
• Rough, round, or oval lesions on soles of feet  flat to slenderly raised  painful to stress.

Treatment of Warts

• Application of salicylic and lactic acid (which soften the infected area) .
• Electrodesiccation (using an electrical current to destroy the wart) .
• Freezing with liquid nitrogen.
• Immunotherapy.
• Laser surgery .

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