Warts HPV virus

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The human papilloma viruses (HPVs) are a group of more than 70 different types of virus. They are given numbers to distinguish them. As kids, most of us may not think anything of these little bumps, but as adults they can be more than a little embarrassing. One thing is for sure, when we get them, we would like to get rid of them as soon as possible.

Warts are not pleasant and finding one on your body can set you into a mini panic, knowing that they are contagious and can spread means that they need to be treated as soon as possible. There are several methods of wart removal and all are not the same. Simply touching a wart on someone doesn't guarantee that you'll get one, too. But the viruses that cause warts are passed from person to person by close physical contact. A wart is caused by the HPV virus. In order to kill the wart you need to kill the virus. How you approach wart removal will determine the outcome. They can affect any area of the body, but are usually found on the fingers, hands, and feet. Warts are usually painless with the exception of the warts on the soles of the feet. One of the most common types of wart removal systems can be found in your local drug store. It’s usually in the form of a liquid. You simply apply the liquid to the wart once or twice a day and over time; the liquid will penetrate the root’s surface reaching into its core where it will kill it. You’ll end up with a small hole in your skin where the wart once was.

This will heal over and the wart will be a distant memory by then.
This same type of treatment is available in the form of medicated adhesive strips. The strips come with the solution pre-applied to them and all you do is open them and stick them to the wart. The time frame involved is about the same as are the results.

Types of warts include:

1) Common warts which are usually found on fingers, hands, knees, and elbows.

2) Flat warts or Juvenile warts which are smoother than other types of warts.
Most children who get flat warts have them on their faces, but they may also grow on their arms, knees, or hands.

3) Plantar warts found on the bottom of the foot. Plantar warts can be very uncomfortable.

4) Filiform warts which have a finger-like shape, and often grow on or around the mouth, eyes, or nose.

5) Genital Warts which involve the genital area, but the present article focuses on warts that appear on the rest of the body.

The majority of warts can be treated in general practice and increasingly, wart clinics are run by nursing staff.
If you don’t want to wait to get rid of your wart you can visit a doctor for treatment. Doctors normally employ a couple of different approaches when it comes to warts.

The ideal aims of treatment of warts are:

1) to remove the wart with no recurrence
2) to produce no scars
3) to induce life-long immunity

One technique used is called cryotherapy or cryosurgery which actually involves freezing the warts.
Cryotherapy - Between 15 to 20 seconds single or double freeze of warts, every 3-4 weeks.
This is painless and through the use of liquid nitrogen the wart is frozen to the point the virus dies. This is especially effective if you have more than one wart. Warts often grow in groups and having a doctor freeze them reduces the risk of them spreading even further.

Another technique that doctors use for wart removal is called electrocautery which in simpler terms means burning the wart. The doctor uses a special tool that burns the wart and within a few weeks it develops into a scar which falls off.

A third technique still is using laser treatment, which works great for plantar warts or other warts that are more difficult to remove.

Either of these treatments are effective ways to remove warts.

The HPV virus can be dormant, which means that it can be present but not active. It is possible for someone to have been infected at some point in the past and for the virus to be asleep or hidden. HPV can be latent and be undetected for many years before it becomes active. It may not cause any symptoms and you might not even know that you have it. Only certain strains cause genital warts and the other strains can be present but go completely unnoticed. Most HPV infections disappear without treatment, as the body's immune system fights the infection.

In extreme cases where a wart isn’t responding to treatment your physician might suggest surgery. This would involve freezing the immediate area and then cutting the wart and the surrounding tissue out. The main concern with this approach is that there is a risk of you developing an infection. It’s important to note though that a doctor generally won’t suggest this unless he feels it’s the only way to permanently remove the wart. Over the counter remedies are becoming more effective and may save you some cash.