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Treatment of warts in children and adults with folk remedies

The appearance of neoplasms on the surface of the body always causes unpleasant sensations, especially when they are in open places and constantly touch something. It is possible to cure warts in a hospital or clinic using the methods of modern medicine, but alternative methods also bring good results. To choose the best option for coping with growths for yourself, you need to familiarize yourself with all possible methods of treatment. A wart is a benign growth on the skin. Their formation is carried out due to the strong growth of the layers of the epidermis. This process is caused by the human papillomavirus.

Also:

  1. Weakened immune system.
  2. Situations of great stress.
  3. Circulatory disorders in the skin capillaries.
  4. The emergence of autonomic neurosis.
  5. Increased sweating process.
  6. Unbalanced diet.
  7. Chronic lack of sleep.
  8. Various microtraumas of the skin.

Infection can be transmitted by contact when shaking hands, hugging, using other people's infected things, dishes, non-compliance with the rules of personal hygiene in crowded places, during sexual intercourse, when using tools forpoorly disinfected manicures and pedicures.

What are the types of warts

There are many types of warts. They can vary in size, location and other external characteristics. Some of the more common types are:

  1. Warts are vulgar or common.They are completely painless and dry to the touch. They are also small in size and cause no discomfort.
  2. Plantar warts.They form in case of excessive sweating of the feet and cause severe discomfort when wearing shoes and walking.

There are also less common types of growth:

types of warts and methods for their removal
  • Flat or youthful.The appearance in adolescence is characteristic of this. The position is most often in the area of ​​the face and hands. They do not reach more than five millimeters in diameter; they protrude above the skin to a height of about two millimeters.
  • Senile.It can be located on the entire surface of the body of an elderly person. In appearance, the growth is loose and greasy, it can reach a size of up to 3 cm.

Genital warts are small pinkish nodules. It is often found in the genital area, in the groin, between the buttocks. It is characterized by sexual transmission.

How to treat warts with medicines, removal methods

In cases where the emerging formations on the surface of the spruce do not bother, it is not necessary to remove them, it is possible to observe the further course of events. It is worth treating or using radical methods only when the growths are very disturbing, for example:

  1. Formation of warts in the genital area.
  2. Frequent trauma to the neoplasm.
  3. If a growth begins to grow rapidly or changes color.
  4. When itching or bleeding occurs.
  5. When the number of entities increases.

It is recommended to start treatment with a visit to a qualified specialist. Since some neoplasms can be malignant in nature.

All medications must be taken individually. Take medications only after consulting your doctor.

In such cases, self-medication is not worth it, because it can only complicate the situation. The following methods are often used to solve the problem:

  1. Use of antiviral drugs.
  2. Strong reactive preparations for removal (alkaline or acid solutions).
  3. It means increasing the body's defenses.
  4. Surgical way of excision of warts.
  5. Cryotherapy.
  6. Laser removal.
  7. Electrocoagulation.
  8. Using popular methods.

Home care

A wart can be treated at home with the help of special medications, but to avoid complications with dosages, you should consult a specialist.

To protect healthy areas of the skin from the strong effects of chemical components of drugs, it is necessary to lubricate them with fatty creams or petroleum jelly, you can also protect the skin with a plaster.

Drugs

To get rid of warts, there are many drugs that differ in the principles of their action. Doctors can individually select the necessary remedy based on the patient's condition and growth characteristics. The following drugs can be used:

  1. External influence. They are applied to warts. This group of agents is capable of provoking necrotic processes in tissues.
  2. Immunostimulants are used for oral administration, they activate the immune system to form its own interferons.
  3. Antivirus tools.
  4. Multivitamin complexes.

Antiviral drugs

Since the main cause of warts is a viral infection, doctors mainly prescribe special antiviral agents. They are able to speed up the body's recovery process.

Medical methods

The most effective treatment for a wart is its removal, which is done in a medical facility. There are many ways to remove formations on different parts of the body. The most common methods are:

  1. Surgery with a scalpel.
  2. Cryotherapy: exposure to low temperatures due to liquid nitrogen.
  3. Method of electrocoagulation: burns the accumulation using high frequency current.
  4. Removal by laser beam at high temperatures.

Surgical method

With this method, the wart is removed mechanically with a scalpel. The procedure is carried out under the influence of local anesthesia. The characteristics of the process are the following:

  1. As indications for surgical intervention, there may be: a malignant growth (based on the result of histological examination), a large wart in depth and in diameter, the need for urgent removal.
  2. The growth and surrounding tissues are disinfected, local anesthesia is administered, the wart is removed with a scalpel, then sent to histology for examination of benignity. Then a tight bandage is applied to stop the bleeding. Then cosmetic points are applied for seven to ten days.
  3. After surgical removal of the accumulation, it is necessary to treat the seams with an antiseptic daily.
  4. Do not wet the excision site for one week.
  5. For a month and a half after the procedure, avoid direct exposure to sunlight on the site of the previous growth.
  6. Subsequently, only a thin pale scar remains on the body.

Laser removal

The laser beam is able to remove both flat and filamentous growths due to the point effect of high temperatures. However, the procedure requires prior pain relief. The characteristics of the method are the following:

  1. The removal of warts is done in layers.
  2. The bleeding is stopped by welding the nearby blood vessels.
  3. The removed biological material is subjected to histological examination.
  4. After the operation, a small pit remains in the place of growth, over time it will level out.
  5. Small scars remain in the place of growth for a long time.
  6. One of the main disadvantages of this technique is its high cost.

Cryotherapy

One of the fastest and most painless methods of removing a buildup is cryotherapy or cold treatment. Low temperatures are created by exposure to liquid nitrogen.

The advantages of this method are that it does not cause bleeding and takes less than a minute.

The procedure is performed as follows:

  • The nitrogen is punctuated on the growth with a stick.
  • The wart starts to turn white.
  • An hour later, a bubble forms in its place and dries for several days, leaving a small crust.
  • After a while, only a light pink speck remains.
  • The main disadvantage of this method is severe pain for several days and the need for constant treatment of the bladder with a solution of potassium permanganate.

Electrocoagulation method

This method is used for warts with legs or other complex shapes. The principle of the method consists in cutting the accumulation with a thin metal wire crossed by a high frequency current.

In the convex area of ​​the skin, the temperature rises sharply to 80 degrees, which causes the proteins to clot and the cells begin to die. Leaving behind a thin dark crust, under which new cells of the epidermis are subsequently formed.

Complete restoration of the integument occurs ten to fourteen days later.

However, this method has several characteristic features:

  1. Not applicable for flat accumulations.
  2. The advantage of the method is the absence of bleeding, as all nearby blood vessels are cauterized.
  3. By increasing the temperature in the treated area, the risk of wound infection is eliminated.
  4. To avoid scar formation at the site of the previous growth, do not wet the treated surface.

Treatment of warts in children and adults with folk remedies

Simple methods of curing growths on the surface of the body have long been known to traditional healers using improvised ordinary means, plants and vegetables (chicken bile, aloe juice, extracts of wormwood and celandine and others).

Potato peel tablets, a mixture of baking soda and castor oil are widely used. Various conspiracies are also used.

Medicinal plants for warts

Often medicinal plants are used to treat growths in folk medicine, natural components contribute to the rapid restoration of integuments. The following recipes are the most popular:

  1. Infusion of wormwood as a lotion (three tablespoons of dry herbs are poured with a glass of boiling water and left for several hours).
  2. Night packs of freshly cut aloe leaves.
  3. Spot application of rowan or celandine juice.
  4. The gruel made with a clove of garlic and grated pork fat on a fine grater is used as a compress.
  5. Crushed onion mixed with honey as a compress overnight.
  6. Unripe fig juice for lotions.
  7. Dandelion milk juice.
  8. Cut the kolanchoe leaves as a compress.
  9. Crushed marigold inflorescences are used as lotions for the night, fixing them with a bandage or plaster.

Garlic juice

Garlic cloves are universally known for their strong antimicrobial effects and are often found in folk recipes against many diseases and help against growths.

treatment of warts with folk remedies

Garlic juice is mainly used for this.

The duration of the course can be approximately one month. In the recipe, you should give preference to fresh garlic teeth. There are several methods, a person can choose the one that suits him best:

  1. Pack of banana peel and 5-6 drops of garlic juice, which is applied to the inside of the fruit. The compress must be firmly fixed.
  2. The simplest method is to apply fresh juice directly to the surface of the wart.
  3. A mixture of honey and garlic juice (three to one) is applied every night and stays on the affected area all night.

Acetic acid

Acetic acid is especially popular among folk remedies for warts. One of the most common recipes is:

  1. Wash the affected area thoroughly with antimicrobial soap and pat dry.
  2. A hole in the bactericidal plaster is cut according to the size of the growth.
  3. Add the flour to a teaspoon of acetic acid until the dough is thick.
  4. The patch is applied to the surface of the skin around the wart so that the wart fits into the hole.
  5. A small cake made from the finished dough is placed on top of the frame.
  6. Then secure it with a gauze bandage or bandage.
  7. The procedure is repeated every day.

An easier way to treat growths with vinegar is to apply a drop of acid solution to the problem area, the main thing is not to get on the surface of healthy skin. For this, acetic acid is applied with a twisted cotton swab in a timely manner on the wart.

Prevention

The appearance of various formations on the surface of the skin and the spread of the infectious process can be avoided by observing simple daily rules:

  1. Personal hygiene becomes particularly important after being in crowded places.
  2. Visits to public baths, saunas, swimming pools and showers must only be made in personal rubber slippers. In no case should you take them off and walk barefoot.
  3. In case of contact with a person with warts, it is necessary to minimize the number of shared household items and wash hands as often as possible with antimicrobial soap.
  4. Wearing quality natural footwear in everyday life.
  5. In case of wounds or other injuries, the skin should be treated with antiseptic agents (peroxide, brilliant green, iodine).
  6. Maintain immunity, play sports.

To protect yourself from the possible appearance of growths on the body, you should:

  1. To recover from the main source of their manifestation - viral papilloma.
  2. Strengthens the immune system.
  3. Avoid extreme stress.
  4. Get enough sleep.
  5. Observe proper nutrition, enrich your diet with vitamins and minerals.
  6. Avoid injury.
  7. Choose your sexual partners carefully and limit their circle.