Plantar wart is the growth of the skin of viral nature, it is also called corn.From medical terminology, it is clear that these formations are located in the sole of the legs and fingertips.From the point of view of cancer risk, they are not dangerous, but cause many inconvenience when walking due to their pain with compression.
Causes of plantar warts
All types of warts, including plantar, call human papillomavirus (HPV).You can be infected with close contact with infected people or home.From sunlight, the virus dies quickly, but feels great with high humidity.Therefore, most of the time HPV infection occurs in baths, saunas, pools.Virus penetration in the body is facilitated by microtrauma and skin cracks, as well as reduced immunity.
With strong body protection properties, the virus after infection may be in a state of sleep for an indefinitely long time.But if immunity is reduced, it begins to multiply actively, causing the appearance of various location in the skin of the warts.For its occurrence, it is precisely in the sole that 1, 2, 4, 27 and 57 HPV subtypes are more often responsible.
The appearance of such formations is facilitated by some predisposing factors:
- Very narrow or unsure shoes in size;
- Frequent use of high shoes;
- various foot deformations (including plain feet);
- Various diseases of the feet joints (arthritis, arthrosis, etc.).
Warts in the leg are more often found in people with excessive dry skin and hyperkeratosis.
Thus, the causes of plantar warts in all cases are the same (HPV infection), but the predisposing factors are different.The number and size of the skin elements depend on them and the state of immunity.
How plantar warts are manifested
The wart on the foot seems a rounded growth of the skin.It may be of different sizes, but rarely exceeds two centimeters in diameter.Above skin level, it rises no more than three millimeters, but at the same time it goes deeply with its root.In color, it may not be different from surrounding skin or darker or lighter.Often these formations have a yellow or gray tone.Visually, when examining within the elements, you can see black points or lines (they are also clearly visible in the photo).This is how the capillaries seem in which the blood clots formed due to the compression of the horny mass vessels.
At first, plantar wart has a smooth surface.But over time, it becomes rigid, rough, thick.They are pasta pasta that give this yellow wart.
An important sign of plantar warts is pain with compression.Each step harms patients with intense acute pain.
Such warts are very similar to calluses.The similarity to central corn is especially pronounced due to the intense pain of both formations.The main difference is that there is no skin pattern on the surface of the warts, while it is preserved on the corns.
Diagnosis of plantar warts
A competent dermatologist will diagnose a disease based only on a clinical image.In some cases, dermatoscopy is required additionally.The absence of a skin pattern in education and the presence of capillaries with blood clots in its structure confirms this diagnosis.
Treatment of plantar warts
It is more difficult to get rid of plantar warts than similar formations in other areas due to their deeper germination in the dermis.In the case of small and recently emerged elements, the use of necrotizing external drugs is possible.Large and deep warts are removed by surgical methods.At the same time, old formations must first be softened with keratolytic agents.
External medicines to remove warts
In some cases, it is possible to self -test these formations.But as the plantar wart hurts strongly, patients do not want to wait and strive to get rid of them as soon as possible.
To remove small, surface elements, any remedy for necrotizing plantar warts is prescribed.
These products contain acids that coagulates skin proteins, causing necrosis.Similar effects are prescribed by medicines that have reframing in their composition.But they cause necrotizing effects due to tissue freezing, not due to their chemical damage.
All these medications are applied punctual in education.It is necessary to strictly ensure that the substance does not fall into the surrounding tissues as this will cause its burning.After suing at the old wart, there will be a wound that will be covered with a crust.After healing, she will disappear alone.You can perform this treatment at home, but only as prescribed by a doctor.
In this way, it is possible to derive to plant a wart of only small sizes and with a superficial germination on the skin.For large elements, you need to choose other removal methods, as the incomplete destruction of the wart fabric will necessarily lead to its relapse.
Surgical methods to remove plantar warts
In surgery, you can exclude planting a wart in many ways.The preference is given to kind methods:
- laser removal;
- radio wave knife;
- Criodestrification;
- Electrocoagulation.
All of these procedures are performed on an outpatient base.Patients can return home just a few minutes after implementation, it is necessary to regularly treat the wound at home.
The most effective and safe methods to remove plantar warts are considered a laser knife or radio wave.When they are performed at once, coagular vessels, which are a good prevention of bleeding and secondary infection.Complications when removing skin formations in these methods are extremely rare.What cannot be said about Criodestruction and Electrocoagulation;Therefore, these treatment methods have disappeared in the background and are rarely used.
If the warts are large or old (covered with a large number of horn masses), it is recommended to treat them with keratolytic agents within two weeks before the removal procedure.For this purpose, salicylic or acidic ointment and other medications are prescribed.Thus, it is possible to exfoliate part of the horn scales, make the training softer and flexible.This will facilitate and accelerate the wart removal process.
In rare cases, when there are many elements or doubts about its nature, the doctor can advise surgical excision with a scalpel.With this wart removal method, the rehab period and a high risk of healing are much longer;Therefore, it is used only according to strict indications.
Characteristics of plantar warts in children
In children over five years old, plantar warts are quite common as they usually run barefoot, injure and not always follow the rules of personal hygiene.Immunity provides malfunction due to regular contacts with sick children (in kindergarten and school), which leads to an increase in the likelihood of warts.
Treatment of such formations in a child is better to start with external funds.You can try to exfoliate superficial elements with the help of salicilic ointments with the subsequent use of stone -Pomelines.Immunomodulatory medicines proved well.With regular application on wart, they can remove it in a few weeks.
If the elements are deep, use necrotic action products or remove them using a laser or radio wave knife.
Prevention of plantar warts
It is impossible to protect against the occurrence of warts with absolute probability, but the risk of their appearance may be reduced.To do this, you need to act in two directions: eliminate predisposing factors and stimulate body defenses.
To achieve the first goal, you need:
- Observe the rules of personal hygiene (do not walk barefoot in public places, wash your feet daily and process cuts and lesions in time);
- Select comfortable shoes in size;
- Over time, avoid foot deformations and treat joint disease.
A healthy lifestyle, training, hardening, taking vitamin complexes and immunostimmaming medications, as prescribed by a doctor, will help keep the body's defenses at a good level.
With excessive dry skin and hyperkeratosis, it is recommended to make pedicures and peels regularly.In case of increased leg perspiration, special products should be used to treat hyperhidrosis.When complying with all these rules, the risk of developing warts on soles will be minimal.
Subanaries warts are a non -persecution disease, but providing very inconvenient due to pain when walking.Fortunately, in modern medicine, there are many ways to get rid of it quickly and with the minimum risk of new relapses.To do this, consult a dermatologist and strictly follow all your nominations and recommendations.