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WARTS IN CHILDREN: SYMPTOMS, HOME CARE AND MEDICAL TREATMENT

28/04/09

Signs and symptoms

The common wart is a rough, raised growth that ranges in size from 3 to 25 millimeters and occurs anywhere on the skin. A juvenile wart is a small, smooth, pinkish wart that is common on the hands. Warts on the soles of the feet are plantar warts. They may be pressed into the foot (sometimes to a depth of 6 millimeters or more) and are often surrounded by a callus. Groups of plantar warts are known as “mosaic warts.” Many warts are unmistakable, but some are not. When they are tiny, plantar warts may be mistaken for small brown splinters on the sole of the foot. Also you may not be able to see them if they’re surrounded by a callus.

Home care

Leave warts alone. If they have to be removed, it is probably safest to have a doctor do it or instruct you in the use of an appropriate ointment. Usually, treatment must continue for many days or weeks.

Precautions

• If excessive pain or redness occurs on the surrounding skin, stop treatment.

• Do not treat any warts on the face or eyelids at home.

• Warts that involve the cuticles or extend under the nails should not be treated at home.

Medical treatment

No treatment is successful in all cases. Treatment may even spread warts or they may recur following treatment. In general, your doctor will remove warts with acids, podophyllin, electric cauterization (burning away), surgery (curetting), liquid nitrogen, solid carbon dioxide, or phenol.