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What are Plantar Warts?
A Plantar Wart also known as verruca plantarus is a wart caused by Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Type 1,2,4,63. Occurs on the sole or toes of the foot. These are benign epithelial tumors.
Anatomy of Plantar Warts:
Mode of Infection:
The virus attacks compromised skin through direct contact ( through cuts & abrasions) because of pressure the wart is pushed inwards and a layer of hard skin may form over the wart.
Diagnosis
It is a very painful condition, appearing as cauliflower like lesions with tiny black petechiae in the centre. The lesions made standing or walking extremely painful.
What does a Plantar wart look like
Treatment/ Management:
The conventional treatment consists of:
- Over the counter keratolytic chemicals like salicylic acid which peel away dead skin over weeks.
- The popular treatment is cryosurgery( which act by freezing the internal cell structure of warts and destroying the live tissue).
- Electrodissection
- Laser Surgery
- Cauterization( risks scars & keloids).
- Immunotherapy ( internal injection of antigens), breomycin and surgerical exercise.
The effectiveness of these methods vary and inevitably followed by recurrences.
According to homoeopathic concept plantar warts are classified as one-sided diseases. Below is a typical example of plantar warts cured by homoeopathy when surgery failed.