Treat warts Warts.. Salicylic acid. Liquid nitrogen. Eradicate warts surgically

Treat warts Warts

Keratolytics (salicylic acid applied daily until healing), and lead given liquid nitrogen or resort to eradicate warts   Surgically.

Diagnosis

In most cases, a doctor can diagnose a common wart using one or more of these techniques:

• Wart examination
• Scrape off the top layer of the wart to check for dark marks, fine points — clotted blood vessels —that are common with warts
• Removing a small section of the wart (biopsy) and sending it to a lab for analysis to rule out other types of skin growths.

treatment

Most common warts disappear without treatment, although new warts may appear near them after a year or two. Some people prefer medical treatment for warts. Because home remedies have not worked and they are bothered by the appearance or spread of warts, or because of cosmetic concerns.

Treatment aims to remove the warts, stimulate the immune system to respond and fight the virus, or both. Treatment may take weeks or months. Warts may reappear or spread even with treatment. The doctor generally begins treatment using the least painful method, especially in the case of treating young children.

Your doctor may suggest one of the following methods, depending on where the warts appear, your symptoms, and your choices. These methods are sometimes used in combination with home remedies such as salicylic acid.

• The most powerful peeling treatment (salicylic acid). A prescription-strength wart treatment using salicylic acid that removes layers of the wart a small amount at a time. Studies have shown that salicylic acid is more effective when used in combination with freezing.

• Freezing (cryotherapy). Cryotherapy performed in a doctor's office involves applying liquid nitrogen to the wart. The cooling forms blisters under and around the wart. The dead tissue then sloughs off within a week or so. This method may also stimulate your immune system to fight off the wart viruses. You will often need to repeat the treatment.

• Side effects of cryotherapy include pain, blisters, and skin discoloration of the treated area. This method can be painful, so it is not usually used to treat young children.

• other acids. If salicylic acid or cooling do not work, the doctor may use trichloroacetic acid. In this method, the doctor scrapes the surface of the wart and then applies the acid with a wooden toothpick. The treatment should be repeated every week or so. Side effects include burning or stinging.

• Minor surgery. The doctor can remove the irritating tissue. This may leave a scar in the treated area.

• Laser therapy. Pulsed dye laser treatment burns (cauterizes) the tiny blood vessels. The infected tissue eventually dies and the wart disappears. Proof of effectiveness for this method is limited, and it can cause pain and scarring.