Question 1

can common skin warts or plantar and palmer be passed through toilet paper if one of these warts touches it and then another person touches it?

Accepted Answer

Probably not: The HPV types that cause common hand or foot warts rarely infect the genital area. And HPV is generally not transmitted by indirect contact, only with direct skin-to-skin contact. And a light touch is never enough anyway. Don't worry about this.

Question 2

can water suffocate plantar warts?

Accepted Answer

Nope!: You can try over the counter wart removers, but be careful: i've seen them do more harm than good. Other options your doctor might offer include cryotherapy (freezing the wart), electrocautery (burning the wart), laser treatment, or several different topical chemical treatments. If the treatment is typically uncomfortable, your doctor can numb the area before proceeding.

Question 3

how do doctors remove plantar warts?

Accepted Answer

Multiple methods: Three common ways that plantar warts are removed are freezing them, application of chemicals and surgical removal.

Question 4

do people ever get plantar warts from someones sandal?

Accepted Answer

Possible: The wart virus is common to the skin area.  When you get a break in the skin the virus can penetrated into the epidermal layers and develop into a painful verruca-wart.

Question 5

please answer! could you use a dust can on plantar warts?

Accepted Answer

More info: Dust can ? Be more specific please. Plantar warts are a viral infection of the skin that usually responses to acid treatment , shaving, freezing. Some cases require imore invasive treatment.

Question 6

do plantar warts have anything to do with sexual disease?

Accepted Answer

No: Although the virus for plantar warts are in the same family as herpes, they are not sexually transmitted.

Question 7

what over-the-counter medications can cure plantar warts?

Accepted Answer

Nothing: Plantar warts are very stubborn. Dermatologists or podiatrists may help. Otc medicines like wart-off, duofilm, compound w, etc. Only making it not worsening.

Question 8

plantar warts and duct tape method. how effective is this?

Accepted Answer

Unknown...: It is a treatment recommendation that has spread over the internet.  As far as i know, there are no scientific studies to show any degree of effectiveness.  You are basically just tearing the upper layers of the skin away as the tape is removed.  There are better ways... See a podiatrist.

Question 9

how do you treat a bad case of plantar warts on 8 year old child?

Accepted Answer

Same way: Treatment will be same, 8 or 80 year old, starting with local care , if fails, excision or fulgarization . In a child may need    short general , as kid may not cooperate for local anaesthesia

Question 10

what is the best way to get rid of plantar's warts and why do the cause so much pain?

Accepted Answer

Warts: Efudex (5-fluorouracil), although not an acid, is another prescription ointment that can destroy wart tissue in a manner similar to chemotherapy for skin cancer. Doctor's can use liquid nitrogen.  Otc salicylic acid is some tomes helpful.

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Can common skin warts or plantar and palmer be passed through toilet paper if one of these warts touches it and then another person touches it?

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Can water suffocate plantar warts?

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How do doctors remove plantar warts?

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Do people ever get plantar warts from someones sandal?

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Please answer! could you use a dust can on plantar warts?

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Do plantar warts have anything to do with sexual disease?

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What over-the-counter medications can cure plantar warts?

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Plantar warts and duct tape method. how effective is this?

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How do you treat a bad case of plantar warts on 8 year old child?

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