Question 1

i have a hard wart thing under my toenail. what should or can i do?

Accepted Answer

See a podiatrist...: Have a podiatrist examine it and consider having it biopsied.  There are several things that can form under the toenail.  Warts are viruses, but there can also be a growth that can be coming from the underlying bone or the soft tissue, including some cancers.  Don't try self treatment or self diagnosing.  Have it checked!

Question 2

what can you do about periungual warts around toenails?

Accepted Answer

There are many : Treatments for these type of warts including acid application, freezing, laser therapy. Some times oral supplementation is effective as well.

Question 3

how to warts on the foot spread?

Accepted Answer

Contact: The warts spread by contact, friction sweating along the surface of the skin. Early treatemt is preferred because extensive warts are much harder to treat.

Question 4

what causes the wart like things on my child's foot?

Accepted Answer

Virus infection: Most of the time warts are the result of papilloma virus infection.

Question 5

how could i get this wart on my foot?

Accepted Answer

Virus: Plantar warts are viral infections of the skin on your feet.  The virus is very common and is spread by direct contact.  If you walk barefoot in public places such as at the gym or in locker rooms, you are at risk for picking up the virus.  Plantar warts may also spread to other locations on your feet.

Question 6

warts underneath foot.

Accepted Answer

Wart is from viruses: Vague question, but a wart is a lump on the skin caused by papilloma viruses (it sometimes spreads to others). A corn is a lump of dead skin material formed where there is repeated pressure or friction on the skin (happens without viruses). Both lumps can push into the bottom of a foot because on the sole, a person stands or walks on the lumps all day.

Question 7

are foot warts supposed to be painful, or is there something else going on?

Accepted Answer

Maybe something else: Foot warts sometimes cause pain. The pain can also be due to some other problem. Foot warts can cause pain by growing into the foot. This is more likely to happen if the warts are on the bottom of the foot. The person stands and walks on the warts, so they can't grow outward from the skin like a hand wart does. Instead, plantar warts have to grow into the foot and push up on foot tendons or bones.

Question 8

what are removal techniques for warts/verucas (i don't know what it is) on the upper sole oft foot?

Accepted Answer

Many ways: They can be frozen, topical acid, laser, surgical removal.

Question 9

how do you know when warts have been completely killed off? they're on the foot if it makes any difference

Accepted Answer

With time: Immediately after with any form of treatment , even if  on surface looks normal  hpv virus may stay on body with out showing exfoliation , if warts  do not appear then can presume are  ' killed off'  '.

Question 10

how you get warts on the bottom foot?

Accepted Answer

Warts: I wart is a type of virus that is spread from person to person. If you are barefoot in an area where someone else has a wart you can pick up the virus

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What causes the wart like things on my child's foot?

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How could i get this wart on my foot?

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Warts underneath foot.

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Are foot warts supposed to be painful, or is there something else going on?

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What are removal techniques for warts/verucas (i don't know what it is) on the upper sole oft foot?

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How do you know when warts have been completely killed off? they're on the foot if it makes any difference

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How you get warts on the bottom foot?

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