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Why and how does verruca start! how do i get it off?
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Verruca: Verruca: a wart by another name, a local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The virus of warts (a human papillomavirus) is transmitted by contact. The contact can be with a wart on someone else or one on oneself (autoinoculation). Treatment is with salicylic-acid, nonprescription freezing, and rx by doctor-aldara, bleomycin, candida, liquid nitrogen, laser.
Answered 2/11/2019
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Surgery to remove: Warts are caused by a virus. They can be removed with freezing or surgical excision. See your doctor.
Answered 5/21/2017
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