A wart found on the body is not a cause for concern or anxiety. This nuisance can be treated even if it happened to your child. In any pharmacy you will find a wide selection of remedies for warts: there are special preparations, ointments and creams that help to remove these disgusting growths from the skin. You can try to use popular methods proven for centuries, the effectiveness of which was proven by our great-grandmothers.
What are warts
Before choosing the right remedy for your treatment, it is important to understand that the skin lesions you find are warts. What is its appearance, what are the differences from papillomas, mollusks, moles? Warts are small nodular growths of viral origin. As a general rule, they form on the skin of the hands and feet and tend to grow rapidly (see photo below).
The virus carrier may not be aware of their illness; external manifestations tend to appear when immunity is weakened or during hormonal changes (in children, during adolescence) and may disappear on their own. For other reasons, doctors include:
- excessive dryness or excess moisture on the skin;
- frequent lesions on the skin of the hands;
- vitamin deficiency in the diet;
- Non-compliance with hygiene standards.
In most cases, the growths do not bother the patient in any way, they do not itch or hurt. However, it is necessary to fight the virus, because this is not just an aesthetic problem. Any skin formation of a benign nature can, in advanced cases, not only bring the patient a lot of practical inconvenience, but also cause the appearance of malignant formations. Treatment started on time helps to quickly get rid of this scourge.
Remedies for warts
Medicine offers a wide range of various treatments: ointments, creams, drops, antiviral and immunostimulating drugs, even special dressings. The growths can be removed surgically; Today, many aesthetic medicine centers provide cauterization of growths using liquid nitrogen.
If large areas of skin tissue are affected, you should definitely seek medical help in selecting the most effective course of treatment. Often, in such a situation, a treatment is prescribed, which includes immunomodulators (to stimulate the immune system), a course of vitamins and a local antiviral agent.
Remedy for warts and papillomas in pharmacy.
You can buy a remedy for warts and papillomas at a pharmacy without a prescription. These medications are:
- iodine and castor oil;
- special ointments;
- special antiviral creams;
- oily solutions;
- lapis lazuli pencil - an alkaline agent with a cauterizing effect, based on silver nitrate;
- for oral administration - tablets;
- cryopreparations.
When deciding which method of treatment to choose, pay attention not only to the active active ingredient of the drug. Based on the exposure method, all funds are divided into:
- immunomodulatory drugs;
- necrotizing
- keratolytic;
- freezing of cryopreparations.
Before using drugs with necrotizing effect, read the instructions: avoid applying the product to non-infected skin areas to avoid burns and scars. Treat the area around the build-up with petroleum jelly before applying. Rinse untreated skin areas with running water immediately if medicine is accidentally spilled on them. You should not use this group of drugs to remove skin neoplasms on the face.
Ointment
Why is it preferable to choose ointments for treatment? They are more convenient to use than oily solutions or gels, they are better absorbed and eventually reach the deeper layers of the skin tissue. Thus, they more effectively cope not only with external manifestations, but also prevent the multiplication of the virus at the intracellular level. This simple remedy for papillomas and warts can be purchased at any pharmacy.
Oxolinic ointment
The three percent oxolinic ointment against warts not only kills the virus in the affected cells, but also protects healthy cells from its spread. The product is applied to the growth itself and to the skin around it three to four times a day. The effectiveness of the application is increased if, before applying the drug, the growth of the skin is vaporized and the dead areas are removed.
The duration of treatment will be from several weeks to two months. The main advantage of oxolinic ointment is safety of use: it can be prescribed to children and pregnant women; the agent is eliminated from the tissues throughout the day. If you want a speedy recovery, choose a fast-acting HPV infection treatment.
Salicylic ointment
Another widely known active agent is salicylic wart ointment. It is applied to growths once a day, the volume is not more than one gram per day; Before processing, the forming dead particles are removed, then a sterile bandage is applied. The application continues until the build-up is completely gone. As a general rule, it is a long process that lasts from 30 days. The ointment is not prescribed for the removal of papillomas on the skin of the face, for babies, for violations of the kidneys, undergoing treatment for diabetes mellitus.
Medicine for papillomas and warts
In addition to drugs for external use, the doctor can prescribe drugs for papillomas and warts in the form of capsules. In this way, two mechanisms are combined to combat the problem: antiviral and immunomodulatory. They produce special tablets against HPV, their reception is combined with the use of creams and ointments with an immunostimulating effect. On the contrary, if you are prescribed an antiviral ointment, the immunomodulator will be prescribed in pill form.
Antiviral drugs
There are special antiviral drugs in the form of pills, which are prescribed in parallel with the course of external use. While taking antiviral drugs, immunomodulatory agents are often prescribed to prevent the virus from coming back. These are tablets and an ointment that are used within two weeks after the skin neoplasm disappears.
Cream
You can use specific wart creams to treat HPV infections. Drugs affect the virus at the intracellular level and prevent its multiplication.
Preparations for freezing
The simplest and most effective means of removing skin neoplasms are preparations for freezing warts. Cryopreparations are produced in the form of aerosols and are convenient for practical use; no preliminary preparation is required, such as steaming the skin. The main thing is to correctly diagnose growth, since such drugs should not be used against mollusks or moles on the skin.
Solution
Necrotizing agents are often available as a wart solution. The active substances in its composition cauterize the neoplasm, that is why their use requires precision. Before removal, the growths are steamed and then gently lubricated with a toxic solution. As a general rule, the procedure should be repeated up to ten times to eliminate a skin lesion.
Drops
Among the drops from warts, a popular drug containing salicylic and lactic acids, the active ingredient polidocanol, is characterized by rave reviews. The product has a pungent odor, effectively exfoliates skin neoplasms, has antiseptic and antibacterial effects. The standard course of treatment is continued for a week, the drug is applied to the growths once a day.
Plaster for the treatment of plantar and common warts.
Recently, special dressings have appeared for the treatment of plantar and common warts. The mechanism of its action is simple: a piece of plaster sticks to the skin formation for a day or two. After removing the patch, the skin is vaporized and the dead areas of the neoplasm are removed. These actions are repeated until the accumulation is completely rejected. Most of the reviews on the use of this remedy are positive, it is sold in pharmacies at an affordable price.
Home remedies
In addition to medications, home remedies for warts are also effective. Time-tested recipes can sometimes help better than the latest pharmaceutical developments. The most popular ones that really work are:
- celandine stem juice during its flowering period;
- shredded Kalanchoe leaves;
- onions, garlic;
- Infusion of mountain milkweed for smoking neoplasms.