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Plantar warts are benign tumors that are caused by a common organism, called the human papilloma virus (HPV). Plantar warts are gray or brown in color, with a small black dot in the center. The black dots are capillaries that supply blood to the warts. When a person is infected with the plantar warts, it is very painful to stand or walk for long periods of time.
Some people mistake their plantar warts for calluses. The most common way to distinguish between the two is to pinch the growth between one’s fingers, if pain is not felt it is a callus. A callus looks like yellow candle wax, and they do not have blood vessels.
Plantar warts are caused when hpv infection invades the body through tiny cuts, or abrasions. Warts may not appear for weeks, or months after an individual has been infected. Like other viral infections, plantar warts are contagious. Plantar warts are commonly spread in public places such as swimming pools, locker rooms, communal showers, gyms, and other athletic facilities where people walk barefoot. These are perfect breeding grounds for the human papilloma virus the virus thrives in moist warm places. Children are more susceptible to the planter wart virus; their immune system has not yet developed enough to ward off the virus.
Methods of protecting oneself and their children are as follows, ware thongs in the above-mentioned places, never share a towel with anyone, never ware another person’s shoes. While at home keep the bath room floors, and showers, clean, and disinfected. Use a disinfectant soap after being exposed to an area where the plantar warts may thrive. Avoid ever walking anywhere barefoot except on the beach, to prevent exposing yourself to the planter warts virus. Although the beautiful green grass just outside your door looks so inviting it harbors the plantar warts virus also, it is warm, and moist. Make checking your children’s feet a routine weekly habit. Be sure the children’s feet are clean and dry each day. At least two pair of shoes is a must, so that one pair is always dry ready and waiting to be worn. Ware white cotton socks to absorb the moisture in your shoes. Use a disinfectant powder or spray in your shoes as well for added protection against plantar warts.
It is possible for more serious lesions to appear on the foot they include malignant lesions such as carcinomas, and melanomas. Cancers are rare but they do appear on the feet like plantar warts, and people have mistaken them for warts, or calluses. This can prove to be a very dangerous situation. When a growth of any kind shows up on your feet call the health care provider immediately. This one call will save you a tremendous amount of pain from plantar warts, or something even more traumatic like cancer.
Plantar warts will spread and grow in size at times resembling a mosaic. They grow in weight bearing areas; at times they will feel as if there are stones in your shoes. The plantar warts can grow into large clusters, and they can also be twice the size beneath the skin. Plantar warts are often likened to an iceberg; the part you cannot see is always the largest.
Diabetics, and those with circulatory problems, finding a growth on the feet should see a health care provider immediately, as should those people with immunological, and neurological problems. Treating plantar warts with an over the counter treatment could prove to be a horrendous mistake for these people.
Plantar warts can be treated but as yet there is not a cure or medication to eradicate them. There aren’t single perfect treatments for plantar warts either, since we are unable to kill the virus without killing the cells that the virus has infected. Some of the treatments for plantar warts are as follows.
Plantar warts may be treated with surgery, or by freezing, them with (liquid nitrogen), or other chemicals.
Treating plantar warts with CO2 Laser is the cleanest, and most effective, method for treatment. Insurance providers, due to the expense of the treatments, usually deny payment for Laser treatment and the plantar warts will likely recur.
Treatment used for plantar warts depends on their location and size, the type of skin a patient has, and the health care provider’s judgment. Plantar warts may spread while a patient is having a procedure done, due to the fact that infected skin cells may relocate.
When plantar warts appear in the weight bearing part of the foot they will cause tremendous pain. If you are required to stand on the job take breaks and put your feet up as often as possible. If you have plantar warts on the side of your feet the pressure from shoes will become unbearable. Ask your health care provider if they could give you a prescription for orthopedic shoes, in most cases an insurance provider will cover the cost of the shoes for plantar warts patients.
