Today, different treatment methods are used in the treatment of warts, from having a teacher read to them, burning them with acidic solutions, freezing treatment, electro-cautery treatment, and surgical or radiofrequency removal. Detailed information about wart formation is needed to choose the most appropriate treatment among these.
Is wart contagious?
Wart is a viral disease caused by HPV (human papilloma virus) and is transmitted from person to person by contact. . Apart from contact, it can also be transmitted through towels, shoes, socks and contaminated wet surfaces. Humidity and slight damage to the skin facilitate infection.
There are approximately 100 types of HPV virus that causes warts, and the shape, size and spread potential of the lesions they cause and their resistance to treatment differ from each other. More than 30 of these 100 types of viruses settle in the genital area and are called anogenital wart (condyloma aquminata), the rest settle on the skin in other parts of the body.
Anogenital warts are in the group of sexually transmitted diseases. It is examined and known to cause some types of cancer located in the cervix, vagina, vulva, tongue and throat. Infections caused by viruses other than the 3-5 types associated with cancer have different potentials, but they are not as serious and can be treated more easily. The lesions are in the form of numerous raised tissue growths from the skin, resembling cauliflower, growing from 1-2 millimeters to 3-5 centimeters. The anogenital wart treatment method must be chosen and applied by a specialist.
Warts located outside the anogenital area are lesions around 1-2 centimeters in size with a raised cauliflower appearance. Warts on the soles of the feet are not swollen, they are generally 1-2 centimeters wide, round, hard around the middle, white and sometimes black dotted, and are painful lesions in the affected area and can be confused with calluses. Some of these warts may go away on their own, it is known that suggestion and the belief that they will go away can be effective in this regard. Solutions and patches containing salicylic acid are often inadequate in treatment. Recurrence and spread are common in treatments applied by freezing. Suturing large surgically removed lesions is very painful due to severe tension. It may be blurry. Treatment with cautery seems feasible. Recently, very good results have been obtained in the treatments we have performed with Radiofrequency, both in terms of ease of application and recovery rates.
Treatment with radiofrequency is a good option for warts that are resistant to treatment with solutions and patches.
Warts, especially seen in children, tend to disappear spontaneously after a while, so aggressive interventions that leave scars should be avoided as much as possible in children unless necessary.
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