Why do warts appear? Detailed answer

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Why do warts appear?

Almost everyone you know has some kind of "special way" to get rid of warts. They will tell you a thousand incredible things and promise that warts will definitely disappear if you just follow their instructions exactly.

Due to the fact that warts tend to appear and disappear unexpectedly, many sincerely believe that there is some kind of magic involved. Even in the distant times of the Roman Empire, people had superstitious ideas about warts. The Roman Pliny wrote in his "Natural History": "On the first day of the full moon, you should touch the warts with peas, then wrap them in cloth and throw them behind you."

Many still believe that warts will appear if you touch a frog or toad, but this is not so. Warts are growths on the skin or mucous membranes. Many people have warts from birth, others first appear in childhood or later. Some of them disappear over time.

There is no complete scientific explanation for the cause of warts. We still don't know enough about them. Some physicians who have studied warts believe they are caused by a filterable virus. It's such a tiny germ that even the finest filter can't stop it. Others believe that warts appear from friction and irritation.

A wart that appears on the hands or fingers of an adult is usually caused by some kind of irritation, it can be mild, but often recurring. We ignore it because it is so light and the result is often a wart.

Often warts appear on the hands of people engaged in some specific work. For example, people who work in a slaughterhouse often develop warts on their wrists or knuckles. They are called "butcher's warts" and can be caused by tubercle bacilli.

People working with coal tar, oil or its products, x-rays often get warts. They often become malignant, that is, the wart becomes a cancerous tumor on the skin.

In no case should you try to remove warts with "home remedies": there is always a danger that they will result in a serious infection. Leave the wart alone or remove it correctly and to the end with a doctor. Whenever you decide to do something about a wart because someone has assured you that he has a "cure" for it, you risk turning it into a hotbed of a dangerous infection!

Author: Likum A.

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