It is very easy to catch papillomavirus. It can be transmitted through kissing, sex or even touching an infected person. In most people, the infection is suppressed by the immune system. However, favorable factors can activate the virus and it begins to induce the growth of skin cells.
Most HPV masses are benign. They do not require mandatory removal, but often cause great discomfort. In this case, you can get rid of skin growth in the clinic or use a remedy for warts and papillomas used at home.
Traditional and folk medicine offer many options for dealing with papillomavirus bumps on the epidermis. The main thing before using them is to correctly determine the origin of the formation on the skin so as not to harm yourself.
Pharmacy preparations
There is a huge selection of drugs designed to remove warts and papillomas. The use of external agents helps to quickly cleanse the skin. They can be issued in the form:
- solution; gel, cream, ointment;
- plaster;
- aerosol.
Pills help to eliminate not only the defect, but also the causes that caused it. Some of them stimulate the immune system, others have a pronounced antiviral effect.
There are many medications to treat warts and papillomas.
Solutions
Many liquid skin removers have a scorching effect. Before removing papillomas or warts with their help, you should lubricate the skin around the growth with zinc paste. This will help prevent burns if corrosive liquid accidentally spills on healthy tissue.
Some solutions have a keratolytic (softening) effect. They destroy warts and papillomas gradually, providing a more gentle action than cauterizing agents. After their application, layered tissue death begins.
Attention!If the cauterizing compound comes into contact with the skin, it should be washed immediately. Clean running water is used for this. After cleansing, the epidermis is treated with a healing ointment for several days!
Ointments, creams, gels
Warts and papillomas can be removed not only with a solution. There are drugs with a thicker base: special ointments and gels with antiviral effect. The most appropriate medicine will be recommended by a specialist.
Freezing preparations
A good remedy for removing warts and papillomas at home are special freezing agents, whose active components are refrigerants. Upon contact with the skin, they freeze the tissue. Then there is a gradual death of abnormal cells, as a result of which the formation disappears.
Freezing agents for papillomas and warts should not be used for treatment:
- pregnant women;
- breastfeeding women;
- people with diabetes;
- babies under the age of four.
Freezing agents to remove warts and papillomas are applied to the applicator, which is applied to the skin growth. The time of exposure to refrigerants is prescribed in the instructions. It depends on the size and location of the education.
The boom should disappear from the skin two weeks after treatment. If the problem area is not cleared, then the procedure is repeated.
Removing severely hardened warts can take up to three frosts. This is the maximum possible number of repetitions of the procedure. If the accumulation cannot be reduced, you should consult a doctor to adjust the method of treatment.
Softening patches
There are many effective remedies that help to remove warts on the soles of the feet. They are available in the form of special patches.
Removing plantar warts at home with patches is as follows:
- The foot steams well.
- A piece is cut from the keratolytic adhesive plaster. It should cover the tubercle, but not stick to healthy tissue.
- A simple adhesive plaster is attached on top.
The overlay must be renewed every two days. You no longer need to steam your feet.
Attention!The wart surface will peel off gradually. Once the growth is completely gone, a small pit may remain on the sole. Over time, the surface of the skin will smooth out!
Pills
Systemic drugs are prescribed to eliminate the very cause of papillomas and warts - the human papilloma virus.
Medications should be combined with external treatment of warts.
Experts recommend treating papillomas with warts with systemic drugs, performing parallel treatment of tubercles with external agents. With such an integrated approach, the highest effect of drug therapy is achieved.
Folk remedies
Alternative medicine offers many ways to cleanse the skin. Recipes describe in detail how to get rid of papillomas and wart growths at home.
Folk remedies for removing skin lesions caused by papilloma virus are made on the basis of cheap and affordable ingredients. Vinegar, eggs, onions, celandine, walnuts and kalanchoe are often used.
The following folk remedies are very popular:
- Garlic ointment.To prepare it, you need vinegar essence and ghee. From a clove of garlic is made porridge. To it add a teaspoon of lard and acetic acid. The application of the resulting ointment is quite simple - it is applied to the wart or papilloma at night. A piece of bandage is placed on the treated area, which is fixed with adhesive plaster. The procedure is repeated every day until the epidermis is completely cleansed.
- Onion ointment.This folk remedy is prepared with the addition of honey. It cannot be used by people who are allergic to bee waste products. Onion juice is used to make an ointment; it is mixed with honey in a ratio of 2: 1. The composition is applied to the problem area of the skin left overnight. Gauze is placed on top, which is fixed with a bandage or plaster. The treatment is repeated until the accumulation disappears.
- Egg white.Applied to the skin tubercle in pure form. After drying, one layer is spread over the next. The procedure is repeated for several days. After a while, the wart disappears.
- celandine.The plant is cut closer to the root. A wart or papilloma is smeared with its bright yellow juice every three hours. After one week of such processing the scheme changes. The juice is applied three times a day. After one month of such treatment, the growth should disappear from the skin.
Treatment with folk remedies for warts and papillomas is not much welcomed by doctors. Many experts consider any method from the arsenal of alternative medicine to be ineffective and prefer pharmaceuticals.
Is it possible to choose the right tool yourself
Removing skin growths without consulting a doctor is a frivolous and dangerous exercise. A person without special medical education will not be able to reliably determine the origin of the pathology that has arisen, to establish its type. It is these two criteria that directly influence the choice of drug for papillomas and warts.
Only a dermatologist is able to determine the correct causes of the formation. After all, swelling of the epidermis is not only caused by the human papillomavirus. With the help of laboratory tests the exact nature of the anomaly is established. Professional diagnostics allows you to turn off:
- malignant tumor;
- mollusk contagiosum;
- warts of a syphilitic nature.
In addition, the dermatologist is well aware of the differences between papillomas and warts. This is important when choosing an effective means to combat them. He will notice the different characteristics of the accumulation:
- form;
- contour functions;
- localization;
- color and size variability;
- additional sensations in the problem area.
Important!Only after he has established the exact causes and type of formation, the specialist will tell you with confidence how to get rid of warts and papillomas at home!
It should be remembered that removing growths by external means does not always solve the problem completely. After all, these papilloma and wart medications do not remove the virus that caused the skin abnormality from the body. Only a comprehensive treatment will help to get rid of the pathology completely. The skin will be cleansed and the appearance of new formations will be excluded.