Plantar warts appear on th esole of your food or toe and look like cauliflower lesions. They are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV) and can be contracted by contact with the living virus. Because the virus can live for long periods of time without a host HPV is highly contagious. It is estimated that 7-10% of the U.S. is infected with the virus in the form of plantar warts.

Plantar warts can be most accurately diagnosed and treated by dermatologists (skin specialists) or podiatrists (foot specialists) but are commonly found and cared for by primary care physicians. If you decide to leave your planter warts untreated, it might come to the point where it becomes painful, blister and tear, resulting in small beads of blood to escape.

Because plantar warts are spread by skin contact the easiest way to avoid infection is to wear sandals or shoes on public floors such as locker rooms and showers. There is no 100% cure for HPV. Treatments of plantar warts have been discovered that can remove symptoms and sometimes send the virus into remission. Even with treatment the lesions may reoccur from surviving cells in the infected skin around the lesion.

How to get rid of plantar warts? Most commonly plantar warts are treat by using an over the counter drug containing trichloroacetic acid or salicylic acid. There are numerous products that use these to get rid of symptoms. There are also products that use hypothermia (freezing of the cells) to remove the warts. It will take them up to four weeks to remove tha wart and you need to apply it multiple times. They can be found at most retailers in the foot care section.

Surgical treatments are sometimes used, depending on the intensity of the case. A treatmne option sis to inject liquid nitrogen under the planter wart, which will cause blistering. Alhtough it is painful, it usually does not leave any scarring. Cauterization is possible but undesirable as it is painful and can cause scarring or keloids, a scar that hardens into a firm rubbery growth over the area. Lasers have been used to remove warts with a great percentage rate but the procedure is expensive and painful.

The virus may still stay active in the surrounding area, although treatment has been administered and the lesions removed. Knowledge of this and proper care has to be taken so reoccurences will be prevented and the wart is not spread to others. Scheduled visits with a general practitioner is advised to watch for regrowth of the plantar warts.

Waiting for the lesions to lesson is not advised. Without treatment the lesions will spread, possibly to other parts of the body. Be careful, becaus eth eHPV virus is highly contagious and it is likely you infect people surrounding you. Only with early detection and treatment can the virus be contained and held passive.

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