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Verrucas

close up of verruca on foot

In the same way that walking barefoot around swimming pools, changing rooms and any communal area can lead to Athlete’s Foot, there is also the possibility that you might pick up the odd plantar wart (or verruca) as well. A verruca is a wart on the sole of the foot, which is pressed into the foot by the weight of the body, and can therefore be painful. You can have one verruca or sometimes you can have several small warts packed together into a small area, known as a ‘mosaic wart’ (not as beautifully artistic as it sounds, but usually painless). In children, verrucas tend to come and go quite quickly, but in adults they can persist for several years if they are not treated (although, some will go away by themselves). There are plenty of treatments available, but no single treatment is guaranteed.

+++UPDATE+++

In our episode first broadcast on Wednesday 22nd April 2009 we featured the case of Charlotte who was suffering from a severe outbreak of Verrucas. Charlotte’s operation to remove the verrucas from her foot appears to have been successful and her foot is healing really well. She’s back on her bike and back to being a normal child, pending a potential bone marrow transplant.

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Hi I’ve got verrucas all over my body! I have been having verrucas on and off for the last 5 years and I’ve been using different forms of treatment (criotherapy, Wartner, salicid acid, etc). They appear and last for several months after which they disappear for about a month just to reappear again. Recently, I had a verruca on my foot, but soon after other areas of my body got infected. Now I’ve got lots of small verrucas covering my whole right hand and two fingers of my left hand. Two weeks ago verrucas started to appear on my forearms and now on my face. I think I might have a problem with my immune system but my GP says to wait and see. I am worried and my social life is significantly impaired. I’ve heard that a Virologist could help, who is a virologist and where I can find one?





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Hi I’ve got verrucas all over my body! I have been having verrucas on and off for the last 5 years and I’ve been using different forms of treatment (criotherapy, Wartner, salicid acid, etc). They appear and last for several months after which they disappear for about a month just to reappear again. Recently, I had a verruca on my foot, but soon after other areas of my body got infected. Now I’ve got lots of small verrucas covering my whole right hand and two fingers of my left hand. Two weeks ago verrucas started to appear on my forearms and now on my face. I think I might have a problem with my immune system but my GP says to wait and see. I am worried and my social life is significantly impaired. I’ve heard that a Virologist could help, who is a virologist and where I can find one?





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I have 6 verrucas 3 on one and 3 on the other but i cant get rid of them. what can i do?





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hey, i have 2 verrucas on my left foot. they are quite painful to walk on, i've tried basuka but it diddn't work, i also tried scholl. helps :)





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I have got a verruca on one foot that is on my left foot What can I do I need help please





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I had a bad cluster of planter warts on my right foot that I ignored for several years. Eventually they got so bad that they were very painful, even why I wasnt putting pressure on them. I never tried any home treatments, but I went to a podiatrist and he surgicaly removed them with a laser. I had to wear a special shoe for a couple weeks while it healed. Its now 2 years later and my foot has no scar tissue and they never came back. Good luck!

Should I file the verrca or not

I had veruccas on the bottom of my feet- around 30 and I had had them for around 6 years! I used the duct tape method of removal with White wine vinegar. I also got one of the hand sanitisers that are sold everywhere and used that twice a day. I also made sure I got rid of rough skin. After 6 months all but 2 have gone!!! Not sure which bit of my treatment worked but am so over the moon that wanted to share! :)





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hello, could you please explain the duct tape method, and what hand sanitisers do please?! thanks :) x

My 14 year old daughter has had verrucas for years but the doctors say they will just go, but when??? This is a really embarrasssing problem for her now at gym class, swimming, sleepovers etc, so much so that she wont go on a school exchange trip because of her feet! Is there any way i can contact my local dermatology department without a gp referral. If this was on her face, something would be done!





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ive had a varruca on the sole of my foot for about 3 years, tried treatments from chemists and freezing, nothing is helping. Ive also now developed a fungal infection in nail on opposite foot and athelete foot. Can anyone help? Are these connected?





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Hi, I have this verruca since summer and I tried freezing it 3 times but it didn't go. My cousin suggested I juts leave it and it'll go on it's own. Now the top is black and very dry and it looks like scab is forming at the top. The swelling has also gone down. Does that mean it is healing?





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Hello, I have had verrcuas since I was little, I am now 13 and I still have one on my toe. It is really embarrasing in P.E when we do gymnastics, ECT. I have tried freezing it lots of times. My other verruca went away after freezing - this one STAYED. What can I do?





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