Conditions
Verrucas
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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I've had verrucas on both feet for around 15 years, they are so difficult to get rid of. I've tried everything during this time, bazucka and other similar gels, freezing, acid, tea tree oil, duck tape the list is endless! The most bizarre one I tried was banana skins (cut to size, place on verruca and secure to the foot with plasters or bandage tape) this method always seemed to be the one were I could see changes but it never cleared them. Around 10 years ago I was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes so managing my verrucas got harder because the NHS will not treat them because of the risks associated with feet in diabetics and I'm frightened to do too much myself for this reason. I now have just learnt to live with them, managing them with a ped egg type tool and bazucka type gel. I dream of having a lovely clear sole but feel this will never be. Has anyone got any alternative suggestions?
i took my son to gp and he has been given 8g salicylic acid & lactic acid gel for his foot now his foot is bleeding from it is this normal ? his only been on it 3 days
I've had verrucas on my foot and worts on my fingers sicne i was about 6 years old adn they jsut won't go away, is there anyway to get rid of these for good?
Hi my husband has verucas all over the ball of his foot, he has had them for 10 years ans has tryed many ways to get rid of them including bazuka, having them sergically cut out, silver nitrate, super strong acid applied by a pro, he even buys scalpels and cuts them out himself but they still persist. If anyone can sugest a way to get rid of them that would be great.
hi my partner has a really big verucca on his foot with lots of little ones round it he went to the doctors an had treatment but it just made them worse. we have tried over the counter treatments but none seem to work is there anything else we can try as they are causing him a lot of pain
I am 31 yr old female. I have had this verruca on the ball of my foot and it is soooo painful. I have had it there for 5 years or so now! No treatments have worked! I have even tried filing it off!! Too painful tho! Any more suggestions?
Never had a verruca until a few weeks ago and I can not believe how painful it is to walk on. The freezing spray does not seem to have done anything on its own.So I am currently trying to treat my verruca using duoderm dressing and it seems to be helping along with the freezing.
had my verruca for years the doctor froze it last year it just got bigger. started using salatac gel 4weeks ago and its down to the black spots. its very tender should i carry on with the treatment? what happens next? im abit worried.
my daughter is 24 and has for the third time got blisters on the bottom of her feet and between her toes that burst usually clear liquid but today yellowy colour,she is in pain due to on weight bearing part of her body and due to her job has to wear closed toe shoes which means it cant breath. she had to leave early to see gp though she dismissed her and said its just a verucca. she had this a year ago and it took 3 weeks off work. what can she do
I have had a verruca for about 6 years now I first got them when I was 7 and I'm 13 now and they haven't gone yet, I have tried gels cream the stone I have practically tried everything is there any way I can get rid of them before July because I'm going on holiday I don't want to freeze them is there any way I can get rid of them without freezing please comment If you know any ways thanks
Hi I use to suffer with them for around ten years also. As mine were stubborn I used both acid and freeze. The constant combination of this will kill them off. Make sure you cut away as much skin from the verruca an easy and Safe way is To use a ped egg file works a treat Freeze the verrucas but if the freezes not painful it is not working as there is too much hard skin there. It should become quite painful when you freeze after 30 seconds. Then apply the generic acid called salactol it the cheapest and strongest of all the wart removal acids. Apply the acid every day for a week. Then freeze every weekend, file with ped egg and apply salactol everyday. If you think it's not responding perform a couple of freezes on the verrucas. The stubbon ones should died off in about 16 weeks. Sorry guys it does take this long for the ones that haven't gone after quite a few years. but remember to keep filling, applying acid daily and then freezing once a week.
I have Verrucas . I have been to the nurse for 5 week and got paint stuff for 12 weeks
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