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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Hi, I'm 19 and have several verrucas on one foot. I have tried different treatments but they wont go away. I really want to get rid of them as I havent been able to go swimming which is a large part of my exercise regime and they can be quite uncomfortable, especially when I am walking.
What shall I do?
Hello I am 16 and I have 1 verruca on my left foot and 8 on my Right foot and I am using the Scholl verruca removal kit so I am wondering if it actually work's.
Hi, I'm 13 and have like 4 verucas on my foot and they have been there for like 3-4 years now and dont know what to do. They are painless but annoying just knowing they are there. Please Help
I have had a verruca for several years now and it won't go away! And I'm only 14 so it's really embarrassing and disgusting and alot of the time painful. I just want to get rid of it but I've tried home freezing kits, cushion treatment, doctors freezing and some sticker thing from scholl and none of them have worked at all. Please help me!!!!
I have 13 verruca's on one foot they are painful and nothing is getting rid of them i've tryed EVERYTHING !!its embarrasing i have PE all the time in which i have to take my shoes & socks of its so embarasing. Please help me .
i have got Mosaic Verucas and i don't know how to get rid off them!! Please help me as when im at school sometimes i have to do p.e barefooted so i ask if i can be excused from lesson. this is very embarrasing!
I have had a verruca for over two years, right in the centre of the ball of my foot, it's very painful to walk on as it's under the main pressure point. I've tried gels, home freezing and even digging it out. I've been using the vinegar and duct tape method and it's gone all brown, but that's it, it's still there. I attempted to cut out the brown bits but it bled everywhere.. any help??
i have had a vrucca on the heel of my foot for 4 years and i have beengoing to the chiropodist it is serverly painfull and i would like it cut out and curterised but the hospital won do it where can i get it done pleae some one has to help i am in constant pain and the wart is the size of a 50p piece and its about a centimeter thick its really gross and am very concous about it and really need help
Heya
im 18 years old and ive had verrucas for almost a year now. ive tried everything from creams to having them frozen off but thats way to painful for me to endure since they cover the majority of my right foot and have started to spread to my left foot. i am really selfconcious as it is and this makes it so much worse. my GP is useless and gave me steroids which did nothing. please, please help me :(
i have 2 warts on my knee very close and 2 verrucas on my foot i have tried all sorts of sealing and freezing techniques but none of them work any ideas?
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