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, my 7year son has one veruca on the end of his toe, which is growing all the time and now looks like a claw, it is lifting his nail up too. we have tried the creams, freezing at home etc, unable to keep duct tape on, the doctor will not freeze it in a clinic as he is under 10 years. It is now hurting every day wearing his footwear, when swimming (sock on) and playing football, has anyone got any suggestions?
hey im 18 and ive got loads of verrucas there in a big clump on the bottom of my left and right foot it hurts when i walk. Ive had them since i was 10 and ive been to the doctors. ive tried all of the treatments apart from freezing does this hurt i just want them gone. please help.
You're better seeing a hpc registered Podiatrist. Most GPs don't offer any treatment anymore!
hi , i had a verucca on my left foot , i had it for about 3 years , i was getting quite concerned because it just wouldnt go away , i was using all the gels and tried getting it frozen off , they all didnt work , i decided to just leave it and put nothing on it , and it worked , so dont get too worked up over it :):), it will eventually go away on its own ! :D
HEYY Im 14, 15 in may i have six verrucas, so i think 4 on my left foot and 2 on my right i have had some of them since i was in yr 4-5 and im now in yr 10 they are really aanoying and i just want rid of them i have tryed frezzing but that doesnt work i have run out of options plz help
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I have a verruca on my toe which has now started to spread. I was told to cover it with duct tape to kill it, but this falls off or I wrap it so tight it hurts my foot. I have had the verruca for about 5 years. Any suggestions?
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Hi i'm 13 and i've had a large verruca for a few years now, recently over the past few months i've got a few more. One foot has 4 small ones and one larger one, the other has a few small ones. The largest is like a big hole in my foot. I'm not sure whether it's meant to be this big. Is this normal and how can i get rid of them and prevent more? x thanks x
Hi everyone SCHOLL make a product called wart removal gel that works great , i had two enormous plantar warts on my right foot they resisted everything, the product dries white and killed my warts dead in 10 weeks , which seems a long time but i had them for 5 years, so it was great.
hi
ive had a veruuca on my foot for like 3 years now and my mum and dad finaly tell me that there gonna freexe it with this stuff and when they tryed to do it the first time i screamed because it looked so cold and my friends say when they had it done it felt like burning and im really scared
please help
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Hi i'm 13 and i've had a large verruca for a few years now, recently over the past few months i've got a few more. One foot has 4 small ones and one larger one, the other has a few small ones. The largest is like a big hole in my foot. I'm not sure whether it's meant to be this big. Is this normal and how can i get rid of them and prevent more? x thanks x
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