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Quick Health Advice – Warts and Verrucas
At any given time, about 10% of the UK population have warts, which costs the NHS a staggering £40m a year in treatment. In this exclusive guide, Dr McKenna discusses the various types of wart – from the common wart to the genital wart – and advises on both preventative measures and treatment options available, to ensure that these little blighters will blight you no more.
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Apparantly putting a banana skin on your wart and leaving it there over night(sucure it with celotape or something) is supposed to work it hasnt worked for me but hopefully it might work for someone else i have a huge wart on my index finger it makes me feel so dirty ive had it for years now and it actually feels like its attached to the bone all my doctor has done is told me about putting crappy banana skins on my finger USELESSS people!
hi i have got 3 on one hand now ive tried soooo many of the freezing home kits and even went to the doctor and had them free it.but they just wount go, i then tried putting black tape round my finger for a week to soften the skin then cut away at it with a toe nail cutters or blade but this has now made it worse and i have got another one coming on the same finger. Is there anything that really works?
I have one verrcua that i have for 17 years that is the size of a 10 pence piece, Over the past 3 years they have spread all over my left foot 15 in total that are very painful and a cluster of 10-20 around every nail bed on EVERY finger. They are mega painful! And the NHS has done Naff all about it! My GP referred me to a dermotologist, who rejected the referral!!! So I can do anything to get rid of them!
hi iv'e tried the home kit, warttner, and nothing happened i even went to the doctor and got it frozen off bu it just came back.. :( its horiible, what else can i do?
Why not go and see a Podiatrist who is a professional in all matters relating to foot problems.
hey Im 16 years old and on the pill. i have sex with my boyfriend evry weekend i never use a condom because its VERY uncomftable and becomes very painfull. Do i have an STI because recently iv found a few cysts down below, could this be a STI ? and how can this be treated? how do i go about it ? im too scared to talk to my mum or anyone about this. the only way i can see my GP is if my mum will take me. PLEASE HELP ASAP Thanks x
I have a large deep rooted verucca on my left food i have had it cut out and taken down and frozen and even tried herbal treatments. it causes me great pain and i have given everything ago vinegar . tea tree im beginning to eel i would have it forever and im now developing another one
hi i have a massive wart on my hand at the bottom of my index finger and it is so embarrasing and i dont want to hold hands with my boyfriend in case i give it to him of he feels it. ive frozen it 8 times using wartner but it isnt going! HELP!
Hi.I found this remedy quite by accident but it worked a treat on the warts on my hands and it may work on your verrucas. Soak your hands/feet in hot water with biological washing powder. When the dead skin is soft, scrape off as much as you can with a foot file or similar (I used a fruit knife - just sharp enough to SCRAPE not cut) Repeat each day. Eventually, you get down to the core and it just seems to die off. I discovered this some years ago when I went camping for 2 weeks and was hand-washing clothes each day. The warts had gone by the time I came back home.They've never come back so I must have killed them off. Hope it works. Good luck!
i have had a veruca on the bottom of my foot for about 2 years now and it wont go. i have used wartner and it wont work it gets smaller but doesnt to anything else. help please ?
