It is very easy to catch papillomavirus. It can be spread by kissing, having sex, and even touching an infected person. In most people, the infection is suppressed by the immune system. However, favorable factors can activate the virus, and it begins to induce the growth of skin cells.
Most HPV lesions are benign. They do not require mandatory removal, but they often cause great discomfort. In this case, you can get rid of the skin growth in the clinic or use a remedy for warts and papillomas used at home.
Traditional and folk medicine offer many options for dealing with papillomavirus bumps on the epidermis. The main thing before using them is to correctly determine the origin of the formation on the skin, so as not to harm oneself.
Pharmacy preparations
There is a huge selection of medicines designed to remove warts and papillomas. The use of external agents helps to quickly cleanse the skin. They can be issued in the form:
- solution;
- gel, cream, ointment;
- plaster;
- aerosol.
Pills help to remove not only the defect, but also the reasons that caused it. Some of them stimulate the immune system, others have a pronounced antiviral effect.
There are many medicines available to treat warts and papillomas.
Solutions
Many liquid skin removers have a cauterizing effect. Before removing papillomas or warts with their help, you should lubricate the skin around the growth with zinc paste. This will help prevent burns if corrosive liquid accidentally spills onto healthy tissue.
Some solutions have a keratolytic (softening) effect. They destroy warts and papillomas gradually, providing a more gentle action than cauterizing agents. After their application, layer-by-layer tissue death begins.
Attention!If the cauterizing compound comes into contact with the skin, it should be washed off immediately. For this, clean running water is used. After cleansing, the epidermis is treated with a healing ointment for several days!
Ointments, creams, gels
Wart and papilloma can be removed not only with a solution. There are drugs with a thicker base: special ointments and gels with an antiviral effect. The most suitable drug will be recommended by a specialist.
Freezing preparations
A good remedy for getting rid of warts and papillomas at home is special freezing agents, the active components of which are refrigerants. On contact with the skin, they freeze the tissue. After this, a gradual death of abnormal cells occurs, as a result of which the formation disappears.
Freezing agents for papillomas and warts should not be used for treatment:
- pregnant women;
- lactating women;
- people with diabetes;
- babies under the age of four.
Freezing agents for removing warts and papillomas are applied to the applicator, which is applied to the skin growth. The exposure time of refrigerants is prescribed in the instructions. It depends on the size and location of education.
The bump should disappear from the skin two weeks after treatment. If the problem area is not cleared, then the procedure is repeated.
Severely hardened warts can take up to three freezes to remove. This is the maximum possible number of repetitions of the procedure. If the build-up could not be reduced, then you should consult a doctor to adjust the method of treatment.
Softening patches
There are very effective remedies that help remove warts on the soles of your feet. They come in the form of special patches.
Removing plantar warts at home with patches is as follows:
- The foot steams well.
- A piece is cut from the keratolytic adhesive plaster. It should cover the tubercle, but not adhere to healthy tissue.
- A regular adhesive plaster is attached on top.
The overlay should be renewed every two days. You no longer need to steam your leg.
Attention!The warty surface will peel off gradually. After the build-up has completely disappeared, a small hole may remain on the sole. Over time, the skin surface will even out!
Pills
Systemic medications are prescribed to destroy the very cause of papillomas and warts - the human papillomavirus.
Medication should be combined with external treatment of warts.
Experts recommend treating papillomas with warts with systemic drugs, conducting parallel processing of the tubercles with external agents. With such an integrated approach, the highest effect of drug therapy is achieved.
Folk remedies
Alternative medicine offers many ways to cleanse the skin. The recipes describe in detail how to get rid of papillomas and wart growths at home.
Folk remedies for removing papillomavirus-induced skin lesions are made on the basis of inexpensive and readily available ingredients. Vinegar, eggs, onions, celandine, walnuts, and Kalanchoe are often used.
The following folk remedies are very popular:
- Garlic ointment.To prepare it, you must have vinegar essence and ghee. A gruel is made from one garlic clove. A teaspoon of lard and acetic acid are added to it. The application of the resulting ointment is quite simple - it is applied to the wart or papilloma at night. A piece of bandage is placed on top of the treated area, which is fixed with an adhesive plaster. The procedure is repeated daily until the epidermis is completely cleansed.
- Onion ointment.This folk remedy is prepared with the addition of honey. It cannot be used by people who are allergic to bee waste products. Onion juice is used to prepare the ointment; it is mixed with honey in a 2: 1 ratio. The composition is applied to the problem area of the skin, left overnight. Gauze is placed on top, which is fixed with a bandage or plaster. The processing is repeated until the build-up disappears.
- Egg white.Applied to the skin tubercle in a pure form. After drying one layer, the next one is spread. The procedure is repeated for several days. After a while, the wart disappears.
- Celandine.The plant is cut closer to the root. A wart or papilloma is smeared with its bright yellow juice every three hours. After a week of such processing, the scheme changes. The juice is applied three times a day. After a month of such treatment, the growth should disappear from the skin.
Treatment with folk remedies for warts and papillomas is not very welcomed by doctors. Many experts consider any method from the arsenal of alternative medicine to be ineffective and give preference to pharmaceutical preparations.
Is it possible to choose the right tool on your own
Removing skin growths without first consulting a doctor is a frivolous and dangerous exercise. A person who does not have special medical education will not be able to reliably determine the origin of the pathology that has arisen, to establish its type. It is these two criteria that directly affect the choice of a remedy for papillomas and warts.
Only a dermatologist is able to determine the correct causes of the formation. After all, bumps on the epidermis are caused not only by the human papillomavirus. With the help of laboratory studies, the nature of the appearance of the anomaly is precisely established. Professional diagnostics allows you to exclude:
- malignant tumor;
- molluscum contagiosum;
- warts of syphilitic nature.
In addition, a dermatologist is well aware of the differences between papillomas and warts. This is important when choosing an effective remedy to combat them. He will notice the various characteristics of the build-up:
- form;
- outline features;
- localization;
- variability of color and size;
- additional sensations in the problem area.
Important!Only having precisely established the causes of the appearance and the type of formation, the specialist will say with confidence how to get rid of warts and papillomas at home!
It should be remembered that the removal of growths with external means does not always solve the problem completely. After all, these drugs for papillomas and warts do not remove the virus itself from the body, which caused the skin anomaly. Only comprehensive treatment will help get rid of the pathology completely. The skin will be cleansed, and the appearance of new formations will be excluded.