Warts on Hands
Warts on Hands - Discover everything you'll ever need to know about
warts on your hands. These annoying little unsightly growths can cause a
great deal of embarrassment for many people. In this article I will
provide you with some great prevention and treatment methods.
Do you or someone you know have warts on hands? A lot of people have
questions about how they got these growths in the first place. Hand
warts, the same as those that grow anywhere on the body, are caused by a
virus. This virus is known as the human papillomavirus, or HPV for
short. There are at least 100 known strains of the human papillomavirus.
Different strains of this virus are responsible for the different types
of warts people get.
There are primarily to be different types of warts that typically grow
on your hands. Some of these might also grow on other places on your
body such as around your toenails or even on the bottom of your foot or
toes. Those that grow on the bottom of your foot are usually called a
planter wart. However, as just another place for what's generally called
a common wart to grow. This is one of the types that also commonly grow
on your hands.
Common warts are without a doubt the ones that occurred the most on
people's hands. They can also grow on many other places on the body.
This is the type that are often seen on people's fingers and sometimes
on the palms of their hands. These will usually go away completely on
their own even without treatment within two years. Many people though,
find that too long to wait, and seek treatment almost as soon as the
growths appear.
Another type that people find commonly on their hands, are called
subungual warts. For people who have this type of wart is highly
recommended they seek treatment as soon as possible. Treatment for this
type is almost always given by a Dr. or dermatologist. The reason for
this is that this type of wart growths under the fingernails and
sometimes under toenails as well. This makes it difficult if not
impossible to apply home remedies or over-the-counter medications. This
type of wart, if not treated, as they grow can distort the shape of the
fingernails and can even cause the fingernail to completely detached,
which can be very painful.
Periungual warts are the third type that commonly grow on hands and
fingers. These much more commonly though, grow next to the fingernails,
and sometimes toenails also. This type usually responds to most
over-the-counter and home treatment methods. Occasionally more stubborn
ones will require removal by dermatologist.
The human papillomavirus is usually spread by contact, either direct or
indirect. You can easily spread this virus attaching common items within
the household such as faucet handles, or grooming products like
fingernail clippers and Combs. Sharing the same towel with people that
have warts on their hands is another way the virus can spread.
Even though this virus is not extremely contagious it can easily enters
to small cuts scrapes or scratches on the surface of the skin. Along
with not sharing grooming items and hand towels, keeping your skin
healthy is the best way to prevent infection by the human
papillomavirus. However it's much more common for individual already
infected to spread the virus to other parts of their own body. Once
again, keeping your skin healthy and free of cuts and scrapes is a good
prevention measure. Anytime someone infected with warts on their hands
handles items that are shared by other people in the household, those
items should be cleaned thoroughly immediately after being handled by
the infected person.
