It is very easy to catch the papilloma virus. It can be transmitted by kissing, sex or even touching an infected person. In most people, the immune system suppresses the infection. 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 often cause great discomfort. In this case, you can get rid of skin growth in the clinic or use a remedy against warts and papillomas used at home.
Traditional and traditional medicine offer numerous options for dealing with lumps on the epidermis caused by the papilloma virus. The main thing before using them is to correctly determine the origin of the formation on the skin, so as not to harm yourself.
Pharmaceutical preparations
There is a huge selection of medications designed to remove warts and papillomas. The use of external means helps to quickly cleanse the skin. They can be issued in the form:
- solution; gel, cream, ointment;
- plaster;
- aerosol.
Tablets help to remove not only the malfunction, but also the reasons that caused it. Some of them stimulate the immune system, others have a pronounced antiviral effect.
There are many medications to treat warts and papillomas.
Solutions
Many liquid skin removers have a cauterizing effect. Before removing papillomas or warts with their help, the skin around the growth should be lubricated with zinc paste. This will help prevent burns if the corrosive liquid accidentally spills on healthy tissue.
Some solutions have a keratolytic (softening) effect. They destroy warts and papillomas gradually, providing a gentler action than cauterizing agents. After their application, layer-by-layer dying begins.
Attention!If the cauterizing mixture comes into contact with the skin, it should be rinsed off immediately. Clean running water is used for this. After cleansing, the epidermis is treated with healing ointment for a few days!
Ointments, creams, gels
Warts and papillomas can be removed not only with a solution. There are drugs with a thicker base: special ointments and gels with antiviral effect. The most appropriate medication will be recommended by a specialist.
Freeze preparations
A good remedy for removing warts and papillomas at home are special freezing agents, whose active component is refrigerants. In contact with the skin, they freeze the tissue. This is followed by the gradual death of the abnormal cells, causing the formation to disappear.
Papilloma and wart freezers should not be used to treat:
- pregnant women;
- breastfeeding;
- people with diabetes;
- babies under the age of four.
Freezing agents for removing warts and papillomas are applied to an applicator that is applied to the skin growth. The time of exposure to refrigerants is prescribed in the instructions. It depends on the size and location of the education.
The growth should disappear from the skin two weeks after treatment. If the problem area is not cleaned, the procedure is repeated.
Up to three frosts can be removed with severely hardened warts. This is the maximum possible number of repetitions of the procedure. If the accumulation could not be reduced, you should consult a doctor to adjust the method of treatment.
Softening patches
There are very effective medications that help remove warts on the soles. They come in the form of special patches.
Removing plantar warts at home with patches is as follows:
- The leg pairs well. A piece of keratolytic adhesive plaster was cut out. It should cover the tubercle, but not stick to healthy tissue.
- Regular adhesive plaster is attached to the top.
The overlay should be renewed every two days. You no longer have to mate a leg.
Attention!The warty surface will gradually peel off. After the complete disappearance of the accumulations, a small pit may remain on the sole. Over time, the surface of the skin will even out!
Tablets
Systemic drugs are prescribed to destroy the very cause of papillomas and warts - human papilloma virus.
Medications should be combined with external wart treatment.
Experts recommend treatment of papilloma warts with systemic drugs, parallel treatment of tubercles with external means. Such an integrated approach achieves the greatest effect of drug therapy.
Folk remedies
Alternative medicine offers many ways to cleanse the skin. Recipes describe in detail how to get rid of papillomas and warts at home.
Folk remedies for removing skin lesions caused by papilloma virus are made on the basis of cheap and affordable ingredients. Vinegar, eggs, onions, celandine, walnuts and kalanchoe are often used.
The following folk remedies are very popular:
- Garlic ointment.To prepare it, you need to have vinegar essence and ghee. The porridge is made from one clove of garlic. Add a teaspoon of lard and acetic acid. Applying the resulting ointment is quite simple - it is applied to the nipple or papilla at night. A piece of bandage is placed on the treated area which is secured with adhesive plaster. The procedure is repeated every day 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 ointments, mixed with honey in a ratio of 2: 1. 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 treatment is repeated until the accumulation disappears.
- Egg white.It is applied to tuberculosis of the skin in pure form. After one layer dries, the next follows. The procedure is repeated for several days. After a while the wart disappears.
- Celandine.The plant is cut closer to the root. The nipple or papilla 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.
Doctors do not welcome folk remedies against warts and papillomas. Many experts consider any method from the arsenal of alternative medicine ineffective and prefer pharmaceutical preparations.
Is it possible to choose the right tool yourself
Removing growths on the skin without first consulting a doctor is a frivolous and dangerous exercise. A person who does not have a special medical education will not be able to reliably determine the origin of the pathology that has arisen and determine its type. These two criteria directly influence the choice of drug for papillomas and warts.
Only a dermatologist can determine the exact causes. Finally, nodules on the epidermis are caused not only by the human papilloma virus. With the help of laboratory studies, the nature of the anomaly is precisely determined. Professional diagnostics allows you to exclude:
- malignant tumor;
- molusum contagiosum;
- warts of syphilitic nature.
In addition, the dermatologist is well aware of the difference between papillomas and warts. This is important when choosing an effective remedy to combat them. It will notice different accumulation characteristics:
- form;
- contours;
- localization;
- color and size variability;
- additional sensations in the problem area.
Important!Only after precisely determining the causes of the appearance and the type of formation, the expert will say with certainty how to get rid of warts and papillomas at home!
It should be borne in mind that the removal of growths by external means does not always solve the problem completely. Finally, these papilloma and wart medications do not remove the virus itself from the body, causing a skin anomaly. Only a comprehensive treatment will help to completely get rid of the pathology. The skin will be cleansed and the appearance of new formations will be ruled out.