Warts are infections on the surface of the skin characterized by small bumps, rough textured, pale or brown in color, and sometimes feel itchy and painful to the touch. Warts or verruca vulgaris (common warts) caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). This virus attacks and causes abnormalities in the skin, so that the skin produces excess keratin, the protein that makes up hair and nails. This excess keratin will accumulate on the surface of the skin, resulting in a new skin texture called warts.
The virus that causes warts can spread easily. Transmission can occur if a person comes into direct contact with the skin of people with warts or objects contaminated with the HPV virus. However, not everyone who comes into contact with the HPV virus will develop warts. This is greatly influenced by the immune system or the immune system of each person.
Warts can affect all ages, especially people with low immune systems, such as children and the elderly. Warts often appear on the elbows, around the nails, on the palms of the hands or feet, and on the fingers or toes.
ShapeKutil
The form of warts protruding above the surface of the skin like a circle that has a rough surface. In addition to resembling a rough circle, there are also those that look elongated and thin. Warts can also appear on the soles of the feet with a ring-like shape, which is a hole in the middle and around it is surrounded by a thick and hard layer of skin.
The diameter of the wart can range from 0.1–1 cm. Warts usually appear on the hands or soles of the feet. However, warts can appear on the surface of the skin anywhere on the body.
Treatment Kutil
Although most warts heal on their own, treatment is still needed, especially if the wart has spread to other parts of the body, is painful, or is bleeding.
As said earlier, most warts can go away on their own without treatment, but this can take up to a few weeks, even months. To speed up the healing process of warts, you can apply an ointment or plaster containing salicylic acid that can be purchased without a doctor's prescription. Do not try to treat warts by applying adhesive tape or masking tape, as this method has not been proven to work.
If the warts don't go away after self-medicating at home, see a doctor for treatment. Doctors can treat warts in various ways, from giving skin creams containing stronger drugs, freezing the skin area with nitrogen (cryotherapy), to laser therapy.