Warts

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Summary

Warts are growths on your skin caused by an infection with humanpapilloma virus, or HPV. Types of warts include :

• Common warts, which often appear on your fingers
• Plantar warts, which show up on the soles of your feet
• Genital warts, which are a sexually transmitted infection (STI)
• Flat warts, which appear in places you shave frequently

In children, warts often go away on their own. In adults, they tend to stay. If they hurt or bother you, or if they multiply, you can remove them. Chemical skin treatments usually work. If not, various freezing, surgical and laser treatments can remove warts.

Start Here

• First Aid: Warts (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Warts (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• Warts (American Academy of Dermatology)

Specifics

• Common Warts (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
• Plantar Wart (Verruca Plantaris) (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons) Also in Spanish
• Plantar Warts (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Images

• Common Wart (VisualDX)
• Flat Wart (VisualDX)
• Plantar Wart (VisualDX)

Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Warts (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Efficacy of Intralesional Candida Injection in the Treatment of Cutaneous Warts:...
• Article: Immunotherapy with Intralesional Vit D injection in Recalcitrant wart at a...
• Article: Biomolecular Dynamics of Nitric Oxide Metabolites and HIF1α in HPV Infection.
• Warts -- see more articles

Find an Expert

• American Academy of Dermatology
• Find a Dermatologist (American Academy of Dermatology)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Children

• Common Wart (VisualDX)
• Flat Wart (VisualDX)
• Warts (For Parents) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• What's Up with Warts? (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Teenagers

• Warts (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Patient Handouts

• Cryotherapy for the skin (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Warts (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish