2 Y/o with Wart on Hand

I successfully removed a wart from my son's finger when he was about the same age using oregano essential oil. I dabbed a bit straight onto the wart a couple of times a day. About a week later it turned black and fell off while he was playing at the beach. This was after we had tried two treatments of trying to freeze the wart off at the doctor's office. That did not work at all! My husband also had a wart on his face which he removed with the oregano oil. It was our first time using an essential oil to treat ourselves medically.

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I don't think they ever go away on their own. They are contageous, so I would get it (them) treated ASAP. The only at-home treatment I would recommend is 100% pure Tea Tree Oil. It can be applied topically at full strength. Keep away from mouth and eyes (VERY drying), but otherwise safe.

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My son had several warts on his hands, probably from the age of 3 until 9.
There are at home remedies that do work, just need to put alot of effort into it and not many 2 year olds care about keeping something on there hands.
Basically the wart needs to be smothered ( no air). Try using packing tape, small enough that it wont get in her way but big enough to completely cover it, maybe a character band aid over the tape. In order for this to work it has to stay on 24/7, the only time it should come off is the bath. You should start to notice black roots coming up to the surface of the wart searching for air, if you can pull those out then do so, if not just keep the tape and bandd aid routine going, it could take several weeks, dont get discouraged.
With my son, he didnt want any part of it, so when he was 9 and they started to bother him (socially) he agreed to get them burned off by his Dr.
The Dr. told him they have to get rid of the biggest one or ones then the rest will dye off ( same in scenerio with suffacating the warts). He was a trooper up until the last one ( the BIG one), he cried, said it hurt, but within a week or two they where all gone.
The reason I knowthe tape method works, is because I witnessed my sister in law do it on my nephew, it was amazing to see and watch and kinda gross to think the wart breathes and it has roots (yuck). But all in all both methods worked.
As far as being contagious, I dont think others can get them, but the wart is a virus that will always be in them. I also believe that they will go away eventually, when the bodies immune system over powers the virus, but agian it doesnt ever go away per say, its always in tere system, somethimes even genetic. My husband had warts when he was a young boy and most of his siblings, which there children also had warts ( my son and my nephew).
Good luck; cause anything you try on a two year old tends to be challenge!

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It probably won't go away. I had a wart on my palm until I was in high school and was able to use a topical wart remover. If you're nursing, I've heard that breastmilk can remove warts. I haven't seen the step by step of how to do it, but I also haven't looked for it! :)

Apparently, having them burned off in a doctor's office isn't a bad experience. If it's not bothering her though, just let it be.

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This is what I have used for my children and grandchildren. It always works.
First we talk about the wart and how we will need to keep a bandaid over the area all the time. We will change it twice a day.
Get a comfrey plant. In Bellingham that won't be impossible. Call the plant nurseuries around town. Call the colleges botany departments if you are not successful.
Comfrey is symphytum in Latin. So if you want you could use homeopathic symphytum instead but I am not sure if it'll work as well as the plant itself.
With the homeopathic you would have to take 6c twice a day for several weeks.
Break off a small portion of the comfrey plant's leaf. Mush it up before placing it on the wart. Then put the bandaid over it. Change it early in the morning and before bedtime. Make certain the bandaid is secure even if it requires more than one bandaid. In 6-8 weeks the wart will fall off painlessly.

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A friend recommended a "natural" ointment and pill called THUJA by Bioran. I was very doubtful but we tried it, as NOTHING else had worked. The pills are very very tiny (and sweet tasting) and the ointment did not sting. We followed the directions on the packages and lo and behold (to my absolute astonishment) within 4 weeks they were all gone (both the plantar wart on the foot and the ones on the hand). We found it at Pharmaca Pharmacy and also at Whole foods. So, perhaps it might work for you kiddo too. Best of luck!

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Doctors, Pediatricians and Dermatologist usually do not remove them. They will eventually go away on their own. Warts are a virus and leaving them gives your daughter's body a chance to make the antibodies needed to fight them off. Once it goes away, the chances of her getting them again are practically nil.

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Try duct tape over it.

duct tape (someone else said it). My daughter has one on her foot and they froze it but we were also told to put duct tape on it. I had actually said this to my husband who insisted I was crazy but if worked for me years ago. You have to do it every night for a few weeks and then it turns white (the skin dies) and then the skin falls off eventually (peels off is more like it). Not painful but strange to say the least.

I am treating my 9 year old for a hand wart with regular over the counter wart meds. If you go that way, beware if you don't get it on just the wart it stings. It would be hard to use it on a 2 yo.

They won't go away on their own and they are highly contagious so you need to keep it covered.

One homeopathic treatment that has worked for my kids is apple cider vinegar. Soak a small piece of cotton in apple cider vinegar and bandage it to her wart overnight (whatever will keep it on - bandaids, duct tape, etc). During the day just keep the wart covered but not the apple cider vinegar on it. After a week or two the wart will turn black and fall off. This has worked on several warts my kids have had. Only one didn't respond, and that was next to ds's cuticle so it kept tearing and growing back - we had to use prescription meds for that one.

I found this on a site, you can also google Caustic pencil to do a little research on it, but it's worth a try.

"Another over-the-counter product that can aid in wart removal is silver nitrate in the form of a Caustic Pencil, which is also available at drug stores. This method generally takes three to six daily treatments to be effective. The instructions must be followed to minimize staining of skin and clothing."

If not I have always found success in the band aid wart removers.
Good luck!

I would take her to your pediatrician just in case, sometimes they get worse, and painful. better safe than sorry

Here is a website with natural remedies that have worked for various people:

http://www.susangaer.com/studentprojects/warts.htm

My daughter had this problem, and every night we would put apple cider vinegar on a cotton ball (soaking with it) put it on the wart, and wrap with duct tape (not too tight, but so it will stay on) do this each night, in a few weeks it disappeared....(I got that idea from the website above, and it worked)

I would talk to her doctor about it and see what they advise.

Our 6 year old had a huge wart on his knee for about 2 years. We were afraid to self treat it mainly because we didn't want to hurt him and in my experience it didn't do much. My 4 year old got a painful wart on the bottom of her foot this last year too- hers was only months old. The doctor liquid nitrogened his wart at his annual appointment and that's all it took for it to go away. We did have a band-aid on it initially but when it came off we just left it off. The dermatologist chose to use beatle juice on my daughter's wart (the doc wanted to wait but it was painful to her). She also had a bandaid until it came off. It only took that one treatment to get rid of hers as well. Personally, I wouldn't wait again, warts are contagious. Good luck with your decision.

don't use anything toxic! i used to type medical transcription, and the doctors always dictated the same disclaimer "regardless of treatment, warts may persist, recur, increase" something like that. i had warts all over my hands once and tried lots of medical remedies, they didn't work and just made them hurt more. a chinese herbal doctor helped one go away, but mainly they just all went away when they ran their course (it's a virus). i wouldn't worry about it. as long as she doesn't pick at it a lot and make it worse.

I would talk it over with the dr especially if it is shiny