Anyone Know Anything About Worts?

My daughter had a bunch on her hands, we had them froze off several times at childrens mercy. They always came back. the dermatologist told me to give her i think it was 2-4 tagament a day. They went AWAY all of them!! And have never come back! He said they found this treatment by accident. They were doing a tagament drug study on men with hearturn, they all reported any warts they had, had gone away! Funny huh, i thought so. We tried and she took the meds for about a month or so, we didnt see any improvement so we stopped, but in a month they were all gone, he said it would take a while, but none have returned and that was 3 years ago. Good luck!

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I use Compound W for wart removal. I used to get warts when I was a kid, and that's what my mom used. I remember that I liked watching it bubble up over the wart, then it hardened into a shell. (My husband got a wart on his finger, and I bought him some, but the doof never used it, and still has the ugly wart there.) Compound W is painless, but it does take several applications.

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Worts are actually contagious and caused by a virus. One of my daughters fights with them constantly. Take your child to a dermatologist not your family md. The dermatologist deals with them more and gives better advice and drugs for them.

Good luck,
D.

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Here's another 'bend' to the potato story. My dad was in the army and met up with a man on the street who saw his hands... covered in warts. The man asked if my dad would like to get rid of them. The man proceeded to cut a potato in 1/2 and rub it all over my dad's hands. He said that it was important to bury the potato somewhere that would not be known to my dad and it was important that my dad didn't know what he was going to do beforehand (rub the potato on his warts). The warts went away and never returned. So, my daughter brought a friend over when she was in high school. One of her hands had many warts on it. I asked her if she wanted them to go away. Sure enough.. she did. (duh!) So, I cut a potato in 1/2 and rubbed it on her warts. After she left, I buried the potato. Her warts went away! I know.. it sounds like a joke.. or an old wive's tale, but it worked! I don't know why my dad never tried it on mine.. I had mine burned off. :o( Good luck! If it doesn't work, you can always use 'wart off'. I've known people who used it and it worked.

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I don't know what causes them but I had worts when I was little. My mom put Vitamin E on them and they went away and I have never had them since. You can either get the Vitamin E capsules and poke a whole in it to apply the Vitamin E or you can now get the Vitamin E oil that you can put on. We always applied it once at bedtime and then covered it with the white medical tape. Don't cover it with a bandaid because the bandaid will soak up the oil. I think the capsules are a bit more concentrated so they might work faster then the oil but I haven't ever done it with the oil so I don't know for sure. It will probably take a couple of weeks to go away completely but as long as you are diligent, it will go away for good unlike the freezing and other treatments that they do at the doctors.

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Hi! This may sound really weird, but it totally works! you can use duct tape to get them off. i am sure if you google "removing warts with duct tape" you will find specific directions. Good Luck!

My daughter has some on her knees and once in a while gets one on her hands. They are caused by a virus. Sometimes over the counter products will eventually get rid of them but you have to be very consistent. From what I have researched online sometimes they just have to go away on their own. There are some natural things I have read about but have not tried yet, like garlic or fresh pineapple allowed to sit on it for a while. The best thing I have found but is hard to get a kid to do consistently is to rub it, rub it, rub it, anytime he would be just sitting around. Then when he gets to the black seeds pick them out. I did that when I was young and they went away. My daughter did this with a couple of hers but doesn't have the patience to be very consistent. They can spread to other ppl too so be careful and have him wash his hands a lot if he does this.

I get a wart on my finger (the under side that you grasp things with) ever few years. There is only one & I am not patient enough to wait months for it to go away, Plus my warts usually will not go away with OCT treatments. I go to my dr & have him freeze it off. Yes it is painful as he is freezing it, but it doesn't hurt much afterwards (if at all).

God Bless!

Worts are caused by a virus. How old is your son? My daughter had one on her finger when she was under 2. I took her to the Dr. who told me to leave it alone and it should go away on its own. Sure enough, it did (after a few months). That is the only one she has ever had. I think it is okay to treat older children, but just leave it alone if he is younger.

Hi J.! Sorry but I don't know where they come from or how to prevent them, but my son had worts on his hand and my pediatrician told me to simply cover it with surgical tape (like the stuff in first aid kits) or duct tape, and every night peel it off and put on new. He gave me a handout on how it works, and I am sorry to tell you I can't find that either, but it was the only thing that worked after I tried several things (topicals) that hadn't worked. Apparently when you peel it off every night it takes layers off. Hope this helps! Kristin

First thing is to be sure it's a wart. My mom tried to use compound W on me when I was small, it never went away, it wasn't a wart.
My son had one on his hand and the doctor froze it off, it took more than one time and yes it hurts, I had a mole frozen off, but it does come off eventually.

Hi
my son had a wort on his finger and we tried the over the counter stuff too and it did not work for us either. We went to the dermatoligist and they froze it off. It was pretty painful for him but it did go away. After he had already gotten it removed a friend of ours told us that her son had several worts and he had to go to they dermatologist several times to have his frozen off but they kept coming back. She found out from a friend of hers that if you apply toothpaste and then cover with duct tape it will go away without the pain. They tried it and after about 4 days the worts were gone. I would try this before going to the dr. Hope this helps. ALSO THEY TOLD ME THAT WORTS ARE A VIRUS THEY GET FROM SOMEONE ELSE THAT HAS THEM.

You mentioned grandmas so I have to tell you what my grandma did for my older brother. She cut a potato in half, rubbed one half on the wart and had him go on the deck and throw it over his shoulder off the deck. His wart was gone in a week or so. Sounds nuts I know...I had mine frozen off!!

J., Worts are a bacteria of some kind the bore deep into the skin. Compound W works, you have to put more on each day. If you peel off the top layer before applying more it will go away faster. We put band-aids on top of my son's while the Compound W was working. It may bleed when you finally get it all off, that is a good thing! Once you get it off keep an eye on that spot for a month or so to make sure you got it all and it is not coming back. You could get them also, so wash your hands well after working with them.

Good Luck, M.

My son developed a wart on the palm of his hand last year. His pediatrician did this procedure in her office where she froze it off. He had four treatments and now it's gone. From what she told me they come from germs...not washing your hand after using the restroom, being in contact with other children at school (playing, taking things from them that they eventually put in their mouth) who don't pratice good hygiene...

I had a few in the yrs past my sis and dad did also and now 1 showed up again on my ring finger since being pregnant unable to treat it,but here is what worked for me Lemons buy 1 and cut a small piece off squeeze some juice on the wart and then put it on the finger with a bandaid for a day or over nite do this everyday and eventually it'll go away without medication or having to burn them off.

You can put duct tape on them for two weeks and they should be gone. On the hands it might be harder to keep the duct tape on, but on the feet this works!!!!

Are they warts or mollusulum? I would certainly take him to the Dr to make a determination. Both are viral but you don't outgrown warts..washing helps but it's not a cure all. Sometimes it just happens. The medication from the store is basically a watered down version of "freezing" the warts off. For it to work you need to keep applying the medication and inbetween doses filing or using some kind of abrasive substance to get the dead skin off so the medicine can continue its path to the core. At home methods can work but they can take a long time to work.

Your other option is to go to the Dr and have them take care of it either by freezing/burning them off. I will warn you that this is a painful process and depending upon how old (i.e. how long the warts have been around) and how deeply they are imbedded can be a lengthy process. I avoided telling my mother about some warts that I had developed on the ball of my foot because I remembered the painful process when I was a child...well it went on for several years and when she discovered it decided I HAD to get them taken care of...13 warts and 9 months later (and A LOT OF PAIN) they were finally gone. At any rate, the sooner they are taken care of the better.

My son had a couple on his foot last year. We tried the over the counter stuff for a couple of months, but nothing helped. We ended up going to the pediatrician and he had to freeze them off-not fun for my son (or me) at all, but after two times, they disappeared. They won't go away on their own.

Warts are contagious and viral. I would recommend taking him to the Dr. and asking them if there is an over the counter or natural option...

Then, start talking to his friend's Moms & school to see if you can track down who it was that passed it to your son and try to avoid re-exposure!

I used to work for a dermatologist- and sometimes people would try duct tape at home before they came into our office. Sounds weird i know but it really does work sometimes. It suffocates it.
Also if the over the counter meds don't work- and they usually don't- you could go to a dermatologist and they can either freeze it off- or there is also other ways of treating them if you don't want to have them frozen- because it does sting- especially for the little ones! Hope this helps!

Hey J.!

I wanted to let you know that there is a few things to help with warts. A key ingredient that is going to work wonders to clear them up is tea tree oil BUT you need to make sure you buy the highest grade that comes directly from Australia. Health food stores carry a lower grade. There is also Renew lotion that will help along with the tea tree oil and a few other products that I know will help clear this up. I work with a wellness company where you can get these products and several others I know said it worked wonders and cleared them up for them too. Send me a personal note and I can contact you to let you know so much more. A great thing about it is there is not any chemicals used in any of these products either so if it is ingested or near the mouth you won't have to worry about anything.

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My son had some warts on his knee that we were using Compound W on. It was working VERY SLOWLY. After several weeks of applying every other night, he spent the day in an indoor, hotel pool for a birthday party. The next day they were completely gone and haven't returned! I'm guessing the combination of wart medicine & chlorine??

Hi J.,
My daughter just had about 7 plantar warts frozen off last month and there is barely any sign now that she had them. (most were on her feet/toe area, and they have little black seeds buried within the wart.) One or two got really big, so I wanted the doc to deal with it. **The number one place to pick up the virus: at public pools, where the virus thrives in the warm water surrounding the pool where people walk barefoot.
Angie

If he has one watch for another to pop up someplace else as grandson had one almost down by genital area an now he has more one in crease of elbow an dr. has recomended his mother take him to dermatologist. So I would just head straight for the dermatologist.

Hi J.,

Warts are just a virus, usually no biggie. My step son had warts on his fingers and hands (apparently its very common for little boys). We used the wart medicine, Compound W. It works to get rid of them, but they always come back! So, eventually we had to go to the doctor and have them frozen off.

Good luck!
Jenn

Hi J., I had warts when I was little and had serveral. They are a virus, I had to have my frooze off and I was 12. It was painful and I had to do it 2 or 3 times but all of them went away except one and my mom bought some compound w at the store and that worked great! You have to apply it a few times but it does work. I am now 26 and had a wart come up a few months ago. I was going to have them freeze it off but it went away on it's own. I hope this helps you. Take care and God Bless!

My 9 year old had one on her finger last year. We used
compound W that we got over the counter at the pharmacy.
It came in a tube, and it basically, froze it. We put some
directly unto the wart, and it turned white right away. It was gone within days. It did hurt when we did it but the
pain went away fast.

The pharmacist told me they can be contagious.

Hi J., warts are caused by a virus, and they can be contagious, but they are harmless as far as health goes. They can be ugly and annoying however. There are several ways to get rid of them. The doctor can burn or freeze them off, but if you want to save a lot of money you can treat them at home. There are at-home freezing treatments you can get at the drug store and Wal-mart, these can be painful but effective if used correctly. Compund W does work if you use it consistently. You have to understand that sometimes it takes more time to get rid of them than we would like. It has also been reported that if you cover them with duct tape every day for a while they will be 'smothered' and go away. I have heard this on the news several times. What worked for me personally is to work on a wart after a bath or doing dishes, which makes it soft, then I trim off the top which is usually painless, and or use an emery board on it, then I put Compound W on it and it does go away within a week. I don't know how old your son is, you can make your decision based on his age and pain tolerence etc. But, once a person gets the virus in their system I don't think it ever goes away. So he is likely to get more thru the years. But don't worry too much---It is WAYY more common than you know, and as I said before harmless to the health. Good luck! :)

Hi J.,

It sounds like you got some great advice! You can now buy and over the counter kit of the liquid nitrogen to "freeze" them off. Which I recently had to do with my college age son home on winter break. I'm not sure I would want to freeze them myself on a young child.
I did want to issue a very strong caution on the Tagamet comment. As a registered nurse I'm quite frankly a little surprised and concerned this "remedy" was given to the poster by a doc at Children's Mercy Hospital.
First of all Tagamaet is a med for adults with adult issues. While I'm sure it may have dosing guidelines for kids who also may have GI issues, I can guarantee you that it was NOT tested on children and to be recommended for an "off label" use frightens me. And I'm not just some crazy nurse, but I worked within the pharmaceutical industry in research. Drugs are not tested on children but just assumed safe at lower dosages. And the recommendation of that drug for something it is not normally prescribed for does happen more than you think, but it doesn't mean it's safe.

Please do not give your son tagamet and stick to the proven methods of dealing with the warts.

Good Luck.

L. K

For prevention: Make sure to get enough vitamin E. A natural source like oily grains (whole grains that get ground) or nuts/seeds. White flour is missing this key ingredient b/c it makes it spoil once the wheat is milled into flour.