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Ideas for Removing Plantar Wart on Children's Feet
Asked by K.K. from Erie
on August 15, 2009
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Looks my 6 yo has a plantars wart under his big toe from our trips to the pool this summer. I googled a little bit and got some ideas of duct tape for 2 months or n...
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- Here's what worked for me when I had warts as a child. Tape a small piece of banana peal to the wart. Something in it causes the wart to soften quite quickly and lik...
- I would absolutely see a doctor. plantar warts are caused by the HPV virus, so i doubt that any of these cures you find on the internet would work, and they are higly ...
- I agree-- see a dermatologist. I had them at about 10 and it was a pretty awful experience. However, maybe things have changed by now? They put acid on them and the...
Help with Plantar Wart Removal
Asked by C.S. from Grand Rapids
on June 15, 2009
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My 7-year-old daughter has a couple of plantar warts on her feet. We used Compound-W and the at-home freeze stuff for a while. We have even been to the doctor to hav...
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- C., When I was a kid I had planters warts all over my hands. I had them burned off, frozen off and everthing the doctors could think of it was very painful and didn...
- Try castor oil mixed with baking soda. Apply the "paste" 2-3 times/day for at least a week and it should take care of your problem!
- Warts are a virus. Does she tend to get sick more often than you'd like? What I would suggest is building her immune system, monitor her sugar intake (sugar depletes...
What Should a "Healing" Plantars Wart Look Like?
Asked by K.S. from Chicago
on May 8, 2008
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It seems like such a silly question, but I'm not sure if the over the counter liquid acid we have been using is working.
We use it twice a day and the skin around t...
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- I had a plantars wart many, many years ago on my hand. Nothing was getting rid if it until someone told me to crush some aspirin and put the powder on it. If you can...
- I had a planters wart many years ago &, yes, it actually looked worse before it got better. The root is darker & comes to the surface, like you explained. Since what y...
- One of my children had a wart tha just wouldn't go away. We tried all the over-the-ccounter remedies...they just didn't work. You could be killing good blood cells. I ...
Help with Plantar Warts
Asked by H.C. from San Francisco
on June 8, 2009
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My 5 year old son has two plantar warts. One on the bottom of his foot and the other on a toe. Neither seem to be bothering him. Our pediatrician (whom we really re...
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- Hi H., I had plantar warts too. Contracted from playing sports in high school. I didn't think anything of it. At the time, my doctor told me the same thing. It ...
- Duct tape works!! Freezing sometimes works but may involve several (painful) treatments. Duct tape has worked for me successfully, but you have to keep it covered for...
- My older son had a wart on his foot as well. I agree w/the others...buy the OTC wart remover & be diligient about using it. If you don't want to use the medicine (it c...
Plantar's Warts
Asked by D.B. from St. Louis
on June 4, 2009
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Hi everyone. I know I have seen info about this but I don't know what to do since I think I have used all the remedies listed before. Our eight year old son is growi...
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- I would definately see a dermatologist, they will keep spreading and you don't want it to get any worse, maybe since there are so many they would numb it or do it as a...
- Hi, D., warts are caused by a viral infection in the body and will have to run it's course. I had one on my middle finger for almost 15 years and did all the "rememdi...
- Plantar warts are such a mess! I had one on the ball of my foot for 10+ years before I found a dr that was able to remove it. I had tried the over the counter stuff & ...
Warts!
Asked by M.R. from Springfield
on November 11, 2006
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My 3 1/2 year old has warts! The other day we were playing and I felt two little bumps on the bottom of his foot. I'm thinking they are probably plantar's warts...do...
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- Hey M., My daughter has had warts on her hands. Any of the over the counter wart medicines (compooound W or freeze off) work well. They are very expensive but wil...
- I had warts on my hands as a child. My mother got some OTC wart remover and they completely cleared up. Check the drug store. It can't hurt to try something bafore ...
- Hi M.- Here are a couple websites on plantar warts in children. You could try some of these methods and if they don't seem to work, I would give his pediatrician a c...
Plantar Warts!
Asked by S.J. from Charlottesville
on August 28, 2008
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I come to you moms since you have helped me in the past. I have been fighting plantar warts for about 7 years now. I am now at the point of frustration since I've tr...
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- S., I haven't had plantar warts but we have had mollescum, which is where you have clusters of warts and are a total pain. We were told to try SilverCure and after 3 ...
- mY DAUGHTER HAS THE SAME PROBLEM ON HER HANDS AND i READ ON THE INTERNET THAT APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WILL GET RID OF THEM. SOAK A COTTON BALL IN THE ACV THEN PUT IT ON TH...
- Believe it or not, my daughter (she was 9 at the time) cured her warts with Tagamet (an antacid). The foot and ankle doctor prescribed it. She had about 15 to 20 sma...
Plantars Faciitis??
Asked by L.O. from Detroit
on May 16, 2008
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My feet are killing me.. I did some reading online and I think what I have is plantars faciitis..Has anyone out there had this condition and what did you do to help it...
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- I haven't had it but my husband has. If you go to an orthopedic doctor they can give you an anti-inflamatory and stretches to do. It will get better.
- Hi L., I've not had that condition myself, but a friend of mine did and he took Isontonix OPC-3 (a POWERFUL Antioxidant)and Aloe Vera Juice (anti-fungal/anti-viral) f...
- Hi L., I also have Plantars facitis. It is so annoying. What I have found REALLY helps me is before I get out of bed in the am or if I have been sitting for a long ...
