Warts - Causes

People, usually, do not consider warts to be dangerous and do not think about the reasons for their appearance. And the prevalence of various means and methods to combat this disease is due to the fact that outwardly the warts do not look very aesthetically.

Causes of the appearance of warts

Warts are an infectious disease caused by the human papillomavirus . This virus, actively multiplying, causes an intensive growth of the epithelial and underlying papillary layers of the skin. You can get infected with the papilloma virus from the external environment and by contact with a sick person. Once on the skin in one place, the virus can spread to other parts of the body.

Although it is easy to pick up the human papilloma virus, two factors are necessary for the appearance of a wart:

1. Violation of the integrity of the skin. Scratches, burrs on the fingers, cracked skin, marks of insect bites. It is for this reason that warts mostly appear on the fingers, as it is on the hands that the skin most often comes into contact with the external environment and is damaged.
2. Decreased immunity. If the body is weakened, the immune system can not withstand the virus and as a result, warts develop. Therefore, the frequent appearance of warts or a large number of them indicates that you need to conduct a screening for other diseases.

How can you get infected with warts?

Infection occurs in the following cases:

1. With direct contact with a person who has warts.
2. When using common objects with an infected person: dishes, bed linen, towels.
3. Use of untreated antiseptic tools for manicure and pedicure.
4. When walking barefoot in the bath, pool or sauna, if there was a person infected with the human papilloma virus. Not observing the precautionary measures in such places is a common cause of not only warts, but also fungus on the legs.
5. Wearing tight, uncomfortable shoes can cause plantar warts.
6. Sexual contact with an infected partner can lead to genital warts in the genital area.

Types and locations of warts localization

Ordinary warts

The most common, accounting for up to 70% of all cases. They are painless, dry, horny elevations with an uneven surface resembling villi. Most often, such warts appear on the hands, because the skin here is the least protected and most often comes in contact with dirt.

Plantar Warts

Developed in people prone to excessive sweating of the feet, when wearing uncomfortable shoes. Are a dirty gray or yellowish flat keratinized plaque. Large plantar warts are characterized by soreness sometimes up to the impossibility of stepping on the foot.

Flat (they are also juvenile) warts

Small seals with a diameter of up to several millimeters, with a smooth surface, usually pink or flesh colored, protruding over the skin no more than two or three millimeters. Most often develop in adolescence.

Genital warts or warts

At the initial stage, these are small pink nodules that, when fusions form papillary growths. Relate to sexually transmitted diseases and are treated by appropriate specialists.

Threadlike warts or papillomas

Looks like a smooth little education on the leg and usually does not cause discomfort. Appear most often in the field of axillary hollows and on the neck. The reason for the appearance of such warts on the neck, as a rule, is wearing a tight collar that irritates and traumatizes the skin. Under the arms of the papilloma can spread due to microscopic cuts during shaving. This kind of warts is almost not contagious.