Wart

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A wart is a small rough growth on the skin resembling a cauliflower. Occasionally it can be smooth and plane also.
It is caused by a virus named human papilloma virus (HPV).

The virus usually enters the body through areas of broken skin and spreads from person to person by direct touch or by touching objects used by the infected person.
Within the body of the affected person, it can spread from one body site to other.
Can spread by sharing shaving kits at salons and after beauty parlor activities.

It can spread by direct skin to skin touch or by sharing of objects and thereby can be transmitted to family members or close contacts.
Sexual transmission can occur (genital wart).

Common wart: small localized swellings over the skin surface that have a roughened uneven surface and can occur anywhere including the face, hands, body and scalp.
Flat wart: occurs as small, smooth-surfaced, skin coloured projections usually numerous in number.
Filiform wart: appears as a slender finger like projection, usually over the face.
Genital wart: common warts that appear over the genitals in both males anf females. However, they appear more whitish and glistening and the common warts.
Periungual wart: a variant that occurs as a small cluster of warts with roughened cauliflower like surface around the nails.
Plantar wart: appears as a small whitish projection on the foot with minute black dots at the centre. It is painful, particularly when present over pressure bearing areas of the sole.
Mosaic wart: a group of tightly clustered plantar-type wart, commonly on the hands or sole of the feet.

One should consult a doctor qualified in treating warts i.e. a dermatologist.

A dermatologist can easily confirm the diagnosis based on the appearance of skin lesions. No laboratory tests are usually needed for diagnosis.
Rarely, when the diagnosis is less certain, the doctor may do a skin biopsy, and examine them under a microscope to confirm the diagnosis.

Wart can be cured. There are chances that they may recur after a course of treatment, but eventually they respond to treatment.

Wart of very large size that remain untreated for a long time and genital wart can lead to cancer of the skin and genitalia.
Warts over the genitalia are highly contagious. Partners should practice safe sex methods such as using condoms.
Sometimes blood tests are needed in case of genital warts to rule out concurrent sexually transmitted infections including HIV.

Recombinant human pappilomavirus vaccine is a vaccine designed to prevent cervical cancer and genital wart but it does not prevent common warts.

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