Treatment of Cutaneous Warts With Multiple Puncture Technique

Treatment of nongenital cutaneous warts.

Numerous treatments for nongenital cutaneous warts are available, although no single therapy has been established as completely curative. Watchful waiting is an option for new warts because many resolve spontaneously. However, patients often request treatment because of social stigma or discomfort. Ideally, treatment should be simple and inexpensive with low risk of adverse effects. Salicylic a...

Treatment of Multiple Warts

The remedies employed in the treatment of common warts have ranged from magic charms to surgical excision, and acids, electricity, carbon dioxide snow and radium have all produced good results in many cases. However, when a large number of warts are present, local destructive measures are tedious and painful and, in children, such treatment is difficult to carry out. Case.-?A girl, aged about 1...

The Multiple Puncture Cutaneous Tuberculin Test.

At a recent meeting of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis, a special plea was put forward for a wholesale examination of children of school age, with a view to discovering signs of existing latent tuberculous infection. There was general agreement that in such a routine examination the tuberculin test must play an important part. and it is the purpose of this paper to d...

Treatment of Warts with Topical Formic Acid

Management of cutaneous viral warts.

The prevalence of cutaneous viral warts in the general population is estimated to be 7-12%. Many patients present to primary care with pain and discomfort along with other concerns, such as cosmetic appearance. Although cutaneous viral warts are ubiquitous, no definitive treatment exists. Nevertheless, most warts resolve spontaneously and a large proportion of the remainder respond to simple re...