Warts are little lumps growing in the skin. You might have had a wart or know them from children’s books, typically on witches’ noses. quite common children. Did you ever wonder where they come from? be surprised to learn that warts caused by virus. Viruses germs need cells multiply themselves. Cells building blocks of all living things. The virus causes warts, called human papillomavirus, infe...

OBJECTIVE To determine the safety and efficacy of a new gel formulation of podofilox in the treatment of anogenital warts. DESIGN Double-blind, randomized, multicenter, vehicle-controlled investigation. SETTING Private dermatology practices, university clinics (dermatology, gynecology, and infectious diseases), and contract research organizations. PATIENTS Three hundred twenty-six patient...

Warts were found in 25 out of 56 patients with definite or probable systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) but in only 19 out of 160 control patients. Warts were particularly prevalent in elderly patients with SLE. The corticosteroid and antimalarial drugs used to treat SLE did not influence the frequency of warts. Wart-virus antibodies were found significantly less often in patients with SLE than ...

BACKGROUND Infection with human papilloma virus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the world. Among the 630 million new cases of HPV that occur each year, 30 million develop anogenital warts. Although subclinical infection with HPV is the most common cause, genital warts are also associated with immunosuppression caused by HIV. In view of the high prevalence of HPV/HIV co-...

BACKGROUND GPs apply several treatments for patients with cutaneous warts. Available evidence recommends salicylic acid application. OBJECTIVE We investigated whether current choices of GPs in the treatment of warts are in agreement with available evidence. METHODS A nationwide random sample of 700 Dutch GPs received a postal questionnaire on their choices in the treatment of warts. In addi...

Background: Plantar warts may be refractory to any form of treatment and are associated with pain and a decreased quality of life. There are very few randomized controlled studies that focuson the treatment of plantar warts. Cryotherapy and radiofrequency ablation (RFA) have been used in the treatment of this recalcitrant <s...

The purpose was to evaluate the prevalence of sexual abuse in patients who were referred to a pediatric gynecologist for evaluation based on the clinical findings of anogenital warts. A retrospective analysis was performed on 131 patients between the ages 6 month and 9 years referred to a pediatric gynecologist after the finding of anogenital warts by a clinical provider, parent or caregiver. A...

Genital warts were known to the ancients, and many Greek and Roman writers referred to them. The early history of the disease has recently been reviewed by Bafverstedt (1967), who pointed out that some of the early synonyms for the lesions, particularly the words 'fig' and 'condyloma', have survived into modern times. In the Middle Ages, descriptions of diseases were less precise than in the an...

Objective. To investigate the clinical efficacy and safety of intralesional injection of 2% zinc sulfate solution in the treatment of common warts. Patients and Methods. One hundred and twenty patients (78 females and 42 males) aged 5-55 years with 225 common warts participated in this prospective monocentric randomized study. All lesions were treated with intralesional injection of 2% zinc sul...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study is to estimate the incidence of genital warts in Hong Kong and explore a way to establish a surveillance system for genital warts among the Hong Kong general population. METHODS A total of 170 private doctors and all doctors working in the 5 local Social Hygiene Clinics (SHC) participated in this study. During the 14-day data collection period (January 5...