Warts are common viral skin infections that often erupt on the fingers, hands, and feet. They often develop into rough bumps that can be very embarrassing to children and adults alike. Warts do not pose any severe health problems if left untreated, but it is always good to treat them early to prolong their appearance.
Homeopathic treatment for warts depends on the location and type of warts. If they are within reach of topical remedies, they can be removed easily with medication applied directly onto the wart itself. But if they are located in areas where home remedies won’t reach, removal may require seeing a doctor who can freeze or laser away the growths. How effective these methods vary between each patient – especially for those with lower pain tolerance.
Homeopathic remedies can be taken orally or applied topically to warts. In both cases, the objective is to dilute the active ingredients of each remedy over and over again until there are no molecules of the original substance left in the solution. Each dilution exponentially reduces the concentration of the original ingredient while it increases the medicinal effect on a cellular level. Homeopathy for eradicating warts works through stimulating a patient’s immune system to react against wart-causing viral cells, thus eliminating them from within.
Warts are caused by viruses in the human papillomavirus family, passed from person to person through direct contact.
These viruses target the epithelial cells that line the outer layer of skin and infect other areas such as hair follicles. When the virus makes physical contact with these cells, it tricks them into producing more cells than usual, forming a raised bump on top of the skin. The wart eventually sheds these over-produced cells to create a rough surface. Warts are typically painless unless they grow around nails or become irritated due to friction or scratching.
Common warts:
These are ordinary warts that occur on the hands and feet. They appear as rough lumps with jagged edges and can be dark-coloured.
Filiform warts:
Also known as facial warts, these growths are often found around the area of your ears or mouth. They resemble long fleshy strands, often with tiny black dots at their tips.
Flat warts:
These small round growths usually develop on areas of skin where there is little body hair, such as the face or legs. Their flat shape and smooth surface distinguish these. Some people may mistake them for moles because they can grow quite large (up to an inch in diameter). Unlike typical moles, which are brown, flat warts are almost always pale brown to grey.
Plantar warts:
These grow on the soles or heels of your feet and look like calluses. They often appear as hard lumps with dark spots in the center and cause intense pain when walking.
Genital warts:
Also known as venereal warts, these developments in the genital area grow around the anus and groin region. The shape and size vary depending upon where they create – but they usually look like small cauliflower-like growths (although some may not be visible). Genital warts tend to be painless but can become itchy irritated by clothing or another skin-to-skin contact.
Periungual warts:
These are commonly found on the nails of hands and feet and can be difficult to distinguish from ordinary warts or nail fungus. They grow around the pins next to your cuticles and become very thick and hard as they start growing into the surrounding skin. When they become irritated, it can cause intense pain around the nail meets the nail bed.
Warts often appear with other signs of infection such as tingling, tenderness, or burning sensation, which may indicate an underlying viral condition taking place within your body. These symptoms usually disappear once you have treated your condition successfully – but re-occurrence is expected due to re-infection through contact with others who are carrying HPV viruses.
The visible symptoms of warts are the overproduction of skin cells, which forms a rough surface that is usually darker in color than the rest of your skin.
Small black dots can also be seen at the tip of certain types of warts. These are blood vessels that have become blocked when the wart develops.
However, warts can take up to 6 months after you’re exposed to HPV before they develop – so it’s hard to pinpoint exactly how long someone has had them for. If you have any signs or symptoms related to warts, see your homeopathy doctor for diagnosis and treatment options.
However, warts can take up to 6 months after you’re exposed to HPV before they develop – so it’s hard to pinpoint exactly how long someone has had them for. If you have any signs or symptoms related to warts, see your homeopathy doctor for diagnosis and treatment options.
It is essential to see a doctor if:
It is known that the efficacy of homeopathic medicines is due to the presence of the mother tincture (original substance diluted and succussed). Many scientists researched it during the last years. Homeopathic remedies are not intended to act on the sickness itself but rather function by stimulating our natural biological defenses against it. This stimulation of our defense system has been observed with all kinds of diseases for more than 200 years. German researchers discovered that the homeopathic mother tincture (original substance diluted and succussed) used in small doses stimulates our defense system by releasing cytokines (protein subunits of cells that act as chemical messengers between cells). These cytokines protect our organism against many different diseases, such as bacterial and viral infections. This is why homeopathic remedies are considered effective in the treatment of warts.
Before prescribing medicine, the homeopath will take a detailed case history and ask specific questions about warts in the following areas.
The homeopath will also examine their general appearance. A remedy can be prescribed on the strength of these findings alone, though it is usually advisable to only follow up with a single dose of the chosen medication.
The homeopathy doctor will also ask questions to uncover any other health problems that you may have.
Homeopathy doctors emphasize of particularities of warts in the following:
History of the onset and appearance of warts in general?
How long have they been there, and in what location?
Whether any other symptoms are present, such as itching or burning?
Whether any previous attempts at treatment have been made, mainly whether acid has been applied externally?
If so, will the doctor need to make a note not to use this for future treatment?
Other information that may be helpful includes:
The homeopathy doctor will ask you questions about your general health and treat warts based on the following:
Your physical and emotional state, including whether you are tired or generally unwell.
Whether there is any swelling of lymph nodes in the groin area, since this may indicate an infection such as molluscum contagiosum or condyloma acuminatum (an STI).
If so, no internal remedies should be taken without consulting a qualified practitioner.
If there is little or no pain in the wart, it will often respond to topical remedies applied directly to the skin.
Thuja:Â The unsightly wart arises from suppressed scabies, and the itch is worse at night. Thrives in damp, swampy places and likes to infect hunters and gamblers. The chancre (a form of the primary stage of syphilis) looks like a cauliflower; warts are deep-rooted; nails look diseased; a child is restless; person cries out during sleep; dreams of mice, vulture claws, ants crawling on one’s body or eating away at one’s flesh.
Pulsatilla:Â Warts appear after scarlet fever or measles (rubeola); they spread slowly if neglected; itching doesn’t start until an hour after scratching them; they grow and bleed easily when scratched but do not occur on lips or genitals.
Calcarea Flour:Â Small, round, and red with an OK central depression; they bleed easily. Warts can develop suddenly after exposure to a warm room or bath; general debility, the skin of the hands becomes scaly. Warts look like little balls of ice caused by a chill and are generally found on the tips of the fingers.
Argentium Nit:Â Warts look yellowish or grey-white with little tufts of hair sticking out of them, which bleed easily when touched. The skin has an unhealthy blue-red coloring from lack of oxygen; warts have thick black dots surrounded by red rims in the center.
Silica:Â A deep-rooted parasite that spreads rapidly, characterized by itching and burning. You may have warts between your fingers, on the armpits or palms of hands, around the nose, mouth, genitals. They are very painful when touched, and itching leads to frequent scratching, leading to ulcers in the area involved.
Graphites:Â Soft wart that feels wet and slimy to touch starting from a single point with a depression in the middle, which becomes bluish, often affecting soles of feet or palms of the hand. Usually occurs after vaccination or scarlet fever due to suppressed scabies.
This post is purely for information only and should not be used as any form of medical advice. It is advised that you should visit a registered homeopathy doctor. As every individual is different, you should discuss your health issues with your homeopathy doctor before using any medications. You can book an appointment through OHO Homeopathy for more details!
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