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Wart

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wart
disease, signs den symptoms
Subclass ofviral skin disease Edit
Has causehuman papillomavirus infection Edit
Health specialtydermatology Edit
ICPC 2 IDS03 Edit

Warts be non-cancerous viral growths usually wey dey occur on de hands den feet buh wich sanso fi affect oda locations, such as de genitals anaa face.[1][2] One anaa chaw warts fi appear.[2] Dem be distinguished from cancerous tumors as dem be caused by a viral infection, such as a human papillomavirus, rada dan a cancer growth.[2]

Factors wey dey increase de risk dey include de use of public showers den pools, working plus meat, eczema, den a weak immune system.[1][2] De virus be believed to infect de host thru de entrance of a skin wound.[1] A number of types dey exist, wey dey include plantar warts, "filiform warts", den genital warts.[2] Genital warts often be sexually transmitted.[3]

Widout treatment, chaw types of warts dey resolve in months to years.[1] Several treatments fi speed resolution, wey dey include salicylic acid dem apply to de skin den cryotherapy.[1] Insyd those wey be otherwise healthy, dem no dey typically result in significant problems.[1] Treatment of genital warts dey differ from dat of oda types.[2] Infection plus a virus, such as HIV, fi cause warts. Dem dey prevent thru careful handling of needles anaa sharp objects wey fi infect de individual thru physical trauma of de skin, plus de practice of safe sex wey dey use barrier methods such as condoms. Viruses wey no be sexually transmitted, anaa dem no be transmitted insyd de case of a wart, fi be prevented thru several behaviors, such as wearing shoes outdoors den avoiding unsanitized areas widout proper shoes anaa clothing, such as public restrooms anaa locker rooms.

Warts be very common, wey chaw people be infected at sam point insyd dema lives.[4] De estimated current rate of non-genital warts among de general population be 1–13%.[1] Dem be more common among young people.[1] Before widespread adoption of de HPV vaccine, de estimated rate of genital warts insyd sexually active women be 12%.[3] Dem describe warts as far back as 400 BC by Hippocrates.[5]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Loo, SK; Tang, WY (12 June 2014). "Warts (non-genital)". BMJ Clinical Evidence. 2014. PMC 4054795. PMID 24921240.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Warts: Overview". U.S. National Library of Medicine. 30 July 2014. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017.
  3. 1 2 Buck, Henry W. Jr. (13 August 2010). "Warts (genital)". BMJ Clinical Evidence. 2010. PMC 3217761. PMID 21418685.
  4. ↑ Pmhdev. "Papillomas (Warts) – National Library of Medicine". PubMed Health. Archived from the original on 10 September 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
  5. ↑ Bope, Edward T.; Kellerman, Rick D. (2012). Conn's Current Therapy 2012 (in English). Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 275. ISBN 978-1-4557-3305-7. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016.
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