The Truth About Plantar Warts

Plantar warts are rough and spongy growths on the bottom of your feet caused by the HPV. If you have been feeling a bump or a lump at the bottom of your feet, there is a big possibility that you have plantar warts. Walking barefooted in floors of public showers, lockers rooms and showers expose you to HPV virus. Plantar warts occur when the HPV virus enters your body through the breaks of your feet when you walk barefooted on contaminated surfaces.

Maybe you feel as if you are standing on a piece of small stone on the ball of your feet. In most cases, plantar warts grow on the ball or the hell of the feet. Continuous standing and walking around prevents the plantar warts from rising fully to the surface of the skin. In most cases, at least 2/3 of the plantar warts is buried underneath the skin thus you only see the tip of the growth on the surface.

Plantar warts can be an irritation to feet of any age. The tough, horny growth that can appear on the bottom of the feet does not discriminate against age, sex, or gender. However, these warts are found most frequently on children and adolescents between the ages of 12 and 15. According to experts, children and younger adults still have underdeveloped immune system thus their bodies are less adept at warding off viruses such as the HPV. If gone undetected or unchecked, children can spread the virus (HPV) which causes plantar warts throughout the household before the warts are even discovered on their feet.

Some people are more prone to plantar warts than others. People who have weak immune systems normally contract this type of skin disease more easily compared to those who have healthy and strong immune systems. To reduce the possibility of contracting this type of skin disease, do not walk barefooted in public areas especially if you have some skin breaks in your feet. If you must walk barefooted, make sure that you wash your feet thoroughly with clean water and soap right after.

In most cases, plantar wart will just disappear without treatment after 1 to 2 years. However, there are some cases where the warts grow into clusters around the feet and cause severe discomforts on the person. In cases where the plantar wart develops into clusters and grows bigger, it is important to seek medical assistance. Do not attempt to self-medicate. Some over-the-counter medications contains strong chemicals that can cause damage to healthy skin tissues so consult your doctor first before you attempt to treat your warts.

Unfortunately, there are few successful medical options available. Surgically removing warts is the most common medical procedure. However, the patient is subject to a painful surgical intervention which results in skin damage/scarring along with the probability the warts will return.

Most pharmacology efforts now focus on developing a vaccine to inoculate the population in order to stop the HPV virus from infecting the system. This is ideal for the pharmaceutical companies as it would of course reap a monetary windfall of epic proportions for the drug companies, but not useful at all for those already affected with warts. The medical community has not had success to develop a treatment to successfully eradicate existing infections without causing extensive skin damage, trauma, or relapse.

Skin is comprised of the epidermis (outer layers), and the dermis which is referred to as the true skin (inner layers). The epidermis has 7 layers which protect and surrounds the true skin. Because the true skin is the reservoir of nourishment, it is the area where most dermatological problems begin and where the root of a wart resides. This is why surgery to remove warts is so highly invasive, it must dig deep through all dermal layers, only to yield unsuccessful results when the warts reappear, despite best surgical efforts, the entire infection is almost never entirely cut out.

As the antiviral properties of AntiWarts-Rx have the demonstrated ability to penetrate all layers of the skin and enter the blood stream via topical application, they have received considerable attention from the National Academy of Sciences and medical professionals on a global scale. Some of the most impressive results consistently achieved with medicinal plants are in the elimination of warts. The antiviral activities of our antiwarts treatments are well documented and principally due to their direct effect to eradicate the HPV virus.

It may be virtually impossible to protect you from exposure to plantar warts but you can decrease the odds of contracting these growths. If you do develop warts, the AntiWarts-Rx treatment should prove to be an effective treatment. In the meantime, it is best to protect your household from this viral infection by examining your feet, taking necessary precautions, and dealing with plantar warts as soon as they are found. To learn more product details regarding AntiWarts-Rx, please go to http://www.naturespharma.org.