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Warts: Pathophysiology, Types, Treatments, and Pharmaceutical Compounds

Author(s): Touprong Robin, Thompson Tara, Williams LaVonn A

Issue: May/Jun 2023 - Volume 27, Number 3

Page(s): 182-190

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Abstract

Warts are a benign skin growth caused by the deoxyribonucleic acid virus named human papillomavirus, which infects the top layer of the skin and penetrates epithelial cells. Warts shed human papillomavirus, which can then infect other sites in the region or spread to other people. Warts can be transmitted by close skin-to-skin contact; areas of skin that are broken or cut are more susceptible to being infected with the human papillomavirus virus. Warts can also be transmitted from contaminated objects or surfaces. Most adults have developed immunity to the virus that causes warts, but children are more susceptible to warts because their bodies are less likely to have built immunity to the virus. This article discusses the pathophysiology of warts, the different types of warts, the most common treatments for warts, and provides some compounded formulas for the treatment of warts.

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