Filiform Warts Treatments

Filiform Warts What You Need To Know

 

What are the signs and symptoms?

The most common symptoms of filiform warts are itching, bleeding or the spreading of the warts. They are located in areas that are routinely rubbed or irritated can become infected, painful and spread to other areas.e.

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What are the complications?

A filiform wart is a variation of the common wart and is caused by the human papilloma virus strains 1, 2, 4, 27 & 29. Filiform warts are easily spread due the projecting nature of the wart. For example, if a person with a filiform wart scratches an area of the skin where the wart is located, the wart can be transmitted to the new area.

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Types Of Treatments

Laser Electrical Cauterization (Preferred) – Genital wart cauterization is the medical practice of burning the tissue with an electrical laser to get rid of the infection. This genital wart treatment is highly effective, healing and recovery is faster, immediate cure with less than 5% chance of re-occurrence.

Surgical Removal (not recommended) – Reserved for rare cases of cancerous appearing lesions. Tissue type diagnosis. Your doctor will need to examine and discuss treatment procedures upon booking an appointment fully. Chance of re-occurrence of 30-40%

Freezing (not recommended) – This genital wart treatment otherwise known as cryotherapy involves freezing the wart with liquid nitrogen. Liquid nitrogen is applied to and around the wart, freezing the wart. As the skin heals, the lesions slough off, allowing new skin to appear. Chance of re-occurrence of 50-60%

Creams (not recommended) – Prescription genital wart creams are to be applied directly to the wart; they work by boosting your immune system’s ability to fight genital warts. Chance of re-occurrence greater than 70%

Beatle Juice Injection / 5FU Treatment (not recommended) – applied by a healthcare provider, creates a blister, and the wart/molluscum peels off with the blister.

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