How to cure a plantar wart in a child

Warts on the soles of infants are an infrequent phenomenon, mainly, these neoplasms appear in children after they reach the age of five. This viral pathology of the skin is transmitted (the causative agent is the papilloma virus) after contact with carriers. It must be borne in mind that it is very easy to get infected with such a disease, but the treatment can be quite lengthy.

How plantar warts manifest themselves, their causes

These neoplasms look like small growths and are not difficult to recognize. The dead skin on the child's foot is framed by a characteristic ring. It happens that small droplets of blood are visible in the center of such a neoplasm.

Recently appeared warts have a natural color, but a neglected disease makes itself felt with an enlarged growth resembling plaques, and becomes dark gray in color.

The reason for the appearance of such skin pathology is usually poor or improper foot care, but chronic inflammatory diseases should not be discounted either. Often such a neoplasm is accompanied by painful sensations and inconvenience during movement.

Methods of treating viral skin pathology

It is very effective to treat warts in children with ointments. Today, a very large number of drugs are offered to get rid of this skin pathology.

However, please be aware that some medications may contain chemicals that can be harmful to your child's health.

Therefore, based on this fact, it is worth considering that the best therapy option would be self-preparation of a medicinal preparation from natural products.

Folk remedies

1. A small potato is cut into 2 parts and every day the area on the sole with warts is rubbed with the pulp of the vegetable.
2. Every day, before going to bed, rub the diseased skin with fresh apple juice (for its preparation, you need to take green varieties). The child will be able to feel the first positive results already after 10 days.
3. Crush the garlic with a press, add the lard. Soak the bandage with the prepared ointment, and apply a compress to the problem area on the sole. The bandage must be changed every day.
4. Apply 1 drop of acetic acid to the plantar wart for 10 consecutive days.
5. You will need horseradish juice (1 glass) and regular salt, which must be crushed in the prepared liquid. The resulting mixture is used in the form of lotions at night or rubbed into the skin.
6. Fresh tomato juice is also considered a good remedy for plantar warts. The diseased areas of the skin are lubricated with this healing liquid for at least 2 weeks, and the procedure should be repeated 5 times during the day.
7. Mix the ointment (or juice) of celandine with lard (proportion 1:1) and lubricate the areas of skin affected by warts with the resulting product. The child will feel the improvement after 2-3 weeks from the start of treatment.
8. Crush wild garlic bulbs, put the resulting slurry on a bandage and apply on plantar warts. In this case, the skin around the growth should be lubricated with petroleum jelly or cream. The procedure is done every day for a week.
9. To get rid of warts will help poultices of bitter wormwood or leaves of ordinary ivy. The procedure is performed every day for a week.

It is worth noting that when using any of the above remedies, the first signs of healing will not become apparent immediately, they can be expected no earlier than two weeks after the start of treatment. The following point is very important: for greater efficiency, it is recommended to change the composition for treatment after about 2 months. However, if it still does not bring results or inflammation is observed, another therapy option should be selected.