Quantcast This image displays a large wart on the thumb. This image displays the area of a healed wart. This child has two warts: one near the left nostril and another doughnut-shaped one above the upper lip. The scratch above the wart on the lip could be the entry point for the infection. The color of common warts can vary depending upon the skin tone of the person on which they occur. Warts often have a rough, multi-pointed surface, like this wart near the eye. This image displays the thick and rough surface typical of a wart. This image displays the "black dots" typical of warts, which are clotted, fine blood vessels in the skin. In children whose immune systems have not yet recognized the wart infection, lesions may be numerous and even form around and under the nails. Multiple warts are seen at the left mouth angle as well as on the chin. This image displays a wart on a finger.
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Treatments Your Physician May Prescribe
  • Destruction with freezing (cryosurgery), burning (electrocautery), laser, or cantharidin, podophyllin, tretinoin, or acid application.
  • Injection of chemotherapy drugs.
  • Application of imiquimod, an immunotherapy agent, or other chemicals that trigger an allergic reaction to destroy the wart.
Last Modified: 3 Mar 2008

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