Plantar Wart- Pictures

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I did an edit on the picture. I added a Planter Wart Facts Pictures-Links in the sidebar with alot of pictures. This should be good edition.

Planter Wart- Wart or Callus

Planter warts initially look like thick, hard skin, (like a callus), but with black specks and are painful. The continuous pressure from walking helps them spread into "mosaic" clusters that resemble a tiny head of cauliflower with black specks, that hurt. It's like a small sharp rock in your shoe. Planter wart or callus... when you squeeze a callus there is no pain... not so with a planter wart.

I will find a picture of a planter wart for clarification. No I'm not going to take a picture of my foot and try to upload, I'm not that talented. I found a picture of a planter wart.

Planter Warts - How Are They Spread?

They are spread by very kind people. Even my wife! No not from toads. People with planter warts walk around barefooted and tiny particles break off and are left on the floor to infect other people. Walking on the tiny particles imbed them in our cuts or abrasions. Now that you have a planter wart started, continued walking just imbeds them even further. Locker rooms, shower rooms, pools, or gyms are the main culprits. Anywhere people walk around barefooted is a likely place to get infected. Teenagers can get infected by sharing shoes. Planter warts infect both men and women about equally.

Planter Wart - Cause

Planter warts are caused by a human papilloma virus (HPV). There are over 100 known kinds of HPV's. The planter wart virus enters through tiny broken areas in the skin, or abrasions of the feet. This type of virus accelerates growth in the infected area and a planter wart then appears. They can go can go away , but it may take months or years . You may still have the virus and its just dormant in your system. Luckily they are non- cancerous.

Planter Wart-or Plantar Wart

Planter wart is the more commonly used term than the proper name plantar wart. Plantar basically is a term used for the bottom of the foot, used by orthopaedists. You know the foot doctors who use the long words and charge a bundle. It is estimated 10 % of all teenagers and 2 million other people have planter warts at any given time. I call them a pain in the ...

There are numerous sites that can give you all the jargon. I will give you the condensed version about planter warts, so I wont waste your time.