Warts are a very common, rather ugly, but in most cases painless and harmless disease. The most prudent thing to do when they appear is to ignore them, at least until they grow larger or begin to change color. Although, to be sure, it's worth visiting a doctor to make sure that you have become the owner of a wart, and not something worse.
What causes warts
The causative agent of warts, as established quite a long time ago, is a virus called human papillomavirus. Like other viruses, it is very "cunning" - you can be its carrier, but not be aware of it, since warts do not appear in the latent state of the virus.
The main reason for the appearance of warts, including on the hands, is contact with a virus carrier. Get very scared and start wearing almost a diving suit to avoidinfection is not worth it. To become infected with papilloma, it is necessary to maintain fairly close and constant contact with its carrier for almost half a year. Three months, that's for sure.
Factors contributing to infection
The reason for the appearance of warts on the hands may also be skin damage. It is not in vain that children are told from infancy that biting their nails and biting burrs is bad. With such bad habits, a person actually opens the gates wide open to the virus.
Stress clears the way for papillomas
Weakened immunity after illness or other circumstances is also the cause of the appearance of warts on the hands, as well as the face or neck, or on any other parts of your body. So it is worth taking care of the strength and endurance of your body. And we must not forget that immunity is also undermined by lifestyle, that is, lack of sleep, irregular meals, eternal worries about and without. And now you have warts on your hands, the causes of which were intensified, frankly, by you. So if papilloma still overtook you, try at least after that to provide her with uncomfortable conditions: eat normally, sleep normally, be philosophical about troubles and enjoy life.
Where is it easiest to get infected
Actually, as already mentioned, the cause of the appearance of warts on the hands comes down to infection with a virus. However, if you want to never meet him at all, learn a list of placeswhere there is a maximum likelihood of subsequently acquiring warts. This includes nail salons where instruments are casually sterilized; dishes from which a sick person ate (so it is better to use disposable cutlery in canteens); where there are a lot of people - tram, trolley bus, metro. An interesting factor in “helping” the penetration of the virus into the body is shoes of the wrong size. With sweaty hands, or if you are forced to constantly contact with moisture, the chances of contracting papilloma are increased.
Varieties of warts
The only thing that brings some spiritual relief is that the types of warts on the hands are not very diverse. The upper limbs are mainly affected only by the common subspecies, the most harmless. Young people can still have flat (the so-called "youthful") warts, hanging warts sometimes grow in the armpits, but they are more often formed not on the hands, but on the body. There are still nail warts, almost invisible to the eye, but deforming the nail itself.
It remains to be said that although warts usually do not bring pain and are not a dangerous disease, it is still unpleasant to have them on the body, and sidelong glances from strangers do not add self-confidence. So immunity and cleanliness should become a weapon that will not allow these "decorations" to become part of our body.
