Planters Warts and Children
Planters warts are most commonly found in children between 10 and 15 years old. They are are non cancerous skin growths on the soles of your feet caused by (HPV), which enters your body through small cuts and breaks in your skin. Planters warts often develop beneath pressure points in your feet, such as the heels or balls of your feet.
Most Planters warts aren't a serious health concern, but they can be very painful, and they can be resistant to treatment.
Signs and symptoms
Planters warts are often mistaken for corns or calluses. To make the distinction, look for:
Small, fleshy, grainy bumps on the soles of your feet .Hard, flat growths with a rough surface and well-defined boundaries .Grey lumps with one or more black points, which are actually small, clotted blood vessels, not "warts seeds" Bumps that interrupt the normal lines and ridges in the skin of your feet
You get the planters warts through direct contact with the human papillomavirus (HPV). There are more than 100 types of HPV. Some types of HPV tend to cause wartss on your hands, fingers or near your fingernails. Others tend to cause warts on your feet.
The virus that causes Planters warts isn't highly contagious, but it thrives in warm, moist environments, such as shower floors, locker rooms and public swimming areas. So you may contract the virus by walking barefoot in public places.
Risk factors
These ugly bumps are more likely to appear on the feet of people with:
Multiple exposures to the virus
Damaged or cut skin
Weakened immune systems
For reasons doctors don't understand, some people are more susceptible to the planters warts-causing virus, just as some people are more likely to catch a cold. Children and teenagers tend to be especially vulnerable to planters warts.
Complications
Planters warts can be persistent. They can shed the virus into the skin of your foot before they're treated, prompting new warts to grow as fast as the old ones disappear. The best defence is to treat new warts as quickly as possible so that they have little time to spread.
If untreated, warts can swell to an inch or more in circumference and they can spread, developing into clusters of warts called mosaic warts. They may also become extremely painful. If you have lots of Planters warts, the pain may make it difficult for you to walk or run.
Treatment
Planters warts usually go away on their own, but most people would rather treat them than wait for them to disappear. Unless you have an impaired immune system or diabetes or are pregnant, there's no reason you can't treat warts with over-the-counter remedies. But you may wish o look at natural alternatives as over the counter products can be expensive and painful.
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