The growths on the body, similar to light warts or spots on the legs that appear out of nowhere and often disappear without any treatment, are papillomas.
The causative agent of the disease - the human papillomavirus (from the English - Human Papillomavirus) - enters the body from the outside, is unusually widespread: up to 80% of the world's population is a carrier!
Such a high percentage is due to the fact that the infection occurs through tactile contact, it is almost impossible to limit the transmission of the virus.
Not every carrier attaches importance to the disease and goes to the doctor, so the removal of papillomas at home is always important.
The nature of the papilloma virus
The insidious virus can be localized anywhere: on the neck, armpits, under the chest, on the eyelids, abdomen and genitals. In most cases, this is a benign formation. If the virus invades cell chromosomes and integrates into the cell nucleus, it becomes malignant.
Before starting treatment, you should consult a doctor to understand the nature of the virus and then choose an acceptable method.
Who is at risk
Modern man is haunted by chronic stress, illness and bad habits. Under such difficult conditions, the immune system fails, the gates open wide to various infections, and the papilloma virus is ready to attack. The main prerequisites for increasing the activity of the virus:
- severe stress;
- pregnancy;
- serious illness;
- long-term use of drugs;
- adulthood;
- avitaminosis;
- bad habits: smoking, alcohol;
- high sexual activity without protection.
If at least one of the signs is present, an exacerbation of the papilloma virus and the appearance of unexpected skin growths are likely.
Routes of infection
Anyone can get the virus. But there are factors in which infection is almost inevitable:
- transmission of the virus from mother to newborn;
- unprotected sexual contact with a carrier;
- tactile contact with the patient;
- when sharing household appliances;
- visit to the pool;
- penetration of the virus through wounds on the skin.
The carrier of the papillomavirus can live quietly for years and not suspect its presence, usually enlightenment occurs when the immune system is weakened. The virus, latent in the basal layer of the epithelium, then comes to the surface and takes the form of genital warts or flattened plaques. Living with papillomas is not comfortable and not aesthetically pleasing.
The most effective treatment is removal. You can not just cut the legs of papillomas or try to cut them, you can provoke active growth and reproduction of growths that grow into a malignant form.
At the first signs of infection, visit a dermatologist or try alternative treatments.
Homemade recipes
In self-removal, only the superficial part is removed, the nucleus of the papilloma is not affected. To completely destroy the virus, you must undergo treatment with a dermatologist. The most popular home methods for removing growths are:
- Celandine. The caustic juice of the plant burns warts, the same can be done with papilloma. There are two methods of treatment: to tear off a leaf of celandine, to smear the papilloma with the juice and to seal it with plaster. Lubricate again every 2 days, after a while the papilloma will dry and fall off. The second way: to make a "cocktail" of celandine, chaga and string. Freeze it in ice cube trays and apply on the growths three times a day for a few minutes.
- Kalanchoe peristo is cut lengthwise, applied to papillomas, tied with a bandage and left overnight.
- "garlic cream". Cut the garlic and mix the resulting mass with each cream in a ratio of 1: 2. Then apply a piece of bandage and attach to the growth, gluing it with plaster. Leave for 3 hours, then wash with soap and water.
- Healing baths. Pour boiling water over half a bucket of green chestnut leaves, then bring to a boil. Insist 12 hours. Prepare a bath from the resulting broth by adding water to a comfortable temperature. The treatment will take 2 weeks in the amount of 7 procedures a day.
- Onion peel. Mix the dry flakes in a jar with vinegar. Tie the jar with parchment or a thick towel, leave in the dark for 2 weeks. Remove the skin and dry it, tie it to the papillomas at night. Remove the bandage in the morning and soften the skin with a greasy cream.
- Flower collection: 1 part tricolor violet, 1 part wormwood herb, 3 parts plantain, 2 parts clover flower, St. John's wort, calamus root and fennel seeds. Fill the collection with boiling water to make 1 part of the collection 7 parts boiling water. Insist day, strain, take 1 tbsp. spoon three times a day.
- Dandelion flower cologne. Fill a glass bottle tightly with dandelion heads. Pour triple cologne there and let it boil in the dark for 2 weeks. Transfer to a dark glass bottle, store in a cool, dark place. Lubricate the papillomas with infusion 4-5 times a day until they disappear.
Smear the papillomas with egg white left on the walls of the shell after pouring the egg. Collect it with a piece of bandage and apply on the papilloma.
Superstitions help
The ancient semi-mystical methods of removing papillomas have survived to this day. The most curious of them:
- Tie knots on the growths with silk thread, stick the thread with knots in sliced potatoes and hide it where no one will find it. After a while the potatoes will rot and the papillomas will disappear!
- Rub the sprouts with the halved potatoes: first with one half, then with the other. Put the halves, put them in a dark place and try to forget. The skin will peel off after the potatoes fall apart.
- The most romantic way is in the light of the moon. In the light of the waning moon in the late evening, rub the papilloma on the surface illuminated by the moonlight and the growth will disappear.
Such, at first glance, unusual methods of treatment were practiced by healers in the old days and they give a positive effect, are fixed by repeated repetitions.
Today, carriers of papillomavirus have access to various medical methods of treatment with tinctures, decoctions and juice of medicinal herbs. It is recommended to consult a doctor when choosing any method.