Decreased immunity, prolonged stress, hormonal imbalances, as well as digestive disorders contribute to the manifestation of symptoms of the human papillomavirus. According to various statistical sources, 60-80% of all people are infected with this infection. The main symptom of this disease is the appearance of tumors in various areas of the skin and mucous membranes. Other symptoms include itching and burning of the affected areas.
Papillomas are easily injured and become infected, so they should be treated. If neoplasms are detected, it is recommended to immediately consult a doctor to determine the type of tumors and select therapy. After consulting a specialist, concomitant treatment of HPV with folk remedies is acceptable.
Removing growths
There are several options for removing papillomas, which have their own advantages and disadvantages. The following methods are most effective:
- surgical;
- laser;
- radio wave;
- electrocoagulation;
- cryodestruction;
- chemical.
The pharmacological industry offers drugs of various effects for home use: Ferezol, Verrukacid, Superchistotel, Cryopharma, Solkoderm, etc. Despite the variety of drugs, many still use folk remedies.
Boosting immunity
The occurrence of the virus is caused by a weakened immune system, so if you want to get rid of this disease forever, improve your overall health. Removing papillomas with folk remedies in young children is the best treatment method, because children often do not want to undergo other procedures, especially with regard to drug treatment.
To ensure that the tumors go away quickly and do not come back, you can drink a glass of potato juice every day (preferably from a red potato variety), or an infusion of echinacea, rose hips, or a collection of beneficial herbs such as lemon balm, nettle, dandelion or plantain. It’s also a good idea to mix St. John’s wort, wormwood, plantain and dill seeds.
The onset of papillomas occurs due to frequent stress, alcohol and smoking abuse, prolonged contact with infected people, or wearing someone else's clothes.
Castor oil
Traditional methods of treating HPV involve the use of infusions and decoctions of medicinal plants for oral and external use, as well as mixtures and ointments from natural products to treat affected areas.
Castor oil can be mixed with baking soda in a 1:1 ratio. The resulting paste is applied to the growths in the morning and evening, and covered with a bandage.
Castor oil contains retinoids, which promote skin regeneration. Before applying ricin, it is recommended to soften the papilloma in a bath of warm water. The growths are treated with a cotton pad soaked in oil twice a day. Papillomas dry out and disappear after about a month of regular procedures.
Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar effectively removes warts on hands. This is the most commonly used home treatment for HPV. The skin around the papillomas is lubricated with baby cream for protection, and a mixture of flour and vinegar is applied to the tumors themselves. After complete drying, it is removed. A burning sensation may occur while using this product. After a week, the growths change color and disappear. Treatment should be carried out until the papillomas are completely removed, and to consolidate the result - another 2-3 days.
For the same purpose, you can use orange peel soaked in vinegar, a piece of garlic, which is fixed on the affected area with a band-aid, or baths.
Modern methods of getting rid of papillomas
Today's medicine offers a number of accessible methods to rid yourself of the external consequences of infection. However, these procedures only combat the external symptom, ignoring the root of the disease. Because of this, it is recommended to use antiviral drugs in the postoperative period.
Medicines cannot be called a complete solution: no remedy has yet been developed that can completely destroy the papilloma virus that has settled in the body. Therefore, patients should find time and energy to strengthen their immunity through sports and a healthy diet.
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Radiosurgery
The radio wave method is popular compared to alternative techniques because it offers quick and non-traumatic removal. Due to the fact that the radio knife allows a competent specialist to act with maximum delicacy, the procedure eliminates damage to healthy skin, and the affected area itself, from which the papilloma grew, is completely restored after the procedure. In this case, the growth does not reappear in the same place.
Laser coagulation
The operation is carried out using a special laser, which is capable of “uprooting” even deep-rooted warts. The effect of the beam is such that, penetrating through the thickness of the formation, it simultaneously seals the adjacent vessels and prevents bleeding.
The procedure requires no more than half an hour, and after a month the wound is completely healed without scars or other marks. Those with vulgar and plantar warts, as well as condylomas, should prefer a laser.
Electrocoagulation
The electrocoagulator causes the destruction of proteins in pathological tissues. The papilloma dies, and in its place a dry crust appears, and soon it disappears. The advantage of such a mini-operation using high-frequency current is the ability to send parts of the tumor for histological analysis. This is not possible when removing with liquid nitrogen and laser. Before starting the electrocoagulation procedure, local anesthesia is performed - the affected area is treated with a local anesthetic. The device for treating papillomas on the body has a loop-shaped electrode.
Cryotherapy
If the previous options involve thermal exposure, then this method is based on the use of liquid nitrogen and, accordingly, freezing the warts. This operation does not require anesthesia and is distinguished by its simplicity and, most importantly, painlessness. The instrument here involves an applicator impregnated with nitrogen, upon contact with which tumor cells die and the unwanted growth dies. This solution is ideal for eliminating poorly developed papillomas of any type in small quantities.
Important! Although these methods do not require special preparatory measures, it would be useful to make sure that there are no coincidences with contraindications.
Egg
Skin growths can also be removed using chicken eggs. The dried and crushed shell is applied to the papillomas, covered with cotton wool and secured with a plaster or bandage. This is done once every 2-3 days. The course of use of this remedy is 2-3 weeks. Upon completion, the results of the treatment are already visible.
Small papillomas can be lubricated with raw egg white 3-4 times a day. After a week of use, the growths become invisible, and treatment should be continued until they completely disappear.
What is the danger of papillomas?
Human papillomavirus can remain dormant in the body for a long time. In this case, no signs are noted at all. In this case, HPV is completely harmless to a person until a certain point, which triggers its development.
Human papillomavirus has the following consequences:
- Brings inconvenience. The shoots cling to clothing and certain objects, rub and interfere with certain actions. They spoil the appearance of the skin (of particular concern to women).
- Increased risk of injury to growths. Subsequently, they hurt and become inflamed, and also become a source of spread of infection and the introduction of new ones.
- It is considered the cause of the development of diseases of internal organs when localized on them. For example, papillomas of the bladder can lead to inflammation, as well as gynecological diseases.
- It is the main culprit of cancerous tumors. Characteristic of the corresponding HPV types listed above. In some cases, there is a transition from a harmless type of infection to a dangerous one.
You won’t be able to determine whether the papilloma virus is dangerous on your body on your own. A visit to a dermatologist is necessary, who will prescribe the most appropriate examination. It will help determine the nature of the papillomas that have appeared, the specific type of HPV that is responsible, as well as the stage of development of the disease.
Potato
Potatoes are used to remove condylomas (tumors in the genital area). It contains a small amount of solanine, which destroys growths. For treatment, raw sprouted tuber is used. It, together with the skin, is rubbed or cut into plates and applied to the affected areas and fixed. To remove a wart with potatoes, the method is used daily for a month. The advantage of this method is that there are no scars or scars left at the site of the growths.
How can you get infected?
The most obvious route of transmission of papillomavirus is through household contact. That is, infection most often occurs within a family or couples living together. But he wanders not only between relatives and roommates. You can also acquire a harmful microorganism as a result of visiting public places such as:
- baths, saunas;
- locker rooms and showers at sports centers;
- hydromassage salon.
Genital warts deserve special mention. During childbirth, there is always the possibility of transmission of the virus to the child from the mother during childbirth, which manifests itself in the form of characteristic growths in the baby’s mouth or larynx.
Important! HPV, which causes condylomas, is easily transmitted through sexual contact, including the variety that causes genital cancer.
Onion and garlic
Onions and garlic have an antiviral effect, which makes them effective as a way to remove papillomas. The fresh juice of these vegetables is rubbed into newly formed tumors 2-3 times a day for three weeks. For mature growths, other methods should be used.
You can prepare a mixture of crushed garlic and honey in arbitrary quantities and apply it to the affected skin with a cotton swab. Keep the product under the bandage for 1-2 hours, then remove. You should repeat the procedure morning and evening for a week, then take a break for 3-4 days and repeat the course of treatment. Using the same scheme, you can use a mixture of garlic and baby cream.
Citrus
Citrus fruits are widely used to remove skin lesions. They contain organic acids - citric and malic, which corrode tumors. To remove papillomas, they are treated with lemon juice several times a day, and other products based on this component are also used.
Use a mixture of lemon juice, apple cider vinegar and hydrogen peroxide in equal quantities, which is applied to the growths 2-3 times a day. This product is quite aggressive in its effects, but effective. In the same way, you can treat growths with a composition of 1 tsp. lemon juice, juice of 1 onion, 6 drops of ammonia and 6 drops of iodine.
Herbs and products based on them
Sleep-herb contains saponin and organic acids, and products based on it are used to treat condylomas. To prepare ointment from meadow lumbago, you need to pour 100 g of fresh grass with 2 cups of homemade sour cream and leave in a cool, dark place for 3 days. Treat papillomas with this mixture at least twice a day or make compresses.
Wormwood is a powerful natural antiseptic that effectively fights various viruses and pathogens. It contains malic, ascorbic and succinic acids. They destroy tumor formations. Wormwood tincture is used internally and helps cleanse the papillomavirus. To prepare it, you need to pour the plant seeds with olive oil, alcohol or cognac and leave for 3 days, strain. Drink 5-6 drops per day until the growths disappear.
The most common remedy for papillomas is celandine juice, which is used to cauterize tumors. It is applied to the affected skin every 15 minutes to cauterize the growths. Use this method until complete recovery.
What types are there?
More than 100 species of this virus have been discovered. The most dangerous papillomas are HPV types 16, 18, 35, 51, 59, 66, 68; they provoke the formation of malignant cells. HPV 16 and 18 can most often lead to cancer. Doctors advise removing such tumors and undergoing a special course of treatment.
Some types of papillomas are more common than others and have already been studied quite well, since doctors constantly have to deal with them:
- simple (vulgar) papillomas are hard, keratinized growths that are usually found on the fingers and hands, and in children also on the knees. Sometimes they disappear on their own over time;
- Plantar warts are often confused with regular calluses. They also cause discomfort when walking, but unlike papillomas, a skin pattern can be distinguished on the surface of the callus, and the wart also has a noticeable protruding rim;
- flat papillomas are not necessarily round in shape, often even irregular. They cause inflammation and redness of the surrounding skin and are very itchy.
- filamentous papillomas grow in length. They can appear as a growth in the form of a single thread or a whole bunch; they often appear on the body of people of middle age and older. Usually formed on the face, neck, under the arms;
- genital warts are often found in intimate areas: the external genitalia, around the urethra and anus, and in women - in the vagina and cervix.
Doctors already know what the most dangerous type of human papillomavirus is. These are types 16 or 18, because they are the common cause of the development of malignant tumors from papilloma. Regardless of the type of papillomas, modern medicine recommends removing them.
Folk antiviral and immunostimulating agents
Despite the many antiviral and immunostimulating drugs developed by pharmacology, many people prefer to use proven methods to cure HPV with folk remedies.
Potent antiviral natural products include:
- onion garlic;
- citrus fruits, sea buckthorn, rose hips;
- cabbage, spinach;
- ginger, cinnamon, turmeric;
- honey;
- Apple vinegar.
To strengthen the immune system and as antiviral agents, homemade tinctures of walnuts, herbal teas, rosehip drinks, essential oils for inhalations and baths, ointments based on propolis and honey are used.
Contraindications to treatment with folk remedies
Before treatment with folk remedies, you need to find out whether the chosen method can be used. Contraindications may be:
- allergic reactions to the components of the product;
- unknown type of formation (if it is not condyloma or papilloma, but, for example, a nevus, these methods cannot be used);
- skin damage in the area of education
- intolerance to any of the components of the drug.
Do not neglect consulting a doctor before using even the simplest methods of tumor removal.
