It is not serious. Plantar warts are benign skin growths on the foot and plantar area caused by HPV (human papillomavirus) infection. They are not difficult to treat, and can heal on their own or through medical interventions such as medications, physical and topical medications.
1. Self-healing: If the plantar warts are not under pressure and the body’s immunity is good, a few plantar warts can disappear on their own. For those who have a small number of plantar warts, try to avoid local friction and stimulation of the warts, and pay attention to the disinfection of shoes and socks to promote the self-healing of plantar warts.
2. medical intervention treatment: plantar warts are mainly used physical therapy and external drug treatment lesions, large area spread can cause pain need to be timely treatment. The actual physical therapy, such as freezing, electrocautery, scraping and laser, is an effective treatment, and the number of lesions can be divided into batches and times. ② topical drug therapy: for patients who are not suitable for physical therapy, drugs can be selected according to different situations, such as imiquimod ointment, vinpocetine ointment salicylic acid, fluorouracil ointment and so on. Physical therapy: such as cryotherapy, electrocautery, laser, etc. for the treatment of smaller plantar warts.
It is recommended to seek medical treatment in time to avoid the spread of warts, which will affect the quality of life.