What is verucca?

A verruca is a wart that is on the sole of your feet. They are often quite flat because of walking on them. The medical name for them is a plantar wart. Sometimes they have a black bit in the middle – this is where tiny blood vessels have clotted on the surface of your skin.

1. What is verruca caused by?
2. What do verrucas look like?
3. What type of virus is a verruca?
4. Can you cut out a verruca?
5. What happens if a verruca is left untreated?
6. Can you pull a verruca out with tweezers?
7. Can a verruca turn cancerous?
8. Can verrucas spread on bedding?
9. How do you get rid of a verruca fast?
10. What happens if you pull out a verruca?
11. How can you tell if you have a verruca?
12. What are the black bits in a verruca?
13. Is Bazuka good for verrucas?
14. Can a verruca turn into a corn?

What is verruca caused by?

Warts and verrucas are caused by a virus. They can be spread to other people from contaminated surfaces or through close skin contact. You're more likely to spread a wart or verruca if your skin is wet or damaged. It can take months for a wart or verruca to appear after contact with the virus.

What do verrucas look like?

What does a verruca look like? It looks like a round lump with a cauliflower like appearance. If it is on a weight bearing area it may be flattened with a rough crumbly surface. Sometimes, it may have little black dots in the centre.

What type of virus is a verruca?

A verruca is a wart on the foot caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). They commonly occur on the soles of the feet and toes. Verruca can be contagious and transmitted through direct person-to-person contact. They tend to be common in children, teenagers, young adults and people who use communal changing rooms.

Can you cut out a verruca?

Can a verruca be cut out? Yes, if your doctor decides that is the right treatment for you, the wart or verruca can be carefully cut out using a surgical scalpel.

What happens if a verruca is left untreated?

What happens if a verruca is left untreated? In most cases, an untreated verruca will clear over time and not cause any more problems, however, you may find that they continue to cause you pain.

Can you pull a verruca out with tweezers?

If you have an old or hard wart/verruca, moisten it up by soaking the affected area in warm water for 20-30 minutes before treatment. Remove the skin on top of the verruca/wart, by using tweezers, for example. For thick skin on inward-growing warts/verrucas, remove the hard skin carefully.

Can a verruca turn cancerous?

This virus attacks the topmost layer of the skin or the epithelium. This causes the cells to proliferate or form a growth or a raised plaque. Sometimes it may take up to a year or two after the initial viral invasion for the lesion to show up. Verrucas are not cancerous.

Can verrucas spread on bedding?

Warts and verrucas can be spread to other people through close skin contact or contact with contaminated objects or surfaces, such as: towels.

How do you get rid of a verruca fast?

Cryotherapy is the process of freezing your verruca with liquid nitrogen, resulting in your verruca falling off instantly. It is always a smart decision to choose a podiatrist to perform cryotherapy. Verruca treatment can lead to scarring, and cryotherapy can be a little painful too.

What happens if you pull out a verruca?

The verruca is dead and will push itself out. 'When verrucas are alive they will bleed profusely when you cut them. But the fact that I can cut away now with no bleeding means that there is no blood supplying it.

How can you tell if you have a verruca?

A verruca is a wart usually found on the sole of the foot that has a circular cauliflower shape. They are usually raised and sometimes they have black dots, which are due to little blood vessels. These black dots don't always occur, but they are a good way of diagnosing a verruca if they are present.

What are the black bits in a verruca?

Tiny black spots can be seen in the verruca if the top layer of skin is removed with an emery board or file, these are the capillaries. Verrucas can be painful when walking, as the verruca can press on the nerves in the foot.

Is Bazuka good for verrucas?

Bazuka Gel is a treatment for verrucas, warts, corns and calluses, suitable for use by adults, children and the elderly.

Can a verruca turn into a corn?

A verruca can seem remarkably similar in appearance to a corn. It develops into a hard callus lump much the same as a corn but there are a few subtle differences. Sometimes (not always depending on the depth of the verruca) you can see black dots in the hard skin.