The growths on the body, similar to light warts or dots on the legs, appearing out of nowhere and often disappearing without any treatment, are papillomas.
The causative agent of the disease - human papillomavirus (from English - Human Papillomavirus) - enters the body from the outside, is unusually widespread: up to 80% of the world's population is its carrier!
Such a high percentage is due to the fact that infection occurs through tactile contact; it is almost impossible to contain 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 papillomavirus
The insidious virus can be located anywhere: on the neck, armpits, under the breast, on the eyelids, abdomen and genitals. In most cases, it is a benign formation. If a virus invades cell chromosomes and integrates into the cell nucleus, it becomes malignant.
Before starting treatment, you should consult a doctor to find out the nature of the virus, and then choose an acceptable method.
Who is at risk
The modern person is haunted by chronic stress, illness and bad habits. In such difficult conditions, the immune system fails, the gates open wide for 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 medications;
- elderly age;
- avitaminosis;
- bad habits: smoking, alcohol;
- high sexual activity without protection.
If at least one of the signs is present, an exacerbation of the papillomavirus and the appearance of unexpected skin growths are likely.
Infection routes
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;
- visiting the pool;
- penetration of the virus through wounds on the skin.
The carrier of the papillomavirus can live peacefully for years and not suspect about its presence, enlightenment usually occurs when the immune system is weakened. Then the virus, dormant in the basal layer of the epithelium, gets out 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 to remove. You can't just cut off the legs of papillomas or try to cut them off, you can provoke active growth and reproduction of growths, growing into a malignant form.
At the first sign of infection, see a dermatologist or try alternative treatments.
Homemade recipes
With self-removal, only the superficial part is removed, the papilloma nucleus is not affected. To completely destroy the virus, you should undergo treatment with a dermatologist. The most popular home methods for removing growths are:
- Celandine. The caustic sap of the plant burns warts, the same can be done with papilloma. Two methods of treatment are known: to tear off a sheet of celandine, grease the papilloma with the juice that has come out, and seal it with a plaster. Re-lubricate once every 2 days, after a while the papilloma will dry out and fall off. The second way: to make a "cocktail" of celandine, chaga and string. Freeze it in ice cube trays and apply to the growths three times a day for a few minutes.
- Kalanchoe pinnate is cut lengthwise, applied to papillomas, tied with a bandage and left overnight.
- "Garlic cream". Chop the garlic and mix the resulting mass with any cream in a 1: 2 ratio. Then put on a piece of bandage and attach to the growth, sealed with a plaster. Leave on 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 at the rate of 7 procedures every other day.
- Onion peel. Mix dry husks in a jar with vinegar. Tie the jar with parchment or a thick cloth, keep in the dark for 2 weeks. Remove the husk and dry it, tie it to the papillomas at night. Remove the bandage in the morning and soften the skin with a greasy cream.
- Floral collection: 1 part of tricolor violet, 1 part of wormwood herb, 3 parts of plantain, 2 parts of clover flowers, St. John's wort, calamus root and dill seeds. Pour boiling water over the collection to make 1 part of the collection 7 parts of boiling water. Insist day, strain, take 1 tbsp. spoon three times a day.
- Dandelion flower cologne. Fill a glass bottle with dandelion heads tightly. Pour triple cologne there and let it brew in the dark for 2 weeks. Transfer to a glass dark bottle, store in a cool, dark place. Lubricate papillomas with infusion 4-5 times a day until they disappear.
Lubricate the papillomas with egg white remaining on the walls of the shell after pouring the egg. Collect it with a piece of bandage and apply to the papilloma.
Superstitions to help
Ancient semi-mystical methods of removing papillomas have survived to this day. The most curious of them:
- Tie knots over the growths with a silk thread, stick the thread with knots into a cut potato and hide it where no one will find it. After a while, the potato will rot, and the papillomas will disappear!
- Rub the growths with the potato cut in half: first with one half, then with the other. Put the halves together, put them away in a dark place and try to forget. The skin will peel off after the potato has rotted.
- The most romantic way is by moonlight. 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 gave a positive effect, were fixed by repeated repetitions.
Today, carriers of the papillomavirus have access to a variety of medical methods of treatment with the help of tinctures, decoctions and juice of medicinal herbs. When choosing any method, it is recommended to consult a doctor.