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2. Duct tape occlusion therapy - Wikipedia

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   A piece of duct tape was cut as close to the size of the wart as possible, and applied to the area. The tape was left on for 6 days and replaced with new duct tape if it fell off. After 6 days, the tape was removed, the area soaked in water, and the wart debrided with an emery board or pumice stone. The tape was left off overnight and reapplied ...

3. Does Medicare cover wart removal? - AOL

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   Likewise, if warts spread between different body parts, especially in people with compromised immune systems, Medicare may pay for removal. Medicare also funds wart removal for specific wart ...

4. Wart - Wikipedia

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   Warts are caused by a virus, and toads do not harbor it. [51] A variety of traditional folk remedies and rituals claim to be able to remove warts. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain has his characters discuss a variety of such remedies. Tom Sawyer proposes "spunk-water" (or "stump-water", the water collecting in the hollow of a tree ...

5. Treatment of warts by keratolysis - Wikipedia

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   Keratolysis is the removal of dead surface skin cells and is a treatment for several types of wart. The most common keratolytic treatment of warts available over-the-counter involves salicylic acid. These products are readily available at most drugstores and supermarkets.

6. Cantharidin - Wikipedia

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   [a] Its main current use in pharmacology is treating molluscum contagiosum and warts topically. [2] It is a burn agent and poisonous in large doses, and has been historically used as aphrodisiacs (Spanish fly). In its natural form, cantharidin is secreted by the male blister beetle, and given to the female as a copulatory gift during mating.

7. Plantar wart - Wikipedia

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   Plantar warts are often similar to calluses or corns, but can be differentiated by close observation of skin striations. Feet are covered in friction ridges, which are akin to fingerprints of the feet. Friction ridges are disrupted by plantar warts; if the lesion is not a plantar wart, the striations continue across the top layer of the skin.