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.
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.
Prevention of papillomas
The main methods of preventing the disease are:
- refusal of promiscuous sexual relations;
- use of barrier contraception during sexual intercourse;
- compliance with hygiene rules;
- refusal to use other people's household items;
- compliance with safety rules when visiting public swimming pools, saunas, baths;
- hardening the body, strengthening the immune defense;
- proper nutrition - avoiding fatty, fried, spicy, smoked, canned foods, introducing fresh fruits and vegetables into the diet;
- giving up a sedentary lifestyle;
- timely treatment of infectious and somatic diseases that can lead to the appearance of papillomas;
- regular sanitation of foci of chronic infection that weaken the body’s immune defense;
- wearing comfortable clothes made from natural fabrics;
- Regular examination by an immunologist or gynecologist (for women).
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.
Causes of papillomas
The cause of the disease is HPV (human papillomavirus) . When it comes into contact with the skin, this virus begins to multiply in the squamous epithelium. As long as a person is healthy, the virus lives quietly in the body and does not cause any problems.
But as soon as the immune defense weakens, the virus immediately becomes active and begins to change the nuclei of squamous epithelial cells. As a result, abnormal cells begin to appear, which actively grow and cause papilloma to appear on the skin.
The main routes of HPV infection are:
- Unprotected sexual contact .
The genital mucosa is very susceptible to the papilloma virus. If one of the partners has papillomas on the genitals, then the probability of infecting the second partner is almost 100%. Using condoms reduces the likelihood of infection, but if the papillomas are located in unprotected places (for example, in the perineum), then infection will still occur. It should be remembered that you can become infected with HPV not only during sex, but also through kissing. - Self-infection . It can occur during hair removal or shaving, as well as when rubbing an existing papilloma with clothing. As a result, several more new papillomas may appear on the skin.
- Infection of a child by the mother during childbirth . If the mother has papillomas in the genitals, the child can catch the HPV virus during childbirth. This form of the disease is very difficult to treat.
- Infection in public places . You can become infected with HPV by holding onto dirty handrails in public transport, as well as in a bathhouse, sauna, swimming pool, or locker room at the gym. A virus left in these places by a sick person causes infection if it enters the body through damaged skin.
- Infection through household items used by the patient . Most often, infection occurs when using other people's epilators, towels, razors, and washcloths.
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.
Diagnosis of papillomas
For an experienced doctor, making a diagnosis does not pose any particular difficulties . It detects papillomas during an external examination of the patient. To determine the type of virus that caused the appearance of the neoplasm and assess the likelihood of papilloma degenerating from a benign to a malignant state, the following studies are carried out:
- PCR – HPV DNA is detected and the type of virus is determined; this study is carried out if papilloma has already appeared on the patient’s skin;
- colposcopy - using this technique, they study the mucous membrane of the cervix in women using a special device (colposcope) and detect papillomas there;
- biopsy – performed to exclude cancer.
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.
Symptoms of papillomas
Papillomas look like skin growths that are soft to the touch. They have a flat base or stand on a thin stem. In the early stages of development, before they come out, papillomas can cause slight tingling and burning of the skin.
Then a small lump appears at this place, which eventually turns into a papilloma. The color of the new growths is usually flesh-colored, yellowish or grayish. Papillomas are more likely to form in older people.
Unlike warts, papillomas appear on closed areas of the body - in the groin, in the armpits, on the inner thighs, under the mammary glands. Papillomas appear when the immune system is weakened, after suffering from somatic and infectious diseases. A single papilloma can cause the appearance of other neoplasms, and then they talk about the development of a disease such as papillomatosis.
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.
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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.
Classification of papillomas
Based on their appearance, papillomas are divided into the following types:
- pointed;
- flat;
- threadlike;
- simple;
- plantar.
Depending on the type of virus and the characteristics of its effect on the human body, the following types of papillomas are distinguished:
- non-oncogenic - do not degenerate into cancerous tumors, do not pose a health hazard, and are a purely cosmetic defect;
- oncogenic low risk - the probability of papilloma degenerating into cancer exists, but it is small, a mutation can only occur as a result of a strong carcinogenic effect on the body;
- high-risk oncogenic - such papillomas almost always degenerate into malignant neoplasms over time.
When the first symptoms of HPV appear, you must consult a doctor and undergo an examination to find out the type of virus. Early diagnosis of oncogenic forms can save a person’s life.
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.
Is it possible to get rid of the papilloma virus forever?
All the methods described above help get rid of skin tumors. However, the root cause of the disease - the papilloma virus - cannot be completely cured. All drugs prescribed to patients help weaken the activity of viral particles and strengthen the immune system. But, unfortunately, there are no resources yet to completely cleanse the body of infection.
On the other hand, the modern pharmacological market offers special vaccines that provide stable immunity to the body. The procedure is usually performed on young girls who have not yet begun to be sexually active. Vaccines contain weakened strains and make the body immune to the most dangerous strains of the virus, including those that cause reproductive diseases and infertility. But this drug cannot protect against all types of infection. Moreover, it should be administered only if it is known for sure that the patient is not yet infected.
