Growths on the body, similar to mild warts or spots on the legs, that appear out of nowhere and often disappear without any treatment, are papillomas.
The causative agent of the disease, the human papillomavirus (from the English, human papillomavirus), enters the body from the outside, it is unusually widespread: up to 80% of the world's population is its carrier!
Such a high percentage is due to the fact that the infection occurs through tactile contact, it is almost impossible to contain the transmission of the virus.
Not all carriers attach importance to the disease and go to the doctor, so 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 plagued by chronic stress, illness, and bad habits. In such difficult conditions, the immune system fails, the doors are thrown wide open for various infections, and the papilloma virus is ready to attack. The main prerequisites for increasing virus activity:
- severe stress;
- the pregnancy;
- Serious illness;
- long-term use of medications;
- advanced age;
- avitaminosis;
- bad habits: smoking, alcohol;
- high unprotected sexual activity.
If at least one of the signs is present, an exacerbation of the papilloma virus and the appearance of unexpected growths on the skin is likely.
Pathways of infection
Anyone can get the virus. But there are factors in which infection is almost inevitable:
- transmission of the virus from the mother to the newborn;
- unprotected sexual contact with a carrier;
- tactile contact with the patient;
- by sharing household appliances;
- visiting the pool;
- penetration of the virus through skin wounds.
The carrier of the papilloma virus can live in peace for years and not suspect its presence, enlightenment usually occurs when the immune system is weakened. Then the virus, latent in the basal layer of the epithelium, rises to the surface and takes the form of genital warts or flattened plaques. Living with papillomas is not comfortable or aesthetically pleasing.
The most effective treatment is to eliminate. You can not just cut the legs of the papillomas or try to cut them, you can provoke active growth and reproduction of growths, which turn into a malignant form.
At the first sign of infection, see a dermatologist or try alternative treatments.
Home made recepies
With self-extraction, only the superficial part is removed, the nucleus of the papilloma is not affected. To completely destroy the virus, you need to undergo treatment with a dermatologist. The most popular home methods for removing growths are:
- Celandine. The caustic sap of the plant burns the warts, the same can be done with the papilloma. Two methods of treatment are known: tear off a celandine leaf, 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: make a "cocktail" of celandine, chaga and rope. Freeze it in ice cube trays and apply it on the growths three times a day for a few minutes.
- Kalanchoe pinnate is cut lengthwise, applied to the 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 apply it to a piece of bandage and fix it to the growth, sticking it 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 with the resulting broth by adding water at a comfortable temperature. The treatment will last 2 weeks at the rate of 7 procedures every two days.
- Onion peelMix the dried leaves in a jar with vinegar. Tie the jar with parchment or a thick cloth, keep it in the dark for 2 weeks. Remove the peel 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 tricolor violet, 1 part wormwood herb, 3 parts plantain, 2 parts 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 tablespoon. spoon three times a day.
- Dandelion flower colony. Fill a glass bottle with dandelion heads tightly. Pour triple cologne there and let it sit in the dark for 2 weeks. Transfer to a dark glass bottle, store in a cool dark place. Lubricate the papillomas with infusion 4-5 times a day until they disappear.
Lubricate the papillomas with the egg white that remains on the walls of the shell after pouring the egg. Pick it up with a piece of bandage and apply it 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, glue the knotted thread to 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, store them in a dark place and try to forget. The skin will peel after the potato is rotten.
- The most romantic way is by moonlight. In the light of the waning moon at sunset, rub the papilloma on the moonlit surface and the growth will disappear.
Such, at first glance, unusual treatment methods were practiced by healers in the old days, and they gave a positive effect, they 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.