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a virus throwing a tiny architectural party on your skin, uninvited and oddly persistent
means A small, rough, hardened growth on the skin, usually caused by a virus.
from From Old English 'wearte,' a Germanic word with relatives across the family tree — Dutch 'wrat,' German 'Warze' — all pointing back to a Proto-Germanic root, possibly linked to an even older Indo-European notion of something raised or turned up. The bump on the skin and the bump in the word are equally ancient and equally stubborn.
- true cause
- Human papillomavirus, not toad-touching or witchcraft
- self-resolving
- Many vanish alone within two years
- black dots
- Those specks are clotted blood vessels, not seeds
- duct tape
- Studies tested it as a real treatment
- contagious
- Spreads via skin contact and shared shower floors
plantar wart — affects 10% of population, caused by hpv-1, hpv-2, hpv-4 strains on soles of feet
common wart — most frequent type, appears on hands, caused by hpv-2 and hpv-7
genital wart — sexually transmitted, caused by hpv-6 and hpv-11, affects millions worldwide