What causes warts on the face?

Many people don’t know much about the skin disease called warts. It is a type of wart that can appear all over the body. It is not a contagious skin disease, but if it is what we commonly call female warts, it will spread with the body’s blood. If it is not treated in time, it may appear all over the body. What causes warts on the face? How should treatment be carried out?

Warts, also known as thousand-day warts, warts, dry tendon arrows, regret warts, etc., are commonly known as thorn warts. Its characteristic is the growth of warts on the skin, which initially look like red beans and flower stamens, and fall off over time. Warts are mostly caused by wind, heat and toxic evil attacking the skin; or by anger stirring up the liver, which leads to liver hyperactivity and dry blood, and poor nourishment of tendons and qi; they can also be caused by trauma and infection, and are more common on the face and back of the hands. In the early stage, needle-sized papules appear on normal skin, which gradually develop into soybean-sized or even larger thorn-like protrusions; the boundaries are clear, the surface is rough and dry, and it is papillary hyperplasia, uneven, and easy to bleed when forcibly peeled off; the number is uncertain, initially there is only one, and due to itself, it gradually increases to several or even dozens after inoculation. The normal skin color and texture are hard, which can be seen in the common warts diagnosed by modern medicine. At present in the country, except for genital warts, the overall canceration rate of other symptoms is relatively low. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that warts are caused by the boiling of evil heat, and treatment focuses on clearing heat.

There are several special types of common warts, namely filiform warts, plantar warts, digital warts, flat warts, and genital warts. The warts are filamentous protrusions with keratinized tips, which are called filiform warts. They often occur on the neck and eyelids and are usually solitary. Some warts have jagged finger-like protrusions on the surface, which are called digital warts and are more common on the face. Common warts that occur on the soles and edges of the feet are called plantar warts.

The main symptoms of warts are the appearance of rough and colloid skin and papillary proliferation. The surface of the proliferation has stamen-shaped ulcers that are dirty yellow in color. Except for mild tenderness when pressed, there is generally no pain. The symptoms of warts mainly occur on the back of hands, fingers, feet, face and other parts of the body. The symptoms will continue to spread and worsen depending on the condition of the disease, and can multiply from one to dozens, seriously affecting the appearance of the skin. In recent years, experts have discovered that the occurrence of wart disease is directly related to the patient's body's immune ability. Long-term wart disease may cause immune system diseases and early symptoms such as HIV, cancer, and allergic diseases.

Currently, the main methods for treating warts include: liquid nitrogen freezing, laser ablation, surgical resection, oral antioxidants, etc.

Liquid nitrogen freezing, laser cauterization and surgical resection are all physical treatments, which have relatively large side effects on the body and cannot eliminate the root cause. For example, liquid nitrogen freezing can freeze the tissues around warts, forming permanent scars and pigmentation. If the operation is not done properly, it can easily cause medical accidents such as wound ulceration. Neither laser burning nor surgery can kill the human papillomavirus that causes warts and achieve the purpose of cure. Moreover, the pigmentation formed by laser is difficult to remove later, and it cannot be used on sensitive areas such as the face and neck.

(1) Local treatment is the main approach. 5% 5-fluorouracil ointment for external use has side effects such as pigmentation, mild corrosion and burning, but is now mostly replaced by injections with fewer side effects.

(2) Intralesional injection of bleomycin. 0.05%-0.1% bleomycin is used in saline solution or 2% procaine solution

Injection into local lesions, 0.2-0.5 ml once a week depending on the size of the wart.

(3) For those with a small number of tumors, cryosurgery, laser therapy, and surgery may be options, but they should be considered with caution because scars may remain.

(4) Antiviral drug treatment.