Will the GP see DS about his warts?

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DS2 (13) is incredibly upset, his hands are both covered in warts, it started with 1 or 2 and now they've sprung up in crops all over both hands. We've tried the OTC things but nothing has touched them.
I looked on NHS direct and it says there isn't anything we can do but there's so many and DS is really distressed about them, I'm not if it could be anything other than common warts.

How's his immune system? I think GP will see you but whether he'll freeze them off is another thing. You can do it privately but only if his health is tip top.

Of course he should. One of my dcs had a lot of warts on his hands at a slightly earlier age. We definitely saw the gp. Can't remember what, If anything, he did (ds is 20 now). I think they may have just cleared up on their own.

Often they are viral and freezing them off just temporarily resolving the problem, they will recur. Allowing the body to fight off the virus and resolving them that way is the best solution.

My son's hands were covered in them when he was a child (I blame the nearby forest he was always messing about in) We tried freezing them off but it didn't work and they seemed to get worse and then suddenly they were gone! I think your immune systems suddenly realises they are there and attacks them and they go. He never had them again thank goodness.

DD had one hand with warts all over the back (12 warts) from age 7 to age 12 - then they just disappeared. We tried the doc, they said it would leave scarring if they tried to get rid of hem, DD was not happy, but the doc said they will go... and they did... it just took a long time - once one started to go they all just went, almost "absorbing back into the hand" before your eyes.

My son is 8 and has had problems with warts for atleast two years. We have one dr in our local practice who is qualified to freeze warts (this is what he said) so I guess they aren't all able to. However, we found that if we went a bit half heartedly at it, by going once and then forgetting to make the follow up appointment 4 weeks later, then they persisted. When we decided that we really wanted to get rid of them, and made a follow up appointment and kept going back, then they finally went. He currently has none where as previously they were on his hands and knees. In fact wherever the skin broke e.g. Where he fell over, a wart would form. We found each visit to have them frozen made an improvement until finally they went, but there is no quick fix. Also, freezing them makes them blister and stand out more temporarily which my son found a bit embarrassing at the time. Definitely go to the doctors though but check who does cryotherapy.

Alternative they could refer him and there is better and stronger treatment available. I have been on medication that makes skin cancer more likely and have to see a dermatologist at the hospital who freezes warts for me and she said that what she has is a stronger and more effective version of what is available at a surgery.

He's had them for years. He's never ill so I assume immune system is good.
I'm not sure about his vitamin levels though, his finger nails have never needed cutting in 13 years and he doesn't chew them so I have wondered about a deficiency in the past, he has had the usual childhood chicken pox and the like but other than that, no colds or bugs.

A chiropodist I know is now recommending Vitamin D, Vitamin C and Zinc for anyone with verrucas ( same virus as warts?) as it seems this can make difference in helping you to fight the virus.

That's interesting fivedogstofeed (do you really?). I had masses of veruccas on my feet in my 20s and struggle to keep my vitamin D levels up

@Medievalist lol yes, and more...

I am currently having microwave treatment for veruccas I've had for 20yrs plus and they did ask if I had any warts as well. A woman I was chatting to in the waiting room had both. The thinking seems to have changed from treating both as infectious to treating as a virus.
I also had very low vitamin D for years.

Tea tree oil can make them shrink and fall off. But to answer your question, yes the GP should see your son and maybe dermatology.

Good luck.

My ds was undergoing acupuncture for migraines. The doctor noticed he had a wart and did acupuncture on it. It just disappeared after being there for over two years. Never came back. Worth asking about.

How has he never cut his nails in 13 years? I'd definitely se the GP,that doesn't sound right at all.

Both my girls had numerous warts on their hands, it took a year to get rid of the eldests and 3 months later her sister was covered. I blame it on the slime craze.

Anyway, I read that you need to agitate them so the body realises they are there and can attack the virus.

With both girls I threw the whole lot at it, filing them every day, all the over the counter products, freeze stuff, just literally one thing after another.

It took a year in each case but all of a sudden the biggest one flattened out and then they were all gone overnight!