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verruca HELP!

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rey · 03/01/2006 11:35

Anyone know of any way in which you can help dd with a painful verrucca (wart on foot)? She has had it for two months now and it looks worse than ever. Tried Buzucca ("...that verruca") but it doesn't claim to help it heal/clear and so seems pointless using plaster to keep it infecting anyone else. Trouble is at times it is painful to walk on. Now back at school and so problem is worse than ever. Can anyone out there help? Wondering about a chiropodist but the books say it will go on it's own and no-one else seems to be bothered by theirs, wondered about doctors but hate going to them and they are bound to say it will just go but how much longer must dd suffer?!

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QueenVictoria · 04/01/2006 11:18

no they dont - it really is quite painful. (not compared to labour or anything but think trapping your finger in a door kind of pain.

AuntyQuated · 04/01/2006 11:22

as i was putting more on this morning DD said
"I must be the only one in the world with banana on my foot!"

we know differently

the centre of the verruca has gone completely black. partly banana? part the centre? have gently used a wipe to clean it but a good soak this evening will hopefully reveal more.

BANANA HEAD COUNT????...................

AuntyQuated · 04/01/2006 11:22

ONE

uwila · 04/01/2006 11:26

Really? And what's the excuse for no pain rlief? I'm amazed (even for the NHS).

I once had a wart (probably a verucca) on the bottom of my foot between my big toe and the sole of my foot. I went to a doctor, he said "right we can laser it off." I said "ok", and he did just that... with anaesthetic! A week or se later it was all heeled up and it never came back. Never any pain. Of course this wan in the US and not on the NHS.

Why don't they do that here? Instead we have people walking around with banana peels on theor feet because we can't treat them properly. Rediculous.

daisy1999 · 04/01/2006 11:30

oh surely you can believe it of the nhs uwila. Remember many women can't get an epidural because there is nobody free to do it! Guess there would be uproar if they were given fully grown men vasectomies without pain releive but women in labour and children with verrucas?

uwila · 04/01/2006 11:43

You are right Daisy. Silly me. What on Earth was I thinking?

Passionflower · 04/01/2006 12:04

FWIW they don't use pain releif for freezing warts and veruccas here either. (Guernsey - all private)I don't think it's a money thing it's just not the way they do it. My GP refused to freeze DD1's huge verucca because he said it would hurt too much.

Am so glad I saw this thread I'm going to try the banana skin thing too.

titchy · 04/01/2006 12:43

Funny dd (6) had hers frozen off and she said it didn't hurt at all - just a sight sting. Maybe that's why the Dr said to go back 3 times, he didn;t freeze it a great deal.

uwila · 04/01/2006 12:47

Passionflower, it could still be money. It's just that it's the insurance company's money, not our tax money.

HellyBelly · 04/01/2006 15:49

I had mine done under local anaesthetic and it was quite intense treatment. I ended up with about 3 lots put in my foot as although some of it was numb, not all of it was and when I could feel it, it was awful. Once it was properly numb, it didn't hurt but felt horrible. They said the reason I went into surgical shock was because of the amount of anaesthetic and the awful smell making me feel sick. All I remember is that they saw me go funny and crash the bed backwards so I was upside down and then put the fan on. I asked what had happened and they said my body had gone into shock and that's why they had to put me upside down????

Anyway, the heeling process was awful and I would not recommend it. Maybe I was unlucky it didn't work but no way would I go through that again!

ANYWAY.......Got my banana skin on now so will let you know how that goes

Passionflower · 05/01/2006 09:05

Well not really because you don't have to claim on insurance. They offer other treatments that the insurance co's don't cover.

AuntyQuated · 06/01/2006 18:41

how are you all doing??

dd's looks like the top of a volcano...a black crater, all the surrounding skin is white and prune textured. she did let me file it one night too.

does anyone know what ought to happen next??

jalopy · 06/01/2006 18:55

My 5 yr old daughter had a painful one on her foot. Left it for ages, then eventually when it was looking hideous and showing no signs of improvement, we zapped it with Wartner. Ten days later - gone. Doesn't work for everyone though.

HellyBelly · 07/01/2006 15:44

AuntyQuated - I've still got mine! My ds has been helping me with my new dressing .

Mine was a pretty awful mess after the op so I've put the banana skin on, left it for half a day to a day, cleaned with a baby wipe as full of black stuff, did a bit of scraping with my nail to get it clean again and then put new one on. Because of all my lumps, I can't actually tell what's going on but I'm sure more black dots have come to the surface which must mean it's drawing them out or something? Even if this doesn't work, I'll do it from time to time when it hurts to walk as immediately I noticed the difference on the pain side of things. It's softened the dead skin and made it much nicer to walk on, even when the banana skin has been removed

Think I've persuaded my mum to give it a try too!

BTW, not sure if should file as I thought this could spread them??? Anyone know what's best as I'd love to file this mess of skin if it's ok to!

Good luck to everyone trying, I REALLY want this to work

AuntyQuated · 10/01/2006 19:53

what is happening wioth everyones' banana feet.

dd's is very swollen around the edge, and the centre as black as the banana skin but this evening she is complaining that it is really really itchy, to the point of pain.

if it doesn't ease i think we may have to give it e rest for 24 hours.

anyone else?

HellyBelly · 11/01/2006 13:15

Had mine off for a day purely because ds & mindee won't eat banana's at the mo and I don't really like them BUT, am keen to continue so will force one down later or simply throw it away so I get the skin!

I've had no problems with being itchy? Since not having a skin on, it's heeled SO quickly and I can see more black dots on the surface, reckon it's drawing them out and will continue with it!

Sorry about dd. Have you changed it every 12/24 hours? Also, have you cleaned the black each time before putting new one on? I did, just in case that helps!

Let us know how she gets on.

Still no confirmation about whether or not to file - anyone able to help?

AuntyQuated · 11/01/2006 14:01

we left it off last night and then filed it this morning and it has eased it.
as you say - it does seem to be drawing the stuff out so we will continue.
we began by eating the bananas but are now throwing them away as we are sick of them---still cheaper than Wartner.

HellyBelly · 12/01/2006 20:35

yep, throwing them too as they're going black anyway - yuck I THINK I managed to pull 2 black dots out before putting new one on today (not sure if a good thing but seemed ok). Filed and put one on this afternoon.

One thing I will say is that I've had about 8 holes in my foot for ages (much worse after op so better now) and when I left the banana skin off, my skin around that area dried and healed REALLY quick which amazed me

Will let you know how I get on after another couple of days with the banana skin on!

Hope your dd is doing well with hers

AuntyQuated · 14/01/2006 16:16

we still haven't put nay more on. so it has been off since tuesday evening, i've been filing it each bedtime and it it LOADS better, the lump under and around it has reduced amazingly.
we are going to start again with the banana tonight then give it another rest after a few days.

HellyBelly · 14/01/2006 16:22

You've just reminded me to take mine off

Glad you're doing well at your end, keep us updated. Out of interest, how bad was your dd's in the first place? I.e. how many and how long for?

AuntyQuated · 14/01/2006 16:26

she has had it for about six months. it was tiny until i started treating it. there's only the one but it has a cluster of black haeds in the centre which is about 1cm in diameter. when i feel it there is a lump underneath which spreads over a much bigger area. it is on her heel. she has a nothet on the ball of her foot, luckily i didn't even start to treat that and it gives her no problems at all.

Original poster
rey · 14/01/2006 16:28

looking a lot better here, it was really big, now a lot smaller, will try for a few more days How about everyone else.

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HellyBelly · 14/01/2006 16:39

WOW, another 24 hour session has helped loads. My op was about 7/8 months ago and this is the best my foot has looked since then. In fact, it's been a mess for some years now. Dh can't believe it. The skin is healing amazingly well and all I can see is one black dot inside some of the broken skin. I keep telling myself this can't be right and that more must be hidden as how can something this easy be so good after the hell I went through during and after the horrible horrible op. Will keep you posted but I'm definitely smiling

Good luck to the rest of you - let us know how you get on!

Prettybird · 14/01/2006 16:42

I think oart of the problem with treating them (and maybe why the NHS has stopped offering treatment) is that then your body hasn't had a chance to generate the resistance to the papilloma virus and therefore you are still at risk of them coming back.

my dad cut out some verrucae when I was c.10 years old - but in my mid/late teens they came back and I had them until I was about 30 - a whole crop covering the ball of one foot, with a few on the other foot.

Interestingly, when I did dtart treating them again (they started spreading to the side and therefore being painful), it was extremely painful for a while (the whole layer of skin on the ball of my foot peeling off), and I had to stop treatment for a while as we were about to go off skiing. By that time only "mummy" and "daddy" verrucae were left, with a couple of other small, discrete offspring, as opposed to the whole merged mass that had been there. I didn't get round to treating them after we got back from skiing, but then I noticed that they were starting to go anyway. it was like, once I had reduced the number of verrucae, there was a small enough amount left to allow my body to fight them off. I've never suffered since - and I am now 44!

HellyBelly · 14/01/2006 16:56

What a story! Agree with you that they do eventually go on their own as I'd forgotten about the cluster I had further up my foot. I was lucky that these vanished by themselves just as I was about to see the consultant. It would have been much much worse to have had both areas treated this way.