17/04/2019
💜VERRUCA💜
When you see a verruca on your child, your heart sinks.💔
What will people think?🥺
What do I do about it?🤔
Am I a bad parent?😭
It happens to us all and it’s more common that you THINK.😥 (You’re not a bad parent BTW)🥰
💜Verrucas are a virus.💜
Part of the Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) Family.👨👩👧👦
And what the virus does is “gets into” a host cell and then does some viral-magic to survive.
The virus then hides and produces chemicals to keep it out of the immune systems watchful eye.👀
Any treatment that we use, has to show the virus to the immune system and say “look, it’s here”.👣
Then it could do it’s magic.🌈
BUT, and it’s a big BUT, no treatment is 100% effective.⚠️
(And if someone tells you they have one that is, then call them out, because they are lying)🤥
So what can we do?‼️
Well, there’s a lot but probably the simplest four are:
▪️Time (AKA leave them alone)✔️
▪️Tape - softens the verruca and makes it✔️ more comfy so that number 1 can kick in.
▪️ Needling - create a cell mediated response to give the immune system a wake up call. ✔️
(by a podiatrist) 👩🏼⚕️
▪️Microwave therapy - heat creates a cell medicate immune response and gives the immune system a wake up call.✔️
(by a podiatrist) 👨⚕️
If the verruca causes no issue, then 1 and 2 are ideal. If you are getting painful symptoms then 3 and 4 are useful.👣💜
Ultimately it’s about treating you as an individual.🥰
Feetbyme is here to help 🎉
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07539810635 ✨