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To add my story, there is another solution that is available. When I was born, I had a wart on the bottom of my foot that I never thought anything of. But duri
by wsloth514 2y ago
To add my story, there is another solution that is available.
When I was born, I had a wart on the bottom of my foot that I never thought anything of. But during my teenage years (~20 years ago), the wart started to multiple. It eventually became a small wart colony on the bottom of my foot and began to bother me. I went to see a foot specialist. They discovered that warts are actually a virus and could be treated by taking an oral medication. Apparently, the virus responds to something in a pig's liver ( I don't remember the name). But I took this pill for a few months. The Dr said, if the virus responded to the medication, the warts will start to turn black and begin to spread throughout the body. The black skin is the wart cells dying off. The medication has a really high efficiency rate (I think it was like 70-80% of the time it works). He was right. I went about once a week where he would scrap the dead black wart cells off my foot. The warts also spread to my thumb and finger. But keeping to the medication. They all went away and the skin grew back ( no marks or scaring). It was literally like magic. Yes, it hurt when he scrapped the dead cells off and it took a long time (~3 months maybe?). But they never grew back. The Dr said they will never come back because my immune system will fight it.
To add to the duct tape part. I believe (can't remember), at first, That the doctor would apply duct tape to my foot to help speed the effectiveness of the medication. But only before it started to turn black. Afterwards, he just used a bandage. I didn't use or need it for my hand though.
- seabass-labrax 2y agoDo you still have your medical records around in order to share the name of the treatment with HN? It sounds fascinating.
- alchemist1e9 2y agoNot OP but I have a hunch they used Cimetidine as there has been much debate over it throughout the years. One example: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14693487/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14693487/ It’s typically used for stomach acid but I know of doctors who use it off label in higher doses for viral warts … which I thought all warts are fwiw, but perhaps I’m wrong.
- wsloth514 2y agoFunny, this article says 'they don't know why it works'. I remember the doctor saying that as well. "We are not sure what it is. But we know the virus responds to it and has been effective." So, maybe that was it?
- wsloth514 2y agoSorry, this was a long time ago when I was in middle school to high school. As a kid, who would know to keep that? That was all I could remember. My family and I thought it was essentially magic. Even if the black spots on my hand were unpleasant looking for a while. (Knock on wood) They never came back since.