Duct tape sticks it to warts. (Biomedicine).Treating a wart wart, circumscribed outgrowth of the skin caused by a filterable virus that is readily transmitted. Warts may appear anywhere on the skin but are most common on the hands. with a coveting of duct tape seems to be more effective--and less painful--than removing the wart by freezing it with liquid nitrogen. Researchers at the Madigan Army Medical Center Madigan Army Medical Center located in Fort Lewis, Washington, is one of the largest military hospitals on the West Coast of the USA. The hospital was named in honor of Colonel Patrick S. Madigan, an assistant to the U.S. in Tacoma, Wash., instructed 26 children and young adults to cover their warts with a piece of duct tape for 6 days a week. The physicians directed another 25 patients to come into the clinic to get cryotherapy Cryotherapy Definition Cryotherapy is a technique that uses an extremely cold liquid or instrument to freeze and destroy abnormal skin cells that require removal. every 2 to 3 weeks. Warts on 22 of 26 people using duct tape disappeared within 2 months, the researchers report in the October Archives of Pediatric pediatric /pe·di·at·ric/ (pe?de-at´rik) pertaining to the health of children. pe·di·at·ric adj. Of or relating to pediatrics. and Adolescent Medicine. Among patients getting cryotherapy, 15 of 25 said that their warts went away. The most common side effect of duct-tape therapy was skin irritation, but some people treated with cryotherapy had pain and burning. The therapies probably work the same way, says lead researcher Dean R. Focht III, now at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is a hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio. In June of 1883, a meeting of women from parish communities around Cincinnati established a mission to create a Diocesan Hospital for Children. . They both induce irritation around the wart, thus triggering an immune reaction against the virus that causes warts.--D.C. |
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