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Diseases » Warts » Summary
 

What is Warts?

What is Warts?

  • Warts: Lumpy growths under the skin.

Warts: Introduction

Types of Warts:

Types of Warts:

  • Common warts
  • Plantar warts - on the soles of the feet
  • Juvenile warts
  • Genital warts
  • Hand warts
  • Palmar warts
  • Filiforme warts
  • Flat warts
  • more types...»

Broader types of Warts:

Who gets Warts?

Patient Profile for Warts: Skin warts most common in children, decreasing incidence with age, but any age possible.

What causes Warts?

Causes of Warts: see causes of Warts
Risk factors for Warts: see risk factors for Warts

What are the symptoms of Warts?

Symptoms of Warts: see symptoms of Warts

Can anyone else get Warts?

Contagion of Warts: Viral warts may spread easily by direct contact or surfaces.
More information: see contagiousness of Warts

Warts: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Warts.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Warts.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Warts: see treatments for Warts
Prevention of Warts: see prevention of Warts
Research for Warts: see research for Warts

Society issues for Warts


Hospitalization statistics for Warts: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Warts:

  • 0.0226% (2,878) of hospital consultant episodes were for viral warts in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 100% of hospital consultant episodes for viral warts required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 50 of hospital consultant episodes for viral warts were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 50% of hospital consultant episodes for viral warts were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 2% of hospital consultant episodes for viral warts required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • 1.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for viral warts in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
  • more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Warts:

Organs and body systems related to Warts include:

Name and Aliases of Warts

Main name of condition: Warts

Class of Condition for Warts: viral

Other names or spellings for Warts:

verrucas, verruca vulgaris

Warty lesion Source - Diseases Database

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