Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to manage warts as follows: Most common means for spread of warts is contact with the wart. Avoid any potential contact or picking the wart. Wash your hands clean with soap and water after any accidental touch with wart surface, with you or others having the wart. Getting in contact with the wart surface and touching an unaffected portion of skin with the same hand, increases the risk for transmitting [...]
Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to prevent development of warts as follows: Individuals having warts on the trunk and genital areas must avoid sharing any clothing, towels, undergarments, and bedsheets with others. Individuals having warts on the hands, feet, fingers, and toes must avoid sharing any gloves, shoes, and socks with others. Individuals having warts must avoid sharing any equipment they use to remove the wart such as, pumice stone or nail clipper or emery [...]
Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to prevent development of warts as follows: Individuals with warts involving the feet must always have shoes on outdoors. With involvement of sole of foot, wearing clean socks or flip-flops while indoors can help prevent the risk for transmitting the virus to new source. Individuals with a family member having warts on the sole of foot must also wear protective footwear indoors, to avoid contact with the wart virus. Having [...]
Patient/caregiver was educated on measures to prevent development of warts as follows: Most common means for spread of warts is contact with the wart. Avoid any potential contact or picking the wart. Wash your hands clean with soap and water after any accidental touch with wart surface, with you or others having the wart. Getting in contact with the wart surface and touching an unaffected portion of skin with the same hand, increases the risk [...]
Patient/caregiver was educated on pathophysiology of warts as follows: Warts are fleshy, grainy, usually painless bumps that occur on the skin of fingers and toes, secondary to infection with a virus, Human papilloma virus (HPV). Multiple strains or varieties of HPV exist, which cause a wide range of conditions from simple warts to sexually transmitted diseases and genital cancers. Warts can occur in multiple sizes, shapes, textures, and colors and can also involve skin of [...]