Verruca is a benign epidermal vegetation caused by human papillomavirus, which is a carcinogenic, infectious and heritable DNA virus. The common clinical warts are verruca vulgaris, plantar verruca, filamentous verruca, molluscum contagiosum, verruca plana and condyloma acuminatum.
Common wart, commonly known as wart, is caused by human papillomavirus -2.4 and human papillomavirus -7, and children and adolescents are prone to this disease. It is common on the back of the hand, fingers and feet, with small papules, rough and hard surface keratinization, grayish yellow, dirty yellow or dirty brown. Papillomatoid hyperplasia, hyperkeratosis and dyskeratosis, vacuolation of cells in upper spinous layer and granular layer. The epidermal process is long, the wart bends inward into a ball, the dermal papilla is prolonged, and the blood vessels are dilated.
Vegetation refers to a soft, skin-colored growth that adheres to the skin surface through a thin pedicle tissue. Its medical name is molluscum. Vegetation is not skin cancer and will not become skin cancer. Typical dermatophytosis is a characteristic of age, especially in the elderly over 60 years old, more common in women, and has a familial tendency. Vegetation is most likely to grow in wrinkled areas of skin, such as neck, armpit, trunk, under breast or genital area. If clothes or jewelry rub against them, they may cause irritation and affect the appearance.
(The questions were answered by doctors, pharmacists and nutritionists from Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing Hospital and Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. )
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