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TREATMENT OF VERRUCA VULGARIS IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

Common warts (verrucae vulgares) are the most common complaint in routine dermatological practice. Warts can be painful on pressure and are often an aesthetic problem, but they are not a major threat to the person’s general health. Treatment options are symptomatic and do not eradicate the causative...

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Autores principales: Muršić, Ivanka, Včev, Aleksandar, Kotrulja, Lena, Kuric, Igor, Milavić, Tina, Šustić, Nela, Tolušić Levak, Maja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253083/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34285446
http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2020.59.04.22
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author Muršić, Ivanka
Včev, Aleksandar
Kotrulja, Lena
Kuric, Igor
Milavić, Tina
Šustić, Nela
Tolušić Levak, Maja
author_facet Muršić, Ivanka
Včev, Aleksandar
Kotrulja, Lena
Kuric, Igor
Milavić, Tina
Šustić, Nela
Tolušić Levak, Maja
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description Common warts (verrucae vulgares) are the most common complaint in routine dermatological practice. Warts can be painful on pressure and are often an aesthetic problem, but they are not a major threat to the person’s general health. Treatment options are symptomatic and do not eradicate the causative agent. Dermatological surgery procedures such as cryotherapy, electrocauterization and excochleation can be painful, with common recurrences. These are the most important reasons for revival of the treatment procedures and remedies based on traditional medicine. Traditional medicine is still commonly practiced as a form of self-healing. This paper presents the most commonly used wart remedies of plant, animal and mineral origin, along with various magic practices. We emphasize that this paper is written from the viewpoint of physicians, practitioners of dermatology, not as a study in the history or culture. The main objective of the study was to explore various substances and methods people use as home remedies for warts. We performed a case study survey among the general population by interviewing 147 adult participants using a simple preliminary questionnaire inquiring about preferred treatment and knowledge about common warts.
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spelling pubmed-82530832021-07-19 TREATMENT OF VERRUCA VULGARIS IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE Muršić, Ivanka Včev, Aleksandar Kotrulja, Lena Kuric, Igor Milavić, Tina Šustić, Nela Tolušić Levak, Maja Acta Clin Croat Preliminary Communications Common warts (verrucae vulgares) are the most common complaint in routine dermatological practice. Warts can be painful on pressure and are often an aesthetic problem, but they are not a major threat to the person’s general health. Treatment options are symptomatic and do not eradicate the causative agent. Dermatological surgery procedures such as cryotherapy, electrocauterization and excochleation can be painful, with common recurrences. These are the most important reasons for revival of the treatment procedures and remedies based on traditional medicine. Traditional medicine is still commonly practiced as a form of self-healing. This paper presents the most commonly used wart remedies of plant, animal and mineral origin, along with various magic practices. We emphasize that this paper is written from the viewpoint of physicians, practitioners of dermatology, not as a study in the history or culture. The main objective of the study was to explore various substances and methods people use as home remedies for warts. We performed a case study survey among the general population by interviewing 147 adult participants using a simple preliminary questionnaire inquiring about preferred treatment and knowledge about common warts. Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital and Institute of Clinical Medical Research, Vinogradska cesta c. 29 Zagreb 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8253083/ /pubmed/34285446 http://dx.doi.org/10.20471/acc.2020.59.04.22 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 License.
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Kuric, Igor
Milavić, Tina
Šustić, Nela
Tolušić Levak, Maja
TREATMENT OF VERRUCA VULGARIS IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
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title_short TREATMENT OF VERRUCA VULGARIS IN TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
title_sort treatment of verruca vulgaris in traditional medicine
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8253083/
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