Periungual wart

Warts around the fingernail, or Periungual warts, cause peeling and roughening of the surface on both feet and hands. They appear elevated and irregular. Warts of this kind often cause damage to the nail either by lifting the nail from the skin or causing the nail to partially detach. If they extend under the nail, then the patient may suffer pain as a result. Sometimes periungual wart infections resemble the changes that are found in onychomycosis. In worst cases, if the infection causes injury or damage to the nail matrix, deformity in the nail may become permanent.

Treatment

For fast and clean treatment of Periungual warts, laser surgery may be availed by the patients for eliminating warts in just one session. There may be a couple of disadvantages like cost and availability of equipment. Laser treatment is by far the most expensive remedy for removal of warts and not all medical institutions have the necessary to equipment for the process.

One of the famous treatments is Cryotherapy which is the application of liquid nitrogen to freeze and destroy warts within the area. Liquid nitrogen must sink into sufficient depth of the skin for this treatment to be effective. One drawback for Cryotherapy is that infected sin cells may proliferate in the surrounding areas.

The use of Salycilic Acid may also be used to cure finger warts. The acid is spread on individual warts growing to burn and subsequently destroy the wart. Since it involves acid treatment, it may cause pain and later on scars for the treated patient. Salicylic acid may require sometime to kill the warts and enough time for the irritated area to heal before proceeding on to the other affected areas.