Re: Duct Tape Can Get Rid of Warts: Study

[Guest guest]

I remember going for cryotherapy treatment for plantar warts in my

youth. The pain! This is great news. How simple and cheap. I wonder how

it's working, a.

I'm laughing about his, too, because years ago I saw a hilarious

homemade video done by a woman for the Oprah show about the various ways

in which her husband uses duct tape around the house for repairs. And I

thought I had heard everything about duct tape uses after seeing that!

[ ] Duct Tape Can Get Rid of Warts: Study

> Duct Tape Can Get Rid of Warts: Study

> Mon Oct 14, 6:08 PM ET

>

>

> NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The next time you're in need of a wart

cure-all,

> forget combing the aisles of the local pharmacy and head over to the

> hardware store instead.

>

>

> According to the findings of a small study in children, applying plain

old

> duct tape to the common wart (scientifically known as Verruca

vulgaris)

> appears to be superior to traditional cryotherapy with liquid

nitrogen.

>

> While anecdotal reports abound of duct tape's wart-removing abilities,

the

> therapy has not gone head-to-head with other wart removal techniques,

> according to the report published in the October issue of the Archives

of

> Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

>

> In the current study, the researchers compared duct tape therapy to

> cryotherapy, which involves several visits to the doctor's office.

During

> the treatment, a physician freezes the wart by applying a quick,

narrow

> blast of liquid nitrogen to the offending blemish. This is repeated

once

> every two or three weeks until the wart is gone.

>

> Aside from the inconvenience of frequent visits to the doctor's

office,

> another potential drawback to this method is that many children are

afraid

> of the treatment and may find it painful, according to lead author Dr.

Dean

> R. Focht III, who conducted the study with colleagues Dr.

Fairchok and

> Carole Spicer while at the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma,

> Washington.

>

> " Tape occlusion, if proven effective, could be an inexpensive,

convenient

> and painless alternative to cryotherapy in the treatment of pediatric

> warts, " they write. Focht is now at the Children's Hospital Medical

Center

> in Cincinnati.

>

> In the study, the researchers randomly assigned 51 patients between

the ages

> of 3 and 22 to receive either a maximum of 6 cryotherapy treatments,

once

> every two to three weeks, or two months of duct tape therapy.

>

> In duct tape therapy, a nurse covered the wart with a piece of duct

tape

> roughly the same size as the wart. Patients (or their parents) were

> instructed to keep the duct tape on for 6 consecutive days and if the

tape

> peeled off during that time, apply another at home.

>

> At the end of 6 days, patients soaked the wart in water and rubbed it

with

> an emery board or pumice stone. The next morning a new piece of tape

was

> applied. The routine was repeated for a maximum of two months.

>

> During the study, all of the patients returned frequently to the

doctor's

> office to have their warts measured and evaluated by a nurse.

>

> The investigators found that 85% of those in the duct tape group,

compared

> to 60% of those in the cryotherapy group " had complete resolution of

their

> warts.

>

> " This study shows that duct tape occlusion therapy is not only equal

to but

> exceeds the efficacy of cryotherapy in the treatment of the common

wart.

> Tape occlusion therapy can now be offered as a nonthreatening,

painless, and

> inexpensive technique for the treatment of warts in children, "

according to

> the report.

>

> It's not clear exactly how the duct tape sends warts packing,

according to

> the report, " but, as with other therapies, it may involve stimulation

of the

> patient's immune system through local irritation. "

>

> SOURCE: Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine

2002;156:971-974.

>

[Guest guest]

I think I'll try this. I have a wart on my thumb that has been there for

years now. I have tried several treatments with no luck. Maybe this will be

the one.

Love and Hugs

Stacey in PA

[Guest guest]

,

I remember that Oprah show also. It was so

funny...the poor man thought his wife was on the show

to talk about how creative he was and how well his

handyman attempts went. I felt sort of bad for him

because all of the women in the audience were hooting

and laughing and he really didn't get it. Iris

--- <Matsumura_Clan@...> wrote:

> I remember going for cryotherapy treatment for

> plantar warts in my

> youth. The pain! This is great news. How simple and

> cheap. I wonder how

> it's working, a.

>

> I'm laughing about his, too, because years ago I saw

> a hilarious

> homemade video done by a woman for the Oprah show

> about the various ways

> in which her husband uses duct tape around the house

> for repairs. And I

> thought I had heard everything about duct tape uses

> after seeing that!

>

>

>

>

> [ ] Duct Tape Can Get Rid of

> Warts: Study

>

>

> > Duct Tape Can Get Rid of Warts: Study

> > Mon Oct 14, 6:08 PM ET

> >

> >

> > NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The next time you're

> in need of a wart

> cure-all,

> > forget combing the aisles of the local pharmacy

> and head over to the

> > hardware store instead.

> >

> >

> > According to the findings of a small study in

> children, applying plain

> old

> > duct tape to the common wart (scientifically known

> as Verruca

> vulgaris)

> > appears to be superior to traditional cryotherapy

> with liquid

> nitrogen.

> >

> > While anecdotal reports abound of duct tape's

> wart-removing abilities,

> the

> > therapy has not gone head-to-head with other wart

> removal techniques,

> > according to the report published in the October

> issue of the Archives

> of

> > Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

> >

> > In the current study, the researchers compared

> duct tape therapy to

> > cryotherapy, which involves several visits to the

> doctor's office.

> During

> > the treatment, a physician freezes the wart by

> applying a quick,

> narrow

> > blast of liquid nitrogen to the offending blemish.

> This is repeated

> once

> > every two or three weeks until the wart is gone.

> >

> > Aside from the inconvenience of frequent visits to

> the doctor's

> office,

> > another potential drawback to this method is that

> many children are

> afraid

> > of the treatment and may find it painful,

> according to lead author Dr.

> Dean

> > R. Focht III, who conducted the study with

> colleagues Dr.

> Fairchok and

> > Carole Spicer while at the Madigan Army Medical

> Center in Tacoma,

> > Washington.

> >

> > " Tape occlusion, if proven effective, could be an

> inexpensive,

> convenient

> > and painless alternative to cryotherapy in the

> treatment of pediatric

> > warts, " they write. Focht is now at the Children's

> Hospital Medical

> Center

> > in Cincinnati.

> >

> > In the study, the researchers randomly assigned 51

> patients between

> the ages

> > of 3 and 22 to receive either a maximum of 6

> cryotherapy treatments,

> once

> > every two to three weeks, or two months of duct

> tape therapy.

> >

> > In duct tape therapy, a nurse covered the wart

> with a piece of duct

> tape

> > roughly the same size as the wart. Patients (or

> their parents) were

> > instructed to keep the duct tape on for 6

> consecutive days and if the

> tape

> > peeled off during that time, apply another at

> home.

> >

> > At the end of 6 days, patients soaked the wart in

> water and rubbed it

> with

> > an emery board or pumice stone. The next morning a

> new piece of tape

> was

> > applied. The routine was repeated for a maximum of

> two months.

> >

> > During the study, all of the patients returned

> frequently to the

> doctor's

> > office to have their warts measured and evaluated

> by a nurse.

> >

> > The investigators found that 85% of those in the

> duct tape group,

> compared

> > to 60% of those in the cryotherapy group " had

> complete resolution of

> their

> > warts.

> >

> > " This study shows that duct tape occlusion therapy

> is not only equal

> to but

> > exceeds the efficacy of cryotherapy in the

> treatment of the common

> wart.

> > Tape occlusion therapy can now be offered as a

> nonthreatening,

> painless, and

> > inexpensive technique for the treatment of warts

> in children, "

> according to

> > the report.

> >

> > It's not clear exactly how the duct tape sends

> warts packing,

> according to

> > the report, " but, as with other therapies, it may

> involve stimulation

> of the

> > patient's immune system through local irritation. "

> >

> > SOURCE: Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent

> Medicine

> 2002;156:971-974.

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

Wasn't that a scream, Iris? Yes, I felt sorry for the guy, too. I hope

he's OK about it all of these years later.

I still laugh and think of that video any time I see duct tape.

Re: [ ] Duct Tape Can Get Rid of Warts: Study

> ,

>

> I remember that Oprah show also. It was so

> funny...the poor man thought his wife was on the show

> to talk about how creative he was and how well his

> handyman attempts went. I felt sort of bad for him

> because all of the women in the audience were hooting

> and laughing and he really didn't get it. Iris