This article aims to help health practitioners to identify plantar warts, and to provide information on available treatments. The efficacy of various treatments is inconclusive. Topical treatments are recommended instead of other often costly and sometimes unsuccessful treatments such as cryotherapy. Improved education and self-management are encouraged to minimise spread of the virus and to ease discomfort.
Nursing Standard. 20, 42, 50-54. doi: 10.7748/ns2006.06.20.42.50.c6554
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