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Warts, verrucas and molluscum
Warts, verrucas and molluscum: this guide covers common hand warts, plantar verruca (and how it differs from a corn or callus — the pinch test, the black…
This guide is general education, not a diagnosis or an individual treatment plan. Urgent, severe or worsening symptoms belong with the local emergency service or a qualified clinician.
What this guide covers
This guide covers common hand warts, plantar verruca (and how it differs from a corn or callus — the pinch test, the black dots), mosaic, filiform, flat warts, molluscum contagiosum in children, plus the treatment pages: salicylic acid done correctly (the paring-and-taping protocol most people get wrong), cryotherapy intervals, duct tape's weak evidence, what a pharmacy freeze kit can and cannot do, pool and gym hygiene, and how long untreated warts really take to go.
One focused section asks: "Verruca or corn: how to tell, and what to do about each".
How to use it
Start with the description that most closely matches your question about Warts, verrucas and molluscum. Use the evidence section to understand what is known, then use the boundary section to decide when self-education should stop and clinical care should begin.
The page keeps the main question, its evidence base and its limits together in one canonical place. That makes it useful as a quick orientation and avoids splitting a broad subject into shallow pages before each narrower answer has enough verified material of its own.
Search vocabulary in four languages
Terminology changes across borders. These are example phrases people use for the same subject in Estonian, Finnish, Russian and English; they are included as a practical vocabulary aid, not as hidden keywords.
| Language | Example phrase |
|---|---|
| Estonian | soolatüügas jala all ravi |
| Estonian | kuidas soolatüükast vabaneda |
| Finnish | jalkapohjan syylä hoito |
| Russian | подошвенная бородавка как вывести |
| English | verruca vs corn difference |
Evidence and provenance
The evidence map below records the primary, official or openly licensed material chosen for this guide. It is deliberately visible so a reader can tell the difference between a rule published by an authority, a measured dataset and an editorial explanation.
Source: Cochrane review of topical treatments for cutaneous warts (cited), NICE CKS warts and verrucae (official), HPV type table from IARC monographs (public). · checked 2026-09-09
Source names are preserved even where an authority changes its web address. No figure is added to this launch page unless it is already present in the cited source description or can be computed from a named dataset.
Scope and boundaries
/feet lists verrucas in one line among foot problems; this is the whole wart family across the body with a treatment protocol.
Connected TempoLife guides
The following paths are the intentional hand-offs named in the brief. They keep adjacent subjects separate while making the next useful reference easy to find.
Why it belongs on TempoLife
/feet, /skin, /places for the pool pages.
Frequently asked questions
What does this guide cover?
This guide covers common hand warts, plantar verruca (and how it differs from a corn or callus — the pinch test, the black dots), mosaic, filiform, flat warts, molluscum contagiosum in children, plus the treatment pages: salicylic acid done correctly (the paring-and-taping protocol most people get wrong), cryotherapy intervals, duct tape's weak evidence, what a pharmacy freeze kit can and cannot do, pool and gym hygiene, and how long untreated warts really take to go. One focused section asks: "Verruca or corn…
What evidence does it use?
Cochrane review of topical treatments for cutaneous warts (cited), NICE CKS warts and verrucae (official), HPV type table from IARC monographs (public).
Where does this guide stop?
/feet lists verrucas in one line among foot problems; this is the whole wart family across the body with a treatment protocol.
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