Filamentous:
- warts: be trunks long filamentous deposited on eyelids and chin and around the nose.
- Warts mucous membranes: self arise from infection as a result of licking warts.
Warts are classified according to their location on the skin and their shape. Some of them appear in clusters (mosaic warts), while others appear as isolated growths. Most warts are painless, but some of them cause pain when touched. They can also cause warts of the feet. Pain when standing or walking. Black spots may appear on the warts, especially when the area is shaved.
Common warts
Common warts that appear in almost all people (also called verrucae vulgaris) are hard growths with often a rough surface. These warts are round or irregular in shape, light gray, yellow, brown or dark gray, and are usually less than 1 centimeter in diameter. In general, these warts appear on areas that get infected frequently, such as the knees, face, fingers, and elbows. Common warts may spread to the surrounding skin.
plantar warts and palmar warts
Plantar warts appear on the soles of the feet, usually flattened by the pressure of walking, and surrounded by thickened skin.
While palm warts appear on the palm of the hand.
Plantar and palmar warts tend to be hard, flat, with jagged surfaces, and well-pronounced edges. These warts are usually painful to palpation, and plantar warts can be very painful when standing or walking due to pressure on them. Warts may appear on the top of the foot or on the soles of the feet. Toes, where they are often more prominent and fleshy. Warts are often gray or brown with a small black center. In contrast to corns and calluses, plantar warts tend to bleed from many small spots, like the heads of pins, when a doctor shaves or cut the surface with a knife.
Mosaic warts
Mosaic warts are clusters of smaller plantar warts joined together. Like other plantar warts, they are often tender to palpation.
Periungal warts
Perungual warts are thick, cauliflower-like growths that appear around the nails. The nail may lose its cuticle, and other skin infections (such as paronychia) can develop around the nail. These warts are more common in people who bite their nails or work in jobs that make their hands excessively wet Chronic, such as washing dishes and serving drinks.
Filiform warts
Filiform warts are long, narrow, small growths that usually appear on the eyelids, face, neck or lips. This type of wart causes no symptoms and is usually easy to treat.
Flat warts
Flat warts, which are more common in children and young adults, appear as groups of smooth, flat-topped spots with a brownish-yellow, pinkish or skin-coloured color. They are most common on the face and the backs of the hands. They can also appear on scratch marks. The beard area in men and the legs in women are also common areas for flat warts, where they can be spread by shaving. This type of wart usually causes no symptoms, but it is often difficult to treat.
Genital warts around the opening of the vagina
IMAGE COURTESY OF JOE MILLAR VIA THE PUBLIC HEALTH IMAGE LIBRARY OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
Genital warts, also called venereal warts or condylomata acuminata, appear on the penis, anus, vulva, vagina, and cervix. These warts can be flat, smooth, and velvety in texture, or irregular, with irregular growths, and often have a structure resembling small cauliflower. Warts around the anus often itch.
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