Plantar warts (6yo): OTC, freeze or wait?

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Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

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Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

Right, but warts are just part of the risk of swimming pools, pedicures, or doing anything communal where you are barefoot. No one is checking some kids big toe and honestly many kids probably aren’t even aware they have them. I had done for 10 yrs and didn’t realize it! I thought it was just a callous. And I had a handful of pedicures during that time too…no one ever said anything.

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I have had mixed luck with freezing, cantharidin, and salicylic acid. Slow salicylic acid has been the best/final solution for our family.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

If it were my kid, I would freeze now or very very soon. Warts can increase in size. Plantar warts can spread to others from floor contact with bare feet, particularly damp floors or damp feet. And the issue would be resolved, rather than hanging over our heads all summer.

YMMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

Right, but warts are just part of the risk of swimming pools, pedicures, or doing anything communal where you are barefoot. No one is checking some kids big toe and honestly many kids probably aren’t even aware they have them. I had done for 10 yrs and didn’t realize it! I thought it was just a callous. And I had a handful of pedicures during that time too…no one ever said anything.

I would not want to risk spreading it to others by delaying a fix. Those are just my ethics. Others will take a different position.

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Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

This. It's a HPV virus that causes them and are very contagious.

It's like genital warts for the extremities.

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Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

This. It's a HPV virus that causes them and are very contagious.

It's like genital warts for the extremities.

You thinking it should makes no difference. No camps are checking kids for warts and I’ve never seen it included in any health form.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

This. It's a HPV virus that causes them and are very contagious.

It's like genital warts for the extremities.

You thinking it should makes no difference. No camps are checking kids for warts and I’ve never seen it included in any health form.

What does that have to do with ANYTHING? LMAO.

Camps don't check blood panels, BP, etc. either, doctors do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

Right, but warts are just part of the risk of swimming pools, pedicures, or doing anything communal where you are barefoot. No one is checking some kids big toe and honestly many kids probably aren’t even aware they have them. I had done for 10 yrs and didn’t realize it! I thought it was just a callous. And I had a handful of pedicures during that time too…no one ever said anything.

That is gross. This is why you wear flip flops or some kind of shoes when you walk around barefoot.
I have pedicures (go to a good place) and never had warts. It isn't part of the risk if you know what you're doing/cover them so you don't spread it. I was also taught as a child to wear shoes in any public bathroom/shower/by pool unless you're going in the pool.

My spouse was/is a swimmer including in college. He never got warts and he said the only people who he knew who got them didn't wear shoes in the showers/were told to cover them and wear shoes to not give them to others. It is common sense and covering them/making your kids wear shoes so they don't spread it to others is common courtesy.

Teach your kid to wear shoes and if they have warts, do something about it and cover them so they don't spread to others.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

This. It's a HPV virus that causes them and are very contagious.

It's like genital warts for the extremities.

You thinking it should makes no difference. No camps are checking kids for warts and I’ve never seen it included in any health form.

What does that have to do with ANYTHING? LMAO.

Camps don't check blood panels, BP, etc. either, doctors do that.

Further up thread someone said at “their” camp, kids with warts can’t participate unless they wear water shoes. This is entirely unheard of. Half the swim team at any given time has warts and goes barefoot all over. Some random summer camp isn’t going to enforce water shoes due to warts and isn’t asking or checking. This isn’t something a doctor would even notice unless you asked. They aren’t going to write it on a camp form either. They are simply going to say, oh, looks like a wart. Freeze it or do nothing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Waiting has worked for me. I get them every few years and they always disappear on their own.

I'd wait out the summer, and then make a decision in the fall. I agree that being off his feet after freezing, or trying to keep duct tape on in the summer would be harder than during the school year, so I'd wait for now, and if you decide you do want to treat (e.g. if it's spreading, or becomes uncomfortable, mine never have) do it during the school year.

Please don't wait. Or if you do, make sure your kid isn't using public pools or water parks where they can spread it.

Yes, if your kid is out somewhere barefoot cover them with duct tape. Bandaids don't stay on.

My camp wouldn't let kids with warts participate unless they wore water shoes.

For my kids, one treatment with the beetle juice (cathardin) was enough to stop their warts forever and it's painless. For my oldest, she'd struggled for about 2 years.

No camp is checking for this. I’ve never seen it asked on any health form either

Honestly they should. It spreads in environments like bath houses and bathrooms. Kids usually don't put shoes on when using the bathroom while swimming,

This. It's a HPV virus that causes them and are very contagious.

It's like genital warts for the extremities.

You thinking it should makes no difference. No camps are checking kids for warts and I’ve never seen it included in any health form.

What does that have to do with ANYTHING? LMAO.

Camps don't check blood panels, BP, etc. either, doctors do that.

Further up thread someone said at “their” camp, kids with warts can’t participate unless they wear water shoes. This is entirely unheard of. Half the swim team at any given time has warts and goes barefoot all over. Some random summer camp isn’t going to enforce water shoes due to warts and isn’t asking or checking. This isn’t something a doctor would even notice unless you asked. They aren’t going to write it on a camp form either. They are simply going to say, oh, looks like a wart. Freeze it or do nothing

Warts should be removed regardless of any camp rules. They are contagious and gross.