Treatment of Warts in Children

Warts don't always need to be treated in healthy children. Over time, they will usually get better. If and when treatment is used, most therapies will be very effective in children with healthy immune systems. That is because all of the treatments seem to work by stimulating the body's immune system to get rid of the wart.

Does your child's wart do any of the following cause pain, itching, or burning bleed when rubbed or bumped against something bother your child? Is the wart large or are there many warts? Are you worried that the wart will spread elsewhere on your child or to another child? The answer is yes to one or more of these questions. The answer is no to all of these questions.

START OVER    PREVIOUS

Online Medical Reviewer: Faculty of Harvard Medical School Date Last Reviewed: 8/23/2006 Date Last Modified: 8/14/2006 Source: from Harvard Health Decision Guides, Harvard Health Publications, Copyright © 2007 by President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. Used with permission of StayWell.

Related About.com Content

• Pediatrics

• Skin and Beauty