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Article: Duct tape can thwart that wart; Good Health.
- Article from:
- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- December 7, 2004
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Byline: ROGER DOBSON
DUCT tape is a cheap, simple and effective treatment for warts.
According to a new report, it's more effective than the common freezing therapy, although it takes considerably longer. One theory is that the skin doesn't like the duct tape, and that cells from the immune system called out to get rid of it, also attack the wart.
Skin warts can be unsightly, annoying, and painful. Some tend to disappear on their own, but others can be stubborn.
Warts are caused by the human papilloma virus or HPV, but no one yet knows why some people appear to be able to resist the virus and never get warts, while others get constant ...