Homoeopathic Treatment of Common Warts with Sarsaparilla Officinalis: A Case Report

Abstract

Common warts (verucca vulgaris) are HPV associated, one of the common dermatological lesions characterized byhyperkeratotic, exophytic and dome shaped papules or nodules especially located on fingers, hands, knees, elbows or any other sites of trauma. Here, a 5 years old boy presented withone year history of multiple warty lesions on joints of bilateral hands with occasional pain, diagnosed with common warts. Initially no changes was observed with homoeopathic medicine selected on the basis of totality of symptoms. On changing the medicine giving more priority to location of warts, he gradually showed remarkable improvement and reached remission by the end of 21 days. Remission maintained without any recurrence over the next 6 months. Hence, the main lesson from this case is the demonstration of importance of particular symptoms in the treatment of one-sided diseases. following infection at the basal layer and clonal proliferation, which eventually results in a visible wart, weeks or even months later."Lesions of warts are solid skinny or gray - brown color and rough surface with a few millimeters of diameter that are single or multiple. They can join together and form plaque and regular, bold and rough surface shapes. They are usually painless; however, they are painful when they are cumulative or around the joints and nail or their surface are full of cleft. Although warts can affect people at any age, but they are most common among children and teenagers. Differentials for warts in children are molluscum contagiosum, seborrheic keratosis, lichen planus, squamous cell carcinoma and keratoacanthoma. The diagnosis of a wart is usually made on the basis of clinical examination. Even though there are many treatments (conventional) for warts, none is very effective, and recurrences are common with each of them. It is known that nearly two-thirds of warts spontaneously disappear within 24