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tarte tatin
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 Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:53 am Post subject: Verucca Blues |
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Yes just to put you off your tea, I can share that I have a verucca. A few hours after trying on some sandals in a shop I became aware of a pain in my heel. At first I thought I had a splinter but on trying to remove it became aware it was a verucca.
No problem I thought I can go to the pharmacy and sort it (husband had never heard of a verucca and was still persuing me with needle and tweezers). The next day we went to two pharmacies with no luck. In each the pharmacist shook their head gravely and said they were not allowed to treat it and I should go to a clinic.
In the UK you can buy an extremely effective treatment in all chemists and probably larger supermarkets too (Bazuka that Verucca) but why is it thought to be such a grave and dangerous thing here. I mean come on health and safety is hardly high on the priority list in Turkey! Luckily I am off to England in 13 days, yes I'm counting, so I can wait.
Honestly I have lived in 3 foreign countries and Turkish mentality is the most baffling yet.... |
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yaramaz
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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| What's a verucca? I've never heard that term before. Maybe it has a different name elsewhere? |
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tarte tatin
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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A verucca is a plantar wart. They are highly contagious and are picked up in communal areas where people go barefoot, swimming pools, showers etc. They are not dangerous but uncomfortable and can spread quickly if not treated.
Verucca was also the name of a spoilt girl in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 
The pharmacies seem to sell everything else under the sun from viagra to wrinkle remover, baldness cures etc etc. The other thing that got to me was the total lack of privacy, one pharmacist could not be bothered to walk over and talk to us she just called across the crowded shop and asked what the problem was. If it had been something more personal it would have been embarrassing. |
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yaramaz
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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Ah yes! Veruca Salt, what a spoiled girl was she 
Ge�miş olsun! |
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tarte tatin
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:00 pm Post subject: |
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| tarte tatin wrote: |
A verucca is a plantar wart. They are highly contagious and are picked up in communal areas where people go barefoot, swimming pools, showers etc. They are not dangerous but uncomfortable and can spread quickly if not treated.
Verucca was also the name of a spoilt girl in Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
The pharmacies seem to sell everything else under the sun from viagra to wrinkle remover, baldness cures etc etc. The other thing that got to me was the total lack of privacy, one pharmacist could not be bothered to walk over and talk to us she just called across the crowded shop and asked what the problem was. If it had been something more personal it would have been embarrassing. |
mmmmmmm-warty |
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tararu
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I have never heard of verruca before.  I'm sorry my dear. Sounds a bit yuck.
mmmm...must buy more slippers...
mmmm...must buy some thongs for the gym showers.. |
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tarte tatin
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Veruccas sometimes look warty with a sort of cauliflower appearance, or as in my case they appear as a small hole with dark brown roots inside.
I remember a few years ago a friend of mine was heavily pregnant and asked me to inspect the soles of her feet as she had some discomfort. I picked up her foot and had a look, diagnosed a verucca and forgot the matter. The next day a verucca appeared on the end of my finger. Yuck!
Very contagious virus. Can't believe so many people have never heard of them. Perhaps we Brits are just verucca prone. Although I doubt it was a Brit who left the virus in the shoe shop in Samsun. |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:33 pm Post subject: |
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| tarte tatin wrote: |
Veruccas sometimes look warty with a sort of cauliflower appearance, or as in my case they appear as a small hole with dark brown roots inside.
I remember a few years ago a friend of mine was heavily pregnant and asked me to inspect the soles of her feet as she had some discomfort. I picked up her foot and had a look, diagnosed a verucca and forgot the matter. The next day a verucca appeared on the end of my finger. Yuck!
Very contagious virus. Can't believe so many people have never heard of them. Perhaps we Brits are just verucca prone. Although I doubt it was a Brit who left the virus in the shoe shop in Samsun. |
YEah right. When I was a kid it was verucca crazy. All over the shop. Like adders and them little sweeties that went like a braclet round your wrist. These days it's all burbery caps, ASBOS and myspace. |
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tarte tatin
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I hear you Baba, a more innocent time eh? Veruccas, marbles, the Rubicks Cube.
I remember there was always one kid in swimming lessons wearing a rubber verucca sock. Ah happy days....... |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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| tarte tatin wrote: |
I hear you Baba, a more innocent time eh? Veruccas, marbles, the Rubicks Cube.
I remember there was always one kid in swimming lessons wearing a rubber verucca sock. Ah happy days....... |
Verucca socks, one white glove dancing to Italian House music. OFF MY MASH ON E, can't come out, gotta watch some lesbians on eastenders. These days it's all about 24 and Wii and mobile phones. |
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runeman
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| I got veruccas twice on the soles of my feet as a student. The first time I had to go and have them treated at a clinic once a week for about a month. The second time I tried an easy method to get rid of them which somebody told me about. It worked for me. You put a sticking plaster (unpadded) over the infected area and leave it on for a few days. Then when you take it off the verruca pulls out with it, root and all. You might try that. |
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justme
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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I always wondered what a verucca was! I knew it was something unpleasant and perhaps annoyingly painful (hence the name of the girl in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory), but I never knew they were plantar's warts.
Sorry to hear it tarte tatin, ge�miş olsun. I used to be wart-prone as a kid (not plantars)- I had them all over my hands and had to get them frozen off with dry ice periodically. They're pretty obnoxious.
Maybe there's something behind this whole slipper obsession after all, and it's nothing to do with gas or infertility or paralysis or... |
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FGT
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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Verrucas:
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What are they?
Verrucas are warts that appear on the sole of the foot and are caused by an infection with a strain of the human papilloma virus.
They appear as hard growths on the surface of the skin and can spread quickly to other areas of the sole. The weight of the body can flatten the verruca and force it into the skin. When this happens the verruca can be painful and it may stop you from walking properly.
Who gets them?
Most people get a verruca at some point in their lives. Children and teenagers are more likely to get them than adults. They're usually caught from public changing rooms and swimming pools. Getting verrucas has nothing to do with poor hygiene.
It's easy to distinguish a verruca from a corn or hard skin because the verruca usually has tiny black dots visible in it.
What's the treatment?
Verrucas disappear on their own without treatment, but this can take years
Verrucas disappear on their own without treatment, but this can take years so most people choose to have them treated.
Don't try to dig or cut them out.
A wart paint or gel containing salicylic acid, used every day, will help remove the hardened skin. Soak the verruca in water for a few minutes then dry it before applying treatment.
Freezing a verruca with liquid nitrogen speeds up the process by partly killing the virus and partly destroying the skin that it lives in. The freezing feels cold during treatment, like putting an ice cube on your skin, and sometimes feels a little sore afterwards. Occasionally, the skin blisters, but this is usually nothing to worry about.
A single freezing treatment is often enough for small verrucas, while larger ones often need repeat treatments every two to four weeks. Your GP may offer this treatment.
Hardened skin can be safely removed using a pumice stone or emery board, but don't to be too vigorous.
Tea tree oil is well known for treating verrucas and warts on other parts the body. Another natural treatment that can be effective is to apply the inside of a banana skin to the verruca. Rub the inner skin against the verruca for a few minutes two or three times a day or cut out a piece of banana skin large enough to cover the verruca, tape it in place and leave overnight.
Having a verruca doesn't mean you can't go swimming. Provided you wear verruca socks (available from pharmacies), you won't pass the virus to other people.
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Ref:http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/verrucas1.shtml
Gecmis Olsun! Turkish friend had one a few months ago, it was cut out, OUCH!!! |
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scot47
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| So why are Veruccas unknown to our North American friends ? Is the US a verucca-free zone ? |
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