Show Your Health Doctors Find Plantar Warts Becoming More Common B By James W. W Barton M M. r. r D. D Apparently plantar warts found on the sole of the foot are becoming becoming becom- becom ing ng increasingly common as chiropodists or podiatrists are all kept busy r This tiny g growth w which h i c h i looks like a red rf spot after the i r hard lard tissue is re removed removed re- re moved mo Is a small nerve ending and the pain is caused by pres pres- sure Once the thc Dr Barton pressure f fro from r o m the hard callus covering covering- of the wart is removed it is usually possible possible possible pos pos- sible for the patient to be able to walk without pain some time The best treatment for plantar warts is X-ray X treatment one treatment often being sufficient to destroy the wart The figures from reliable sources show that this one treatment by X ray X-ray ray Is successful In about SO per cent of the cases Treatment Treatment- Another form of or treatment is is large doses of or vitamin A. A There also is the skillful and effect effective ve treatment by graduate chiropodists chiropodists chiropodists and podiatrists who not only get et rid of the wart or warts with witha a few treatments spaced some weeks apart but also the patient is able to walk in comfort between treatments It is unfortunate that the treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment b by vitamin A is not as successful successful successful suc suc- I as treatment by X ray On the other hand X-rays X sometimes cause a severe burn which is many times worse than the plantar wart warL warLIn In the Pennsylvania Medical Journal Drs Samuel H H. Fisher and W. W Edward Chamberlain Temple Tern Tem pIe university present a comparison comparison compari compari- son between the treatment of plantar plan plan- tar warts by X-ray X and vitamin 1 I IA A In a series of cases The treatment by X-rays X resulted in inthe inthe inthe the cure of 80 SO per cent of the cases Results showed that a single dose of any value of X-rays X was as effective as more elaborate methods such as treatments at weekly intervals Warts arh on Foot Vitamin A given In units daily was used in the treatment treatment treatment treat treat- ment of 42 warts In addition patients patients patients pa pa- with war warts on the sole of ot the foot were instructed to use the callus file vigorously twice daily Use of the callus file tile renders renders ren ren- ren-I ren ders deIS the wart painless immediate immediate- ly The over-all over cure by vitamin A treatment was about 36 per cent These physicians believe e that because because because be be- cause of the thc dangers of the X-ray X treatment chronic ulcers safer methods should be used They recommended recommended rec rec- the use of vitamin A with the callus file It is amazing how little care carewe carewe carewe we give our feet considering considering- how important they are to us In our daily living Send 10 cents and a cent 3 stamp to cover cost of handling and mailing to Dr Barton Barton Barton Bar Bar- ton The Salt Lake Tribune Tele gram Home Service Bureau Salt Lake City 10 10 Utah and ask for your copy of the Barton booklet entitled Your Feet Feel and Their Ailments Aliments Released b by byThe byThe I The Bell Syndicate Inc |