{"id":6763,"date":"2023-08-22T19:14:58","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6763"},"modified":"2023-08-22T19:14:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:14:58","slug":"removing-warts-with-duct-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=6763","title":{"rendered":"Removing Warts with Duct Tape?\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Duct tape beat out cryotherapy (freezing) for treating warts in a randomized, controlled, head-to-head trial.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When I was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/25116975\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">reviewing<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201cThe Science Behind Common Over-the-Counter Remedies Used in Dermatology,\u201d such as tea tree oil for acne or nail fungus, I was surprised to see a section on duct tape on the same page. Duct tape? The only time I remember seeing duct tape <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/9771412\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">used<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in a medical study was for identifying the gases responsible for the odor of human farts. That study involved a \u201ccollection system\u201d comprised of \u201cgas tight pantaloons\u201d sealed to the skin with duct tape to assess the wind-breaking ability of a cushion called the <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Toot Trapper<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this case, the dermatology journal was talking about warts. As I discuss in my video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/duct-tape-and-wart-removal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Duct Tape and Wart Removal<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, \u201cDuct tape <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/17663074\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">brings<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> out our inventive, slightly kooky side\u2026Given this versatility, it wasn\u2019t so surprising a few years ago when a group of doctors\u2026reported that duct tape could get rid of warts.\u201d As I noted in my previous video on warts, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/benefits-of-tea-tree-oil-for-warts-and-cold-sores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Benefits of Tea Tree Oil for Warts and Cold Sores<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, all sorts of strange things are purported to cure warts\u2014because most warts go away on their own. Researchers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/13933441\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">followed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a thousand kids for two years, and two-thirds of their warts <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">disappeared<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> without doing a thing. So, maybe we should just leave them alone, \u201calthough\u2026there are cases which may <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21219294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">warrant<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> treatment\u2026\u201d Otherwise, we can just let our own body take care of them.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Warts are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/13933441\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">caused<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> by wart viruses, so spontaneous wart disappearance is thought to be an immune response where our body finally wakes up and takes notice. This assumption is based on studies where foreign proteins were injected into the wart itself. In one such study, researchers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24804181\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">injected<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine directly into the wart, which, compared to placebo, appeared to accelerate the immune clearance process. The problem is that injections hurt, of course, and 30 percent of the kids who got their warts injected with the vaccine suffered a flu-like syndrome. Yikes. Okay, scratch that. What else can we do?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Within a few months, any placebo treatment will <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21219294\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">work<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in about a quarter of the cases, so it wouldn\u2019t mean much if you put duct tape on 100 warts and 23 went away. The traditional medical therapies of acid treatments and freezing treatments bump up the cure rate to about 50 percent, so, if you were really serious about testing the efficacy of duct tape, you would pit it head-to-head against one of those two treatments, which is exactly what researchers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/12361440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">did<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> in \u201cThe Efficacy of Duct Tape vs Cryotherapy in the Treatment of Verruca Vulgaris (the Common Wart).\u201d (Cryotherapy is one of the current treatments of choice for many pediatricians.)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cObjective: To determine if <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">application<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> of duct tape is as effective as cryotherapy in the treatment of common warts.\u201d Patients were randomized to receive either liquid nitrogen applied to each wart or \u201cduct tape occlusion (applied directly to the wart).\u201d When I heard about treating warts with duct tape, I had an image where duct tape was used to try to rip off the warts, but that wasn\u2019t the case. A little circle of duct tape was applied to the wart every week or so.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Although there had been a few anecdotal reports of using tape, no prospective, randomized, controlled trial had been performed until this study. Researchers found that the duct tape \u201cis not only equal to but exceeds the efficacy of cryotherapy in the treatment of the common wart.\u201d Cryotherapy worked in 60 percent of the cases, but <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">85 percent <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">of the duct-taped patients were cured. The researchers concluded: \u201cDuct tape occlusion therapy was significantly more effective than cryotherapy for treatment of the common wart.\u201d More effective and with fewer side effects. \u201cThe only adverse effect observed in the duct tape group during our study was a minimal amount of local irritation and erythema,\u201d or redness, whereas cryotherapy hurts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Do you want to hear the saddest thing? One young child actually vomited in fear of pain before each cryotherapy session. It was as though the poor kid was being tortured. Cryotherapy can not only cause pain, but bloody blisters that can get infected, and it can mess up your nail bed, too.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">So, duct tape: more effective, fewer side effects, and more convenient. Compare applying a little duct tape at home to making multiple clinic visits every two weeks or so. With duct tape, it\u2019s win-win-win.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Duct tape \u201ccan now be offered as a nonthreatening, painless, and inexpensive technique for the treatment of warts in children.\u201d How much does a little piece of duct tape even cost? Win-win-win-win! Of course, the money you save is the money the doctor loses, and there\u2019s no way the medical profession is going to let this go unchallenged. Further studies were performed and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eurekamag.com\/research\/053\/991\/053991403.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">failed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to show an effect. So, we end up with conclusions like this in the medical literature: \u201cIs duct tape effective for treating warts?\u2026 No.\u201d What? Is duct tape really ineffective after all, or<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">was there some kind of critical design flaw in the follow-up studies? You can find out in my follow-up video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/can-you-really-remove-warts-with-duct-tape\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Can You Really Remove Warts with Duct Tape?<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">This video is the first in a three-part series on duct tape for wart removal. The others are <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/can-you-really-remove-warts-with-duct-tape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Can You Really Remove Warts with Duct Tape?<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/which-type-of-duct-tape-is-best-for-wart-removal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Which Type of Duct Tape Is Best for Wart Removal?<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/>  <\/div>\n<p><script>\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n            if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n            n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n            t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n            s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '1582627921973608');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duct tape beat out cryotherapy (freezing) for treating warts in a randomized, controlled, head-to-head trial.\u00a0 When I was reviewing \u201cThe Science Behind Common Over-the-Counter Remedies Used in Dermatology,\u201d such as tea tree oil for acne or nail fungus, I was surprised to see a section on duct tape on the same page. 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