Plantar Warts Symptoms

Plantar warts should not be confused with calluses or corns. Differential diagnosis is crucial to ensure the proper treatment.

Please find below the common signs and symptoms of plantar warts:

• Flat appearance on the bottom of your foot.
• Presence only on the sole of the foot
• Thickened skin that usually appear like a callus because of its tough, thick tissue
• Small lesions that look like "cauliflower-esque" in appearance.
• Little, flat and hard increased skin lesion with flat growths and a rough surface within strict borders
• The color of the plantar wart is usually brown, gray or the skin color with single or more than one small black pinpoints.
• Skin bumps which breaks in the regular lines and raises in the skin of  the patient’s feet
• Extraordinary dark or light skin enclosing the lesion.
• Deep growth into the skin
• Displays a slow growth progression in that the wart starts off small and gets larger over time.
• Representing rough growths around or under toenails or fingernails
• Suffering from pain when walking or standing  and a pain when the sides of the wart are squeezed
• Feeling of a small rock in your shoe when standing on it
• Tiny black dots that are usually present on the surface of the wart.
• Patients’ plantar wart may begin little, and then, may grow larger.
• The dots are actually dried blood involved in the infected capillaries
• Patient may have 1 plantar wart or a group of plantar warts.
• Patient may generally have blood vessels which appear like small dark dots
• They create a mass which made up of a major oval or circle part enclosed by a build-up of skin layers.
• Fleshy, little, grainy bumps on the soles of  patient’s feet

How can I diagnose plantar warts?

The primary diagnosis is a physical examination of your feet. A physician can easily diagnose plantar warts. To ensure diagnosis he/she may request a test simply by paring down the lump with a scalpel. Because calluses and corns don’t have a blood supply and they won’t bleed while plantar warts will bleed indicate pinpoint bleedings from the blood vessels (dark dots). Another test to ensure diagnosis would be to take a sample from the patient’s foot tissue for laboratory analysis.

When should I seek medical advice for plantar warts?

Refer to you physicians if your condition is too painful, persistent, or you observe a change in color of your plantar warts. If your plantar warts happen again and if it conflicts with your daily routine, again you should see a doctor without loosing any time. Never try to treat plantar warts by yourself, always ask for a professional help. Having diabetes or a circulatory disorder is a sign that you need a professional help and advice.

The condition even may be more serious if the lesions on your feet indicate a cancerous tumor like melanomas and carcinomas. Thus, never take a chance.