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What causes warts to grow on the corner of my fingernails?
Both of my thumbs have had noticeably-sized warts on them for six months now, and smaller ones are beginning to appear on my left middle finger. . . Why is this happening?
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#2 written by johnny 2 years ago
that’s just where the cuticles are most likely to crack open I guess, if you go swimming in a public pool or even a private pool it’s pretty easy to get warts infecting any little cuts you have
I’m actually dead serious, I had them before too. Believe it or not, warts are actually an infectious virus, HPV. Don’t worry ,you don’t have an std, the same virus causes all six types of warts. You don’t have to go swimming to get them, you can also catch them by straight up touching another person’s warts or by tiny little wart fragments coming into contact with your skin, where the virus can enter through cuts so small that you’re unaware of them. The last one is more likely than it sounds, miniscule wart fragments shed themselves everywhere a wart goes, it’s a good way to spread the virus. Eventually your body will build up an immunity to the virus, that could however take months or a couple years, so I would look for treatment. Good luck.
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Warts are caused by a virus (the human papilloma virus or HPV) that gets into your skin cells causing them to multiply more rapidly than normal. This is what causes the wart which is really an overgrowth of cells or benign tumor.
Anyway, the reason they are popping up near your fingernails is that the virus gets into the skin via cracks or cuts in the skin. The area near your nails often has cracks or fissures. Since the virus can spread, you might find more warts popping up.
The good news is that warts usually go away on their own. However if you can’t wait that long, you can see your doctor who will probably freeze them off. It’s important to get the virus out from all the skin cells either by removing the cells or building up your immune system to fight the virus.