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Richard Chudacoff, MD
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From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net]On Behalf Of Lynn D.
Montgomery, M.D.
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 9:58 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
Subject: New HPV treatment???
4) New study reveals that duct tape removes warts
Researchers say over-the-hardware-counter duct tape is a more effective,
less painful alternative to liquid nitrogen, which is used to freeze warts.
The study was reported in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics
and Adolescent Medicine. In the study, patients wore duct tape over their
warts for six days. Then they removed the tape, soaked the area in water and
used an emery board or pumice stone to scrape the spot. The tape was
reapplied the next morning. The treatment continued for a maximum of two
months or until the wart went away.
"The duct tape irritated the warts, and that apparently caused an immune
system reaction that attacked the growths," said researcher Dean "Rick"
Focht III, MD, of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
The study began with 61 patients between the ages of 3 and 22. Of the 26
patients treated with duct tape, 85 percent got rid of their warts compared
with 60 percent of the 25 patients who received the freezing treatment.
Learn more about this study and findings at
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/issues/v156n10/rfull/poa20075.html
Maybe we should be treating cervical dysplasia with duct tape. My daddy
told me it will fix anything - who knew.
Lynn D. Montgomery, M.D.
Rocky Mountain Women's Health
2835 Fort Missoula Rd., Suite 303
Missoula, Montana, 59804
406-549-0978
fax 406-549-0987
e-mail: apgar10@montanadsl.net
