Verucca

[Ruf]

I'm a newbie looking for a verruca solution, pharmacist said to speak to D nurse, who said don't use remedies unless suitable for diabetics, referred me to NHS podiatry who say don't treat verrucas. D.nurse has no other suggestions and since I've stopped using bazooka on her advice, verruca has gone up a notch in size!
I see lemon oil suggested 7 yrs ago, was this effective?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Hello @Ruf

Welcome to the forum.

Sorry to hear about your verruca. I’ve split your post away from the old verruca thread (https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/verucca.28495/) as I didn’t want people to get confused and reply to Sue’s original post rather than your new enquiry.

Might be worth calling the DUK careline (office hours) who should have up to date info of what treatment should be available.

I’d always thought feet issues for people with diabetes needed to be seen by podiatry, so I’m confused that you’ve been told they ‘don’t do’ verrucas?!

 

[Ruf]

Hi Mike,
Sorry for delay in responding. Well, my diabetic nurse also tried to get me a podiatry appt for "thickened skin" in an attempt to get verruca seen. As I've heard nothing on that score, guess they didn't go for that either.I will call DUK in morning. R.

 

[Vicsetter]

I believe the application of a piece of Duct tape, left on for about a week will do the trick. weird but true.

 

[Ruf]

Worth a shot, thanks!

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

Last time I had them (though this was before I had diabetes) I was advised to soak my feet in a bucket of (comfortably) hot water for ten minutes, then rub the veruccas with a pumice stone, and then apply cream which would soften my skin, every night until they cleared up. It not only worked, it was much more successful than any of the verruca treatments I'd tried beforehand! Might also be worth a try, though I'd be gentle with the pumice stone. I had the cream on prescription, but it was just for skin softening, not anything strong or indeed anything specifically intended for verrucas.

 

[Greymouser]

My wife sees a NHS podiatrist, though not because she has diabetes, but for other health reasons. She also used to have Verrucas, but they refused to treat them, as, they said, they usually clear up on their own, that most of the alleged treatments were in fact little more than snake oil! This was said by several of them too.
In fact they have now all gone, by themselves!

 

[Drummer]

I had a verruca but the dr said it was 'just hard skin' - I don't know why I have always had such uncaring GPS - some years passed and I had a patch of 'hard skin' right across the sole of my foot - a mosaic verruca I was told, eventually, and it was sliced at and treated with acid week after week - I could not put my foot flat on the floor for several months.
Eventually I was left to heal up and the verrucas came out, but I really doubt that they would have gone on their own.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

I had a verruca but the dr said it was 'just hard skin' - I don't know why I have always had such uncaring GPS - some years passed and I had a patch of 'hard skin' right across the sole of my foot - a mosaic verruca I was told, eventually, and it was sliced at and treated with acid week after week - I could not put my foot flat on the floor for several months.
Eventually I was left to heal up and the verrucas came out, but I really doubt that they would have gone on their own.

That is the same sort of thing I had, @Drummer - a mosaic right across my foot. I'd tried everything, including having a GP blast them week after week with a sort of blowtorch 😱 - like you I couldn't put my foot to the floor after treatment. And those are the ones which were cleared up, eventually and after I got advice from a different GP, by soaking in hot water, rubbing with a pumice stone, and softening with skin cream. I wish I'd tried that first!