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Can the HPV vaccine treat verrucae and warts (2025 Update)?
Can the HPV vaccine really treat warts and verrucae? This blog investigates.

Ivan Bristow
Oct 64 min read
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Could corns be viral in origin?
Can we easily tell if an hyperkeratotic plantar lesion is a corn or a wart?

Ivan Bristow
Apr 38 min read
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Doughnut wart - an unwanted complication
Doughnut wart is a complication of wart treatment and this article discusses the phenomenon seldom seen or reported.
Ivan Bristow & Dean Cronkwright
Apr 34 min read
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Koebner Phenomenon
What is the Koebner phenomenon?

Ivan Bristow
Jul 6, 20233 min read
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New Data on Swift Microwave
New data has just been published on the effectiveness of treating verrucae with SWIFT microwave.

Ivan Bristow
Jun 21, 20232 min read
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How useful is zinc in wart treatment?
This blog documents a recent systematic review of zinc in the treatment of warts.

Ivan Bristow
Oct 10, 20224 min read
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When should you suspect immunodeficiency in a patient with warts?
Warts and verrucae are a common clinical problem. For patients with persistent lesions at what point do we consider them recalcitrant?...

Ivan Bristow
May 3, 20224 min read
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Swift Microwave : six years on
It has been six years since the Swift microwave unit was launched in the United Kingdom, marketed to podiatrists in the treatment of...

Ivan Bristow
Mar 25, 20224 min read
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UK Product Discontinuation
Glutarol is being discontinued for sale in the United Kingdom this year.

Ivan Bristow
Feb 7, 20221 min read
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Dermoscopy of Warts & Corns
This article discusses the dermatoscopic features of warts and corns.

Ivan Bristow
Feb 7, 20223 min read
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How are warts spread in households?
Warts are the most frequent viral infection we see in the podiatry clinic, yet in terms of research, we know little about how they are...

Ivan Bristow
Jan 24, 20224 min read
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