Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are common viruses that cause warts. Usually HPVs are harmless, although there are about 30 of the more than 100 types that can put you at risk for cancer and other problems. These particular viruses are often sexually transmitted and can cause genital warts.
Apple cider vinegar is an often-mentioned home remedy for getting rid of the warts.
Vinegar to Get Rid of Warts?
According to most accounts, this home remedy works. Most accounts say that soaking a cotton ball in apple cider vinegar and pressing it against the wart and taping it down with a Band-Aid overnight usually makes the wart turn dark in one day and disappear in two to three days. While the warts go away, the topical treatment of the warts will not destroy the underlying cause, which is the virus itself. Warts could return, and other complications from the virus could remain depending on the type you have. Also wart removal does not prevent the spreading of the virus sexually, although it has been known to make it more difficult to spread to other people.
How It Works
Apple cider vinegar removes warts because it contains malic and acetic acid. These acids fight and kill bacteria, fungus and viruses and work with the acids naturally occurring in the body to fight and kill the warts, according to the treatment for genital warts website Treatmentforgenitalwarts.info.
