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Wart preparations

Contents of this page:
Illustrations Definition Poisonous Ingredient Where Found Symptoms	Home Treatment Before Calling Emergency Poison Control, or a local emergency number What to expect at the emergency room Expectations (prognosis)

Illustrations

Warts, flat on the cheek and neck

Wart (close-up)

Definition Return to top

Wart remover poisoning is an overdose of the ingredients in wart remover preparations.

Poisonous Ingredient Return to top

Salicylates
Other acids

Where Found Return to top

Many wart remover products, such as:
- Clear Away
- Clear Away Plantar
- Compound W
- DuoFilm
- DuoFilm patch
- DuoPlant for Feet
- Freezone
- Gordofilm
- Hydrisalic
- Keralyt
- Lactisol
- Lactisol-Forte
- Maximum Strength Wart-Off
- Mediplast
- Mosco
- Occlusal
- Occlusal-HP
- Off-Ezy Wart Remover
- Panscol
- Paplex Ultra
- PediaPatch
- Sal-Acid
- Sal-Plant
- Salacid 25%
- Salacid 60%
- Salactic Film
- Trans-Plantar
- Trans-Ver-Sal
- Vergo
- Verukan
- Viranol
- Viranol Gel Ultra
- Wart Remover

Note: This list may not be all inclusive.

Symptoms Return to top

Body as a whole
- Burns from repeated exposure
Eyes, ears, nose, and throat
- Severe irritation from exposure
- Ringing in the ears
Gastrointestinal
- Nausea and vomiting
- Bleeding in the stomach
- Diarrhea
Kidneys
- Kidney failure (from salicylates)
Blood
- Too much acid in the blood (low pH)

Home Treatment Return to top

DO NOT induce vomiting. For any ingestion, potential burn, or inhalation, seek emergency medical care immediately.

Before Calling Emergency Return to top

Determine the following information:

Patient's age, weight, and condition
The name of the product (ingredients and strengths, if known)
When it was swallowed
The amount swallowed

Poison Control, or a local emergency number Return to top

Call Poison Control or your local emergency number -- they will instruct you if it is necessary to take the patient to the hospital. See Poison Control centers for telephone numbers and addresses. Take the container with you to the emergency room.

What to expect at the emergency room Return to top

Some or all of the following procedures may be performed:

For swallowed poison
- Placing a tube down the nose and into the stomach (a nasogastric or NG tube) to wash out the stomach
- Administering activated charcoal
- Taking a blood sample to determine salicylate level in blood
- Giving IV fluids
- Admission to the hospital
- Treating the symptoms
For skin exposure
- Irrigation (washing of the skin), perhaps every few hours for several days
- Skin debridement (surgical removal of burned skin)
- Admission or transfer to a hospital that specializes in burn care

Expectations (prognosis) Return to top

Skin symptoms will result from irritant properties. The extent of salicylate (aspirin) poisoning will depend on the blood level of salicylates found. Recovery is likely if the acidic effect of the salicylate can be neutralized.

Update Date: 2/9/2004

Updated by: Cherlin Johnson, M.D., Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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