Warts are communicable from one part of the body to another part of the body and from one person to another as well. So, if any of the family member suffer from this health issue, the others should be careful. The warts can broadly be classified into four major categories; they are common warts, foot warts, flat warts and genital warts.

Some of the warts symptoms are as follows:

• One of the most common warts symptom found in all types of warts is the urge to scratch the affected area.
• The affected area will become rough.
• The bumps will be fleshy, small and grainy.
• The affected area might have a color change like tan, white or pink.

Types of warts:

• Common warts are called common hand warts, which grows around the nails on the back of the hands and on the fingers. This appears very often when the skin is broken due to biting of finger nails or peeling of skin from the finger.
• Flat Warts are known to grow in higher numbers and are smoother and smaller as compared to other warts. This can appear anywhere in the body like faces of children (commonly known as facial warts), legs of women, in the face of young adult males, who does shaving.
• Foot warts are also called as planter warts in medical terms. Foot warts normally appear as single or even as in clusters. Some of the areas in foot, which are prone to warts are the heel, the ball of the foot and the plantar part of the toes since these areas are often subject to pressure due to the body weight. People with diabetes are most prone to foot warts. So, they should be careful about this health issue.

Genital Warts:
Genital warts are also known as venereal warts or condylomata acuminate. These are growths in the genital area caused by a virus called Human papilloma virus or HPV. HPVs are about 80 different types and Genital warts are caused by HPV types 18, 16, 11, 6, 2 and 1. The genital warts symptoms include pain, bleeding and odor.

Different methods are being followed by people suffering from warts for treatment. The warts treatments can broadly be classified into Professional treatment and home/self treatment. Self treatment includes the common medications for warts being sold in medical stores like lotions, ointments or plasters. But, if you are not able to cure warts with the help of these lotions and ointments even after using them for months together, it is better to go for professional treatments, which will be of great use in treating the warts.