Corns and verrucae are both common issues with the feet, and it can be easy to be confused between which is which. Both are different and also treated differently despite looking similar to the untrained eye. So how can you tell the difference and how are they treated?
Firstly, the cause of each is very different – a corn forms when there is a lot of pressure repeatedly put on a part of the foot. This leads to a thick bit of skin developing. A verruca on the other hand is something that comes from the human papillomavirus or HPV for short. This can get in through breaks in the skin and is commonly found thriving in warm and damp swimming pool and gym changing rooms.
A corn is a hard and yellowish coloured part of thick skin. It can feel painful to press on it from the top but not from the sides when squeezed. A verruca can be rougher and have a dot or a few small black dots inside – these dots are actually blood vessels. A verruca tends to hurt when squeezed unlike a corn.
The best person to go to in order to get either of these treated is a professional like this podiatrist Worcester based company www.propodiatry.co.uk/podiatry/podiatrist-worcester/
They treat all sorts of foot conditions and will be able to treat a corn by shaving some of the hard skin away and also offering advice for ongoing care and suitable footwear that helps keep it away. To treat a verruca, there are a number of methods, including freezing it off and dry needling.
