Help! My Plantar Wart Makes Walking Painful

Do you have warts on your feet, also known as plantar warts? Caused by an underlying viral infection, foot warts can become a painful problem, making it difficult to walk comfortably, and you may struggle to find shoes that don’t produce pain and friction.

Getting rid of warts at home can prove ineffective, with the problem coming back again and again no matter what you try.

If painful foot warts are making it difficult for you to get around with ease and comfort, get in touch with expert podiatrist Dr. Stephen Eichelsdorfer at Town Center Foot & Ankle of Kingwood and Atascocita, Texas. 

“Dr. Ike,” as he’s known to his patients, knows how to deal effectively with plantar warts, keeping you moving forward in comfort on your feet.

Plantar warts and foot pain

A plantar wart starts small, but can develop into a much larger and more significant podiatry problem.

When a plantar wart begins, it’s just a broken area of skin on the sole of your foot where the virus that causes plantar warts, the human papillomavirus (HPV), can enter and start to reproduce.

HPV is highly contagious. So, if you pass barefoot over an area where an infected person has walked and your skin is compromised by small tears or wounds where it can enter, you may end up with plantar warts.

As your body reacts to the virus, a wart starts to grow. Or, you might have a mosaic wart, made of multiple patches of fleshy growth. Warts are often circular or ring-shaped and tend to show up at the base of your toes, or on the balls or heels of your feet.

You might notice black specks at the center of wart growths, due to clotted blood vessels. The wart continues to develop, and, if you walk on it a lot, it can even start to grow inward, causing a thick callus to form over the top of the wart.

If the pressure of walking on a plantar wart causes you discomfort or pain, it’s time to do something about the problem. But how do you deal with both the surface wart and the underlying viral infection causing it?

Treating your foot warts

Dr. Ike addresses plantar warts comprehensively, treating the exterior of your foot and also addressing the infection in the deeper layers of your skin. You have a few options when it comes to professional podiatry intervention for plantar warts. Here’s what you need to know.

No matter how deeply buried, large, or painful your foot wart may be, we can remove it, and your foot can heal. 

If you need professional support to get back to walking and running with comfort and wart-free, contact Dr. Eichelsdorfer at Town Center Foot & Ankle today. Request your appointment over the phone or online now.