The wart virus is contagious, and is often present at poolside, in the showers of your team locker room, or in the family bathroom. Apparently, not everyone is susceptible to wart viruses, but if it colonizes on the sole of the foot, it will cause what is termed a plantar wart. Squeezed from side to side, the wart may hurt worse than it does just from direct pressure. These dots and the pain are indication of the nerve and vessel bundles in the stalk of the wart tissue. To my patients, I often describe a wart as resembling a cauliflower or stalk of broccoli.
Many people describe warts as going down to the bond.
This is from the discomfort of walking on the bundle of nerves, not from the actual depth of the lesion. The immune system must see or be aware of the invader and then raise an army of defense cells and antibodies specific for the invader. It is difficult for the immune system to tune into a virus on the outer layer of skin. Treatment of warts is often aimed at triggering your body s awareness of the viral invader and encouraging an immune response. There are many wart treatment options.