What are the symptoms of flat warts

Flat warts, commonly known as warts, are a very common skin disease that is contagious to a certain extent, so you must pay attention to them. The symptoms of flat warts are quite obvious. If flat warts appear on the skin, you must treat them as soon as possible and avoid scratching the affected area.

1. Generally there are no subjective symptoms, but there may be slight itching occasionally. Patients with flat warts generally have no subjective symptoms, and some patients feel mild itching. The course of the disease is chronic and can last for many years, and some patients can get better on their own.

2. The skin lesions are flat and smooth papules ranging from cap-needle shaped to mung bean-shaped or slightly larger, round, oval or polygonal, hard in texture, and of normal skin color or light brown.

3. It often occurs on the face, back of hands and forearms.

The onset is sudden, with more lesions than normal skin, often scattered or densely distributed. Due to scratching, the lesions may be autoinoculated and arranged in a beaded manner along the scratches. The course of the disease is chronic and may resolve on its own. Scratching is obvious before resolution, and no trace is left after healing.

It is common in children and adolescents, and also in adults. It often occurs symmetrically on the face (cheeks, temples, forehead, chin), back of hands and forearms, and appears as round, oval or irregular flat papules of normal skin color or light brown, ranging in size from a pinhead to a lentil. The surface is smooth and hard, and they may be scattered or dense, or fused into small flakes. They may be arranged in a beaded-like pattern due to scratches (isomorphic reaction). There are no subjective symptoms, and itching often occurs before it subsides. The disease has a slow course and may last for 3 to 4 years without healing. It is self-limited and can heal itself in 1 to 2 years.

4. Flat warts are common on the face, back of hands, and arms. They appear as flat papules of varying sizes, slightly raised, smooth in surface, round, oval, or polygonal in shape, with clear boundaries. They may be densely distributed or arranged in lines due to local scratching.