How to make difference between verruca and corn
| CRITERIA | VERRUCA | CORN |
| Others name | Plantar warts | Callus |
| Causation | Human Papilloma Virus 1,2,4,57,60,63,65,66 & 156 | Increase pressure & frictions on the skin. |
| Contagious | Highly contagious. | Not contagious. |
| Incubation | Long a couple of months to a year. | A long period of time. |
| Striations | Interrupt the striation on your skin. | They’re quiet. |
| Black Dots | Have black dots. | Don’t have black dots |
| Yellow tone | Absent | Present |
| raised | Absent | Present |
| shape | Cauliflower- esque | Conical, circular |
| Pain | Stinging “stepping-on-a-needle” type of pain by pressure | Long-standing corn becomes painful. |
Reference
- Angelica Balingit, MD ; Treating and Preventing Plantar Warts; Updated on January 21, 2022; Healthline.
- Leena Lakhani ;What’s the difference between a verruca and a corn?; BUCKS FOOT CLINIC.
- Louise; What is the difference between a corn and a verruca?; | Mar 4, 2021; West Berkshire Foot Clinic.
- Peter A Gearhart, MD Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine & Peter A Gearhart, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ;Human Papilloma Virus(HPV); Medscape.
- Egawa,Kitasato,Honda,Kawai,Mizushima,Ono; Human papillomavirus 57 identified in a plantar epidermoid cyst; British Journal of Dermatology; Volume 138, Issue 3; p. 510-514; Wiley Online Library.
