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Worried Willie:
Ah, warts they're nothing to get worried about! Like calluses, they're just little thickened
patches of skin. But unlike calluses, they aren't caused by hard wear and tear on your skin. Your
skin cells are always replacing themselves. But, in the case of a wart, a virus has come along and
is confusing the skin cells around it. The virus is telling these cells to make more and more and
more new skin cells. Soon there are too many for your skin to lie flat and a little bump, a wart
develops.
If you think you have a wart, show your parents. They may want to have a doctor take a look at
it. And if it really bothers you, a doctor can remove it. But, in the long run, your body's white
cells will, in all likelihood, gobble up the virus, and your wart will wear away. Don't be
impatient! It may take at least several weeks for that to happen. And, in the meantime, don't be
surprised if you discover your single wart has developed into a few more while you're waiting....
And Willie, while your wart may look like a pile of dead skin, it's not. Warts have blood
vessels and are part of your living skin! So for goodness sake, don't pick at it!
Oh, one more thing. Worms don't get warts. Just another reason why a worm's life is not such a
bad one!
Signed,
Wendell
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