Duct Tape cures all!

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Karl Baba

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Yosemite

Topic Author's Original Post - Oct 16, 2002 - 12:30am PT

Check out this new info on that all important wall cure for all problems. Duct tape.

PS I don't know it if cures genital warts as well but ya'll can experiment for yourselves and report back

http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/conditions/10/14/warts.duct.tape.ap/index.html

Peace

Karl

CHICAGO (AP) -- Duct tape, the all-purpose household fix-it with hundreds of uses, can also remove warts.

Researchers say over-the-hardware-counter duct tape is a more effective, less painful alternative to liquid nitrogen, which is used to freeze warts.

The study was reported in the October issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

In the study, patients wore duct tape over their warts for six days. Then they removed the tape, soaked the area in water and used an emery board or pumice stone to scrape the spot. The tape was reapplied the next morning. The treatment continued for a maximum of two months or until the wart went away.

The duct tape irritated the warts, and that apparently caused an immune system reaction that attacked the growths, said researcher Dr. Dean "Rick" Focht III of Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

He said researchers did not test other kinds of tape, and so they cannot say whether there is anything special about the gray, heavy-duty, fabric-backed tape.

Pediatric dermatologist Dr. Anthony J. Mancini of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago said he uses a form of duct-tape therapy for warts. He combines duct tape with a topical, over-the-counter wart remover for nightly treatments.

"The whole point of this is a non-painful approach," said Mancini, who was not involved in the study.

The study was conducted at the Madigan Army Medical Center near Tacoma, Wash. It began with 61 patients between the ages of 3 and 22, but only 51 patients completed the study.

Of the 26 patients treated with duct tape, 85 percent got rid of their warts compared with 60 percent of the 25 patients who received the freezing treatment.

Researchers did not test the duct tape on older adults and also did not study whether warts recurred.

The apparent curative powers of duct tape are no surprise to Tim Nyberg, one-half of the Duct Tape Guys, who write books and perform comedy about the adhesive's allure. Nyberg said he and his duct tape partner, Jim Berg, do a shtick that includes duct tape wart removal.

"It's the universal panacea," Nyberg said.

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The LBC

Oct 16, 2002 - 12:34am PT

They ain't lying either. When I was a kid I had a couple of big nasties on my hand -- I tried just about everything and couldn't get rid of them. Then, when I was about at the end of my possibilities, my doctor read something about the duct tape treatment. I've been wart-free ever since.

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Nubby

Novice climber

Oct 16, 2002 - 02:59am PT

My doctor told me it would cure impotence also and is cheaper than Viagra

Mike

Novice climber

Oct 16, 2002 - 12:52pm PT

Dang! That crusty old construction site boss of mine was right when he said "you can fix anything with bailing wire and duct tape"...

Texas Speed

Novice climber

Oct 16, 2002 - 01:10pm PT

If you want beta on removing genital warts, check with radical's mom.

Nice!

Novice climber

Oct 16, 2002 - 01:13pm PT

That's the best laugh I've had since yesterday!

But I personally wouldn't go there-
I wouldn't touch that w/ your Johnson!
Word.

Sam

Novice climber

Oct 16, 2002 - 01:42pm PT

Duct tape DOES cure all!

Once in college, when we were trying to watch the Stanley Cup Championships between Gretzky's LA Kings & the Calgary Flames, my friends girlfriend (being from Canada herself) was incessantly screaming for the Canadian team.

We found that were able to cure that w/ duct tape too...