1 Warts are small, self-limited tumors caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. 2  Types of warts include common warts, flat warts, plantar warts, periungual warts, and filiform warts. 3  Warts typically disappear on their own with time, but it may take years. 4  Warts respond variably to a variety of treatment measures. Types of warts include common warts, flat warts, plantar warts, periungual warts, and filiform warts. 2  Warts typically disappear on their own with time, but it may take years. 3  Warts respond variably to a variety of treatment measures.
Antivirals are medications that keep viruses from reproducing inside the body. To date, relatively few effective antiviral drugs have been developed. It is difficult to create effective antiviral medications because viruses are tiny (smaller than bacteria and fungi) and use a cellâs metabolic pathways to replicate.
Antibiotics treat bacterial infections and are ineffective for the treatment of viral infections. Sometimes drugs called antiviral drugs may be used to help treat certain types of viral infections. Antiviral drugs help to minimize the severity of a viral infection.Depending on the type of viral infection and the presence of complications, a wide variety of other treatments may be needed.iral diseases can be very difficult to treat because viruses live inside the body's cells where they are protected from medicines in the blood stream. Researchers developed the first antiviral drug in the late 20th century.