Overview of Peptic Ulcer Disease Peptic ulcer disease (PUD) is a chronic (long lasting) condition that affects the gastrointestinal (GI) tract or digestive system. PUD causes ulcers (sores or lesions) in the lining (mucosa) of the stomach or first part of the small intestine (duodenum).
What are the symptoms and how are plantar warts diagnosed? These warts can look like small, fleshy bumps; hard, flat growths with a rough surface and well-defined boundaries; or gray or brown lumps with tiny pinprick-size black dots (clotted blood vessels that distinguish warts from bloodless corns and calluses).
The human papillomavirus (HPV) strains that are most often the cause of plantar warts are type 1 & 2 HPV. These strains are contagious and are spread from person to person via direct contact with the virus.The HPV that causes plantar warts thrives in warm, moist environments such as shower rooms and summer pool decks.lantar warts. Sometimes painful and very ugly, plantar warts appear as small lesions on the sole of the foot, and occasionally the toes. In their early stages they look like small black puncture marks, but as they grow they turn brown and take on a cauliflower-like appearance.