Treatment of plantar warts using medical hypnosis : a case report

Tušak, Maks (author), Lapoša, Andrej (author)

In this case study, we describe the case of an adult patient who struggled with persistent warts on the plantar surface of the foot for several years. All medical therapies were exhausted, so the patient turned to medical hypnosis as a last resort. Despite years of unsuccessful conventional medical treatments, the patient experienced complete resolution of all his warts after three sessions of medical hypnosis. The suggestions used in the treatment included strengthening the immune system, increasing blood flow in the foot, visualizing immune mechanisms destroying infected cells, and the regrowth of healthy tissue. After 3 years, we are still in contact with the patient and he reports no recurrence of the disease. This case report adds to the existing body of the literature supporting the use of medical hypnosis in the treatment of warts. It demonstrates that medical hypnosis can be a valuable complementary or alternative treatment option for patients with persistent warts who have not responded to conventional therapies. It also highlights the need for further research to better understand the mechanisms by which hypnosis influences the resolution of warts and to identify the most effective types of suggestions for treatment.

• Language: English
• Keywords: hypnotic suggestions, immune system, medical hypnosis, plantar warts
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.03 - Other scientific articles
• Organization: MF - Faculty of Medicine
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 152–163
• Numbering: Vol. 67, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-169500
• UDC: 615.851.2
• ISSN on article: 2160-0562
• DOI: 10.1080/00029157.2024.2423294
• COBISS.SI-ID: 219760131
• Publication date in RUL: 30.05.2025

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: American journal of clinical hypnosis
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN: 2160-0562
• COBISS.SI-ID: 525951769

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: hipnotične sugestije, imunski sistem, medicinska hipnoza, plantarne bradavice