Warts and zinc

[donnalex]

If you google warts and zinc sulphate you will find studies where people have had warts that have not responded to treatment have completely cleared up when supplemented with zinc in blind trial where the ones given a placebo did not respond.
Food for thought?
If a horse is permanently low in zinc could it make them prone to getting warts or sarcoids?

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11952542

Can tell the weather is naff been on the puter too much

[tl]

Food for thought indeed, and an interesting one at that.

[jill]

I always understood that warts are caused by a virus, and eventually the body's own anti virals sort them. I wonder if zinc has a role in the immune system?

[donnalex]

Yes Jill zinc is a big anti oxidant