Molluscum is spread by direct skin contact with other infected individuals. It is not spread by animals. The only real concern with molluscum is a secondary bacterial infection. If the lesions are left to resolve on their own, scarring is rare. Most molluscum lesions will be flesh colored. However, there are a few reasons why they can become red.
One common reason is if someone is picking at them and traumatizing the skin. If this is the case, stop it. If the bumps itch, ask your dermatologist if you can apply hydrocortisone cream or ointment to reduce the itch. Try to avoid scratching and picking at the bumps. Scratching and picking can spread the virus to other parts of your body.
If your skin breaks open, you can infect your skin. This can be painful and requires treatment. Treat the bumps only if your dermatologist or other health care provider recommends doing so.
If you try to remove the bumps on your own or squeeze out the fluid inside, you risk spreading the virus to other parts of your body. Keep the bumps clean and wash your hands after touching the molluscum.
Moisturize dry skin. Dry skin tends to itch, and scratching can spread the molluscum to other areas of your body. Use 2 towels when drying off. When you or your child has molluscum, it helps to use 2 clean towels to dry off. Use the other clean towel to dry the skin without molluscum. This approach helps to reduce the risk of spreading the virus to other parts of the body.
Skip shaving skin with molluscum bumps. Shaving can spread molluscum to other areas of your body. If you must shave the skin with molluscum, use different razors. We can do it! Then put towel in hamper. Saves timenif you only do the paper towel drying for the contagious stage bumps.
Directly applying apple cider vinegar with the mother on a tiny cotton ball to the spots and applying a bandaid over night completely rid my son of this disease. Zero scarring, absolutely ZERO scarring. He had it all over his trunk, arms and legs. Disease gone overnight, skin looked smooth in less than a week. A flat, red mark may appear the next day but they are clear in less than a week. Did you leave cotton balls on overnight with bandaid over spots or just applied ACV with cotton ball and then coveted with bandaids?
She prescribed her antibiotics. We have exactly the same problem. One very infected lump on my sons leg preventing him running or moving much. Back to doctors today…. I am a mother of four and all my kids got molluscum.. As soon as one would come on, I would squeeze it and the core would come right out.
By the next day you could barely tell they had any bumps. My pediatrician said to keep doing that, freezing them is more painful and last longer. This is very quick, and even though the kids might cry for a bit the pain goes away within seconds and are very happy to have them gone. My son is 10 years old, and he has never had this before. We tried to talk to the pediatrician about it, but got only the name of this disease and very little information about it.
It started as a bump or two, but now has spread from his ribs area, up through his armpit, and down his arm. The whole situation started about 4 months ago.
I put the medicine on him before he went to bed, and this morning he woke up scratching! Is the medicine a good product?
Like this is his life karate! He competes in tournaments at State and Nationals. When I read that combat sports should be removed from his life on another site, we hit the roof!
I really need some help, please! As Lynda says in the blog, the Cochrane Review found that no single intervention has been found to be effective in treating this condition, and in most cases it will get better by itself. I do hope your son gets some relief soon.
Best wishes, Sarah Chapman [Editor]. Go to a dermatologist. The condition is known as molluscipoxvirus. The papules are generally painless, and they do not itch. They can affect any area of skin, but especially the trunk of the body, arms, and legs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC , they mostly heal without intervention within 6 to 12 months , and they do not leave scars. In some cases, however, it may take up to 4 years to resolve. No one knows how many people develop molluscum contagiosum because many people do not seek medical advice.
Treatment can stop MCV from spreading, but it is not generally necessary because the condition normally improves without intervention.
For most people, symptoms only appear on the skin. After initial infection, it can take from 7 days to 6 months for symptoms to emerge. The American Academy of Dermatology notes that it often takes 7 weeks for the bumps to appear. The papules appear as small, firm, flesh-colored, dome-shaped, pearly, wart-like spots on the skin.
They are typically 1 to 5 millimeters mm in diameter with a dimpled center. These Mollusca tend to develop on any part of the skin that is not usually covered, such as the arms, face, and hands.
They can also occur on the chest and stomach. Sexually transmitted Mollusca generally appear on the genitalia, groin, lower abdomen, and inner thighs. They usually develop in small clusters and remain on the top layer of skin, but they can spread to other parts of the body. Some Mollusca have a small white dot with pus , and they release a thick, white fluid when they burst.
The dimpled part may bleed. Most people will have up to 20 papules, but some may have over If there are many, or if they are more than 5 mm across, medical advice should be sought because this may mean there is a problem with the immune system. After about 6 to 12 weeks, the Mollusca will crust over and then heal.
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