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Child covered in molluscum contagiosum.

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LittleOgres · 25/06/2020 17:25

How the heck you manage to get this during lockdown is beyond me! But primary aged child is really breaking out with molluscum. Chest, stomach, arms...Never dealt with it before with older kids.
Any one have a remedy? I'm going to order Molludab tonight, seems to be a new treatment. But open to any suggestions?

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morethanafortnight · 25/06/2020 17:42

My dd had it for a year and a half, and we were advised that she should not go swimming at all, until it cleared up. After 18 months of wanting to go swimming and not being able to, she had a few days where the spots were pretty much covered by swimsuit, so we took her. Within 24 hours they started to heal - it was like a miracle cure, and I'm convinced it was the chlorinated water that did it.

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LittleOgres · 25/06/2020 17:50

I’ve read that you don’t have to stop swimming, just wear a rash vest etc? That’s what it said on NHS page.
They are so unsightly.

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Toomboom · 25/06/2020 17:54

My son had this when he was around 6. It took about 2 years to go and he had it all over his body. It looks horrible - it didn't really bother him too much though. At the time there was nothing you could do about it apart from letting it runs its course. Not sure what you would use now.

He did go swimming, but used a long sleeved rash suit. More to cover him so no one could see it.

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Gatehouse77 · 25/06/2020 18:10

DD had it for quite a while though not as severely as your description. Worst area was the back of the knees.
We then went on holiday and over the 18 days it cleared up completely but did bleed a lot. I’ve no idea if the combination of hot weather and salt water had anything to do with it but my instinct says it did.

FedUpofLockdown123 · 25/06/2020 18:12

My daughter had this on her feet and legs about 6 years ago. Molludab cleared it up and it never returned.

YippeeKayakOtherBuckets · 25/06/2020 18:14

DS had about seven spots on his chest from around age 2-4. Nothing worked on them but they spontaneously disappeared in the end. Sympathies as the fuckers look horrible. He still has little pock marks 4 years on.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 25/06/2020 18:15

Dc1 had them from around 18 months to about 3.5yo. We saw the GP about it lots and just kept being told "they'll go when they go".

Turns out true. Eventually it got to the point where every couple of baths she had one less.

We didn't avoid swimming though!

olivo · 25/06/2020 18:15

We e been battling this on my 10yo for about 10 months. Tired molludab a couple of weeks ago and a huge improvement so going to tackle the rest next week. It really hurt her though.

She has been swimming throughout.

reinacorriendo · 25/06/2020 18:15

My DD has this and it was awful, I tried all kinds of stuff, apparently there is one spot that is the queen so to speak and when that pops the others will follow, we tried tea tree oil the lot, we were due for holiday and she was so worried she was 12 that people would notice but you couldn’t see them in a swimsuit she’d had them about a year at this point, I said when we come back I was going to go private and have them frozen off, however we went away, in the pool and in the sea, they started to vanish like PP said.

BikeRunSki · 25/06/2020 18:17

DD had it in the back of her knee for a couple of years. We were never advised not to swim!
You need to find the Queen Spot a bugger spot than the rest - and aggravate it. This will alert your DD’s immune system to them and they should go quite quickly.

BikeRunSki · 25/06/2020 18:18
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Aroundtheworldin80moves · 25/06/2020 18:23

DD1- disappeared pretty much overnight after she fell and ripped one off- surprising amount of blood
So with DD2 we did try to aggravate them a bit. After 6 months, she caught one on clothes, got a bit infected... And the rest disappeared.

It's like warts/verrucas- you need to somehow kickstart the immune system into realising they are there and need fighting. I don't advise scratching them... But forceful removal is what did it for us.

Cocoaone · 25/06/2020 18:48

My DD has this for ages. Started with just one below her bum cheek but after a few months it spread down her thighs then her arms and started to really affect her self esteem

We tried the homeopathy one (can't remember name but it didn't do anything)

Then I read that Epaderm on them everyday helps - maybe suffocates them so they can't breathe? Anyway, we did that religiously and after a couple of weeks there was a huge improvement even on the one which had been there for 18 months. Not long after, they'd all disappeared
Might just have been coincidence as they can go on their own after a long time anyway.

This was maybe a year ago. A few weeks ago she noticed another one on her inside thigh. Took 10 days of epaderm on it at night, and it vanished. So worth giving it a shot!

Helspopje · 25/06/2020 18:50

When you say ‘covered in’ do you mean covered in?
If so, go back to gp as there are some immunodeficiency disorders where you really would be ‘covered in’ molluscum and Moludab ain’t going to fix it

Geekster1963 · 25/06/2020 19:01

My DD had one on her bottom and about six on her thighs. She had them for around 2 years, then when she was five they suddenly got really angry and swollen up all around them. When it calmed down they just disappeared, never came back and left no marks.

avocadoze · 25/06/2020 19:14

All my dc got this at some stage - I think they picked it up at nursery. The eldest had it for about 18 months and then it cleared up. The middle dc picked one of his off after about a year - lots of blood - but they all cleared up within a fortnight. With the youngest, we tied cotton round a large one and pulled it tight to cut it off, and hers cleared up in no time.

TW2013 · 25/06/2020 19:35

bugger spot having battled this when dc were younger I think that you were right the first time.

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LittleOgres · 25/06/2020 20:18

Helspopje Eek! Just saying immunodeficiency is alarming me. DC has eczema, ?asthma, severe but allergies.
Had a tummy bug once and 5 months later diagnosed with post viral ITP, platelet score of zero.
Goes hand in hand with him.
Had 3/4 spots on chest, for the last few weeks. I thought they were eczema related.
Today he has spots on his tummy, chest, upper arms, wrists...small but developing.
Should I be concerned??
Thanks for all replies. Have literally had an older child discharged from hospital for serious chronic condition. Can’t believe we have something else now!

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Echobelly · 25/06/2020 20:21

DS had this and I heard you'd have to boil wash everything in sight or the whole household will get it and it would last 18 months etc - nightmare for me as I am no good at being super-clean. I got some molludab and used it on a few spots, but actually it did go away after about 3 months and none of us got it even without me being mega-hygienic, so it's not always as bad as they say.

Throughabushbackwards · 25/06/2020 20:38

Our GP told us to wait for the spots to form a white donut shape then to pop them, catching them before they burst on their own then to remove the white part very carefully, apply antiseptic and cover with a plaster. The spots apparently multiply when they burst and spread the fluid to other body parts. Catching them before they naturally burst stops the cycle. The lancing and popping hurts, but we cleared DCs up in no time this way after trying everything else.

ednatheevilwitch · 25/06/2020 20:45

My gp recommended colloidal silver spray which cleared them up in my dc

HPLikecraft · 25/06/2020 20:51

When my DD had it, I dabbed neat tea tree oil on every single spot, twice a day.

They disappeared after about two weeks.

LashesZ · 25/06/2020 20:56

Oh god I caught these when I was pregnant it was horrific. Apple cider vinegar soaked on a cotton pad and left on the area for a few minutes. Be careful not to give a chemical burn but two weeks of doing that every night will zap them.

noxestdormienda · 25/06/2020 21:01

Tea tree gel worked brilliantly for us.

OhTheRoses · 25/06/2020 21:06

DD had them. In spades. Lasted about 24-18 months. At 3-3/4 she caught chicken pox. It seemed as though the chicken pox acted as a catalyst and 8n the fortnight after they swelled, got v angry and then burst spewing out blood