Molloscum Contaiosum?

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My Ds has had these awful spots for over a year now - everytime I think they are showing signs of going, new ones pop up.

They started on his face, and have continued in their cycle to affect his face/neck, apart from two on his balls that have been red and angry for over 12 weeks now.

From what I can gather, the spots going red are supposed to be a sign that his immune system is fighting the viral infection off - however he's had 2 lots of antibiotics so far due to infected spots and I'm a bit peeved that new ones are still coming up

My elder DD had them after DS, but hers went after 12 months and were limited to her upper thighs.

DS has ongoing health problems (from birth) and I'm wondering if this is why his are taking so long to go? Have tried Thuja caspules from H&B with no luck.

I just wish they'd (the spots) would go. I also realise that to anyone who hasn't experienced molloscum, this post will read as being odd

Any advice much appreciated.

DS starts school full-time in September - I really hope they've gone by then. Must be even worse to be teased for having them, like your DS, alypaly .

Really pleased that your DS's cleared up - gives me hope .

it sounds hopeful that they may clear up before september especially as they are inflammed

I promised DD that they'd be gone by Christmas when I jabbed them in October - and they were. DS has one in his eyebrow now. I do hate them. Here's to everyone's DC's molluscum going soon.

Came on here to post about the same thing, hoping someone would tell me how quickly they all disappear! DD (now 7 months) has had this since she was 3 months old, when it was misdiagnosed as chicken pox. Seems to be spreading more and more, with new ones popping up every day. I don't think she's bothered by them (I am, out of vanity I suppose), but she scratches at her excema which makes the molloscom bleed - and sometimes vanish if they were big enough. She has a few on her face - a couple on her eyebrow and by her ears. I don't suppose anyone else notices them much. Can't understand how she got them so young - we weren't even making it out of the house to baby groups then!

Dcs had them for about 3 years all over- mailnly in crooks of elbows/knees, trunk. They're now left with hundreds of tiny pinprick holes.......

I has this in my twenties. Apparently it is part of the chicken pox virus. The nurse at our docs squeezed some of them for me and the rest went away after a few weeks. There were quite a lot too... under my arms and in my groin area.

Both DS's had them

Took about a year to go.
I used clean towels every bath time, clean pajama's after every bath.

My local health food shop recommended a high concentrate hemp oil cream which i used daily and I think it helped sstop further spots adn eventually they went

DS had them for about 18 months. I remember at the 12 month point thinking will these ever go and then 6 months later they just stopped coming.

More info here

It is not the same virus as chicken pox, but caused by a DNA pox virus.

All suggested treatments above help destroying the skin cells in which the virus 'hides' thus allowing the immune system to recognise there is something that needs fighting.

Eczema and molluscum have an association in that people with eczema are more likely to pick up MC, and the area of MC can be itchy, leading to more scratching, making eczema worse...

'Tis a major pain, but does pass, does not make children ill and does not come back - or so I keep reminding myself.

Here is a bit more I copied and pasted from the same site aimed at HCP about treatment:

Management
?Parents often request treatment for their children and express concern about them spreading. However all techniques are a little painful and the management that is most popular with children is to await spontaneous resolution. Children do not have to be kept away from school.
?The disease is usually self limiting but there may be autoinfection or infection of others that means that definitive treatment is preferable. Each case should be individually assessed.7
?Active treatment may be more important if there is significant risk of spread to others or autoinoculation. This tends to apply to adults rather than children.
?In normal, healthy individuals, there are no controlled trials to compare treatments.
?There are a number of possible treatments:
◦A traditional one is to take a sharpened orange stick, dip it in phenol and then use it to burst the papules. The phenol may be unnecessary, especially as an alternative is simply to prick the papules with a sterile needle.
◦Another popular technique is the use of liquid nitrogen, as described in Minor Surgery.
◦In refractory cases (usually complicating immunodeficiency) the antiviral agent imiquimod may be beneficial.8
◦There are a host of other suggested treatments, both topical and systemic but most are unlicensed and in a self limiting condition are usually best avoided.3
.Complications
?Discomfort and irritation
?Inflammation
?Secondary infections
?Eyelid lesions may be associated with follicular or papillary conjunctivitis.
.Prognosis
It is a benign, self- limiting infection with an excellent prognosis.
The literature on molluscum contagiosum should be interpreted with care. Much research originates from secondary care on patients with impaired immunity.
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My DS had them on his arms and body for about 18 months and they just disappeared. The doctor we saw said nothing could be done and just wait for them to go.

My friends DS had them and went to a different doctor at the same practice and he pricked them all, blood everywhere but they went.

htis is the info from my dermatology book books.google.co.uk/books?id=CP27h0r-FjwC&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=kenneth+a+arndt+and+molluscum&source= bl&ots=5MvKa9Svft&sig=r6PrFJGSMvYmVjIFU0HkJxya4Yc&hl=en&ei=a1y6S8nNBaD00gTOvqk0&sa=X&oi=book_result& ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=&f=false

my doc said the same thing 2old but i decided to have a go at getting rid of them and really glad i did as i couldnt stand seeing DS1 being teased

Hi, daddy here. I read so much about Molloscum on mumsnet and promised myself if I found the answer I'd share my solution so other people avoid avoidable issues. We were concerned - they spread a lot and when they started spreading to the face and between legs, enough was enough. There was one big angry one on our sons chest - the queen? The white pearl was produtruding a lot, so we gave him a long hot bath, promised him chocolate if we were able to get it out, sterilised some tweezers and plucked it out. Gave a gentle squeeze and the inside bit came easily. Then within days, all the others started protruding and we did the same - and all disappeared within days. There were some red marks, but such teeny sizes that I'm confident they won't stay around, especially as he grows up. I wish I'd have done it a bit earlier, but also I'm glad I waited until it was 'ripe'. There was definitely a chain reaction though, so I'd do the same again if my next little fella gets it. Good luck!