molloscum contagiousum

[msann]

any1 elses kids had this? got this???

Yes, ds1's had it and gone, ds2 still has it. Loads of threads on here: search under 'molluscum'

I swear by Elizabeth Arden's 8 hour cream. Given the advice by another m'netter. Dd had them for a bout a year and they were getting worse. Within 2 weeks of using the cream they had disappeared.

Oh fab, had just come here for a search, thanks !

Thanks Blossomhill! Dd has them on her knees and a massive one on her hip. Not the most atractive of things. She's getting a bit obsessive about her WARTS - usually said very loudly in public! I must try the cream - GP said they can take months to clear

Honest it was like a miracle as ds had them really bad previously. Wish I'd known about it when he had them.

dd2 has them. she shows her 'bots' to people. must try the cream. she is at the age where they dont bother her so i am being lazy. oops.

My 2 both had it quite bad as the eczema flared up around it. So I was glad that for only £20 I got rid of it. It also works on spots, dry skin. I literally used 1 hundreth of the tube and have loads left for me!

thanku! glad 2 know we're not the only ones! dd1 caught it from neighbour who hadnt told us that her ds had it - so i was more than a bit . dd1 has them all over her lower stomach & some under chin. Have noticed over past few days that dd2 is starting to get some too

ok for me the 8 hour cream made it worse
sorry bh!

howver the following seem to have worked:

d2 - he got chicken pox
ds3 ( att he moment fingers crsosoed) a course of anti biotics for his ears!

should i be telling people dd2 has it then? i have no idea who she got it from, it just appeared over the summer holidays.

i saw it on neighbours ds....had thought that as she had invited my two over to play that she might mention it....but have to admit i havent mentioned it to school am worried they'll exclude the girls from PE

I think if it is in an obvious place, exposed such as on hand or face, then perhaps it is worth telling other people but tbh we were told by gp that it wasn't an issue for ds to swim etc. It was more a case of keeping it covered to prevent the tops being knocked off or him scratching.

Like coddy's ds2, it began to go with chickenpox.

dd2 are on her legs are torso, so dont really need to worry then?

doc told me that dd1 & dd2 should have separate baths...so wud it not therefore spread thru swimming (or not cos of the chemicals??)

doc didnt tell me any such thing. my 2 are bathed together.

You cannot tell where a child gets molluscum .. the incubation is anywhere from 6 weeks to 6 months and 50% of children have it .. there is really no point in looking for someone to blame

It is mildly contagious .. the only advice given by dermatologists is to avoid sharing towels ..

Most GPs and the given NHS advice is no particular precautions need to be taken

Thuja may help (consult a herbalist / homeopath)

Don't know msann . However as it took us a good 6 weeks to go to the doctor from when first noticed them I guess it was a bit late to think about it anyway.

Hello... yes we were told the same re degrees of 'contageousness' by our GP. Despite the name they are really no more contageous than a wart.. and we don't go around warning people that we or our kids have a wart

Another way to get rid of them.. which is not great fun for us nor the child.. but it works... when they get a 'head' on them.. give them a gentle squeeze so that the contents come out. Then they usually bleed like b*ggery.. but only for a minute or so and from that tiny area so not a massive blood loss anything! Then they scab over and heal straight up.. no scar or anything. I was told this by a paediatrican but only did it with the odd one on both of my little ones when they had it.. on the spots that looks as they they were about to burst. (They rarely burst on their own it seems.) The children don't much like this being done.. but it only lasts a second.

Jess xx

lizs....assume kids have it from neighbours ds...based on the fact that i & my other neighbour ( a pharmacist) have now seen them all over his legs.....wasnt just picking on any kid!!
i also worked out about popping them then they go...but littlest one has so many she'd bleed to death!!!

No idea where DS's were picked up. Kind of assumed nursery but might have been swimming, mums and toddlers etc. They are on the back of his leg (near the knee) but I think starting to go now. Doctor said that there wasn't much we could do but wait for his body to reject them. Don't think chicken pox made much difference either. But was given some cream because DS scratching them had caused secondary excema. GP said this was also what had caused them to spread and there was no problem with DD sharing his bath etc. It would be a nightmare to have to bath them seperately especially when DH is away. Try to ensure they don't use the same towel and thats it really.

Somebody told me that if you pop/scratch a few of the spots it kickstarts the immune system and they all disapper - not sure if this always works, but ds1 had several on his face - I scratched the biggest one with my nail (sweeping motion as if to scrape it off) and within a few days they all disappeared.

Weren't you worried about scarring Lima?

bozza - not really - scratching the spot just irritated it slightly - I didn't scrape of a huge amount of skin or anything - it looked slightly inflamed for a day or 2 - slight reddening - then disappeared.

Ds1 has a few on his arm. Also had one in a patch of eczema and scratched at it. I wouldn't recommend this as a method of treatment, but he scratched off the molluscum and it never came back!

I have found some great remedies for this that REALLY work - homeopathic pills and topical creams - if you are in the London area look at my post on the Noticeboard (Understand & Improve Your Child's Health) - otherwise find a good practitioner in you area from www.babydirectory.com.