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Molescum - Mollescum Contagiosum
Molescum - Mollescum Contagiosum

Molescum - also known as Molluscum Contagiosum, or simply Mollescum - is a viral infection of the skin.

Molescum is actually pretty much harmless but poses a significant

inconvenience for anybody who becomes infected with the virus.

Molluscum Contagiosum in children is where it is most commonly seen.

However, adults can and do become infected. Persons with compromised

immune systems are most likely to be easily infected.

Even healthy persons, however, are vulnerable to molescum because it

is such a highly contagious virus. Molescum spreads easily through

skin to skin contact, contact with infected materials such as towels

and clothing and often through sexual contact.

The actual condition Molescum causes is a patch of Molluscum

Contagiosum warts that are nothing more than pimples to the eye. They

don't hurt or itch but they can take very long to go away.

In fact, Molescum resolves itself naturally in a healthy human but the

amount of time it takes (up to a year!) causes many people to seek

treatment.

Molluscum contagiosum treatment usually involves topical creams,

surgical extraction of the molluscum lesions and even something as

far-out as using the juice from a particular type of beetle to

dissipate the warts.

Surgical removal is generally quick and easy and if done well, leaves

no scarring.

This is a fantastic option because while creams can work in time,

molescum spreads very easily to healthy skin on the same person.

Molescum spreads especially well on wet skin.

The main reason to get rid of Molescum is to prevent spreading it to

others and also for cosmetic reasons. The molluscum warts are rather

unsightly, particularly if they occur around or on the face or

genitals.

Another treatment option for molescum sufferers is to have their

molluscum warts frozen off. This process is only slightly painful and

sees decent results.

Children, in particular, should be treated as soon as a molescum

diagnosis is confirmed because of their gregarious nature. Spreading

mollescum to others is almost guaranteed among kids!

For individual mollescum warts, you can remove them yourself at home.

All you need to do is sterilize a needle and pierce the skin on top of

the pimple. Then you will need to widen the opening and squeeze out

the little white ball.

The white ball is actually the virus, which is hidden in this ball in

such an ingenious way, that it takes the human immune system such a

long time to indentify and combat it.

Once you've removed the virus ball, apply antiseptic to the small

wound and allow it to heal. Voila!

For more involved cases ofMolescum consulting with a dermatologist is wise.

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