Warts & Moles: Preschooler
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Warts on 3 Year Old
Asked by B.S. from Lansing
on May 23, 2011
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I've searched on here and read through quite a few wart questions. So I'm sorry if this sounds redundant. My daughter who is 3 has had a wart on her finger for quite...
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- I just went thru this with my daughter. She had a large one on her finger for about 2 years. We tried all kinds of home remedies and over the counter stuff. NOTHING...
- Our 4 year old had two warts on his toes. We tried doing just duct tape with no medicine, but that was not successful. At his yearly checkup we mentioned it to the ...
- I have 2 boys with warts or I did. I used the apple cider vinegar and gave them an anti oxidant called OPC3. I tried everything to get rid of them in the beginning a...
Possible Wart on 3 Year Old's Foot
Asked by R.C. from Minneapolis
on November 11, 2008
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Hi All,
My 3 year old daughter has a small, round mass on the pad of her foot. The center looks kind of wart-like, but not exactly so I'm not sure. The mass is fa...
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- When we've had run ins with warts we just use Compound W in the morning and at night. It's kind of smelly but it doesn't hurt and starts working on the wart right awa...
- Hi R.! I agree with just using Compound W. We took our son to the ped. to have a wart removed and they did a blister treatment- something that I will never put my so...
- If it is a wart you can try this. I had a wart on the pad of one of my fingers and ran into an accidental cure! I had this wart for around 3 years, had tried to hack i...
Warts on a 3 Year Old
Asked by A.S. from Minneapolis
on July 20, 2010
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I have a two year old boy and my roommate has a 3 year old boy, both of which i stay home with all day. When i moved into my apt with my roommate last year his son had...
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- There are different types of warts. If you do a Google search you can read about it. Next, you need to tell the Doctor or get referred to a Dermatologist. The thi...
- A few months ago I was reading the true story of a woman who was able to help her own daughter with many severe medical problems (among them terrible warts) when the d...
- We have successfully used the duct tape method--but it does take a while for the body to respond to it! If you can't get him to leave the tape on during the day maybe...
Strange Bumps on My Daughter's Skin
Asked by S.C. from Portland
on March 12, 2009
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My 4yo daughter has these strange bumps on her skin. They start out as a small, skin colored bump. Then they grow and turn white. They are about the size of a wart....
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- I do think this is one for a doctor to look at. Both the county and OHSU have clinics that charge on a sliding fee schedule.
- I haven't read any other responses but what you are describing is just what my daugther had last spring. We took her to a specialist and he said it was excema. He pr...
- I know exactly what they are......its called Mulluscum contagiousum (sp?) Its a skin virus. You can google the disease and purchase a product called zyma derm....its ...
Melenoma Skin Cancer
Asked by J.F. from Dallas
on April 27, 2007
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Hi Moms,
I am 22 years old and was diagnosed with melenoma skin cancer. It runs on my Dads side of family. I have several moles on my back that have been there all ...
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- Hi J., First, don't worry. I had melanomma when I was 23, which was 20 years ago. Here's what I suggest. Go to an oncologist that specializes in melanomma. Forg...
- here is the best website I have found that has anything melanoma related. it is a great resource and great comfort knowing there are people who have been there, and y...
- Please don't worry unless there is a reason to worry. My mom just went through this in December. She had a mole that she had been watching for several months and final...
Should I Take Her to the Doctor? Skin Question.
Asked by B.S. from Columbia
on December 6, 2006
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My daughter showed up with a small cyst-like area under her arm about 2 weeks ago. I have recently noticed that it has turned red around it, and there are three sacs ...
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- I would take her to the doctor. If it looks like a boil it could be a staph infection which is very contagious and can be difficult to treat. I have heard that, at l...
- It sounds like Molluscom to me. My 3 year old has had it for about 2 years. It's a wart-like virus. It is VERY contagious and is spread through children for the most p...
- I have never heard of anything like this. I would take her to the Dr. I figure it is better safe than sorry. I have 2 boys and we are always at the ER or Dr. It is no ...
Seeking Help for Son's Skin Condition
Asked by M.S. from Houston
on October 7, 2008
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My son has had a rash with little bumps on the side of his chest for over a year now. His pediatrician said that it is a skin condition called Molluscum Contagiosum a...
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- I asked my dermatologist about this condition this summer since my pediatrician kept saying, "It will go away on it's own."......and it didn't. My dermatologist said ...
- Never heard of the condition, but try this, it's simple and all natural, put a cup of baking soda in his bath water...it was the only thing that helped by dauther, who...
- My friend's son had this condition. One pedi told her that it would go away on its own, another told her to have them burned off. Her son was 7, no way was she going t...
Bumps on Skin
Asked by T.S. from Dallas
on October 6, 2008
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Hi there! So I meant to ask the Peditrician all these things at our 2 year check up with my daughter. Its so funny I had a list written out of all the things that I ...
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- Our 19 month old daughter has the same thing on her legs. When I asked about it when she was 15 months old & the doctor's assistant told me that it was a form of ecse...
- keratosis pilaris - use gentle exfoliation on skin to remove build-up of skin cells!
- Sounds like pilaris keratosis. You can find additional information by doing a search on the web. This usually targets the back of the arms and legs.
Wart Questions
Asked by A.W. from Chicago
on February 8, 2008
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Okay ladies. I am so embarrassed about this but- I took my 2.5 year old daughter to the doctor today because she had a bump in her armpit for almost a week and he said...
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- My son has a plantar wart on his foot and a fairly large wart on the palm of his hand...I know they aren't dangerous (they are caused by a form of HPV), but I also kno...
- I wouldn't get too freaked out! Most people have warts as children... they are a common virus, and it takes awhile to build immunity, which is why adults don't get the...
- Warts are usually nothing to worry about. In fact they say a wart will die on it own. The problem is that it takes 6 to 7 years so they can become pretty big and depen...
Wart on Foot???
Asked by J.M. from New York
on August 18, 2011
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today i just noticed a perfectly round bump on my 6 year old daughters foot. it looks kind of like a blister but isnt on top of the skin like a blister. it does prot...
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- Sounds to me like it is a plantar wart. That means that the wart grows down into the body instead of out creating a lump on top?? I had one on the palm of my hand an...
- My kids each had a wart on their feet, but I took them to a dermatologist, not a podiatrist. The dermatologist took care of it.
- My 9 year old daughter had one. She didn't tell me for a while. One day I noticed that she was walking a bit funny (it was on the bottom of her foot). She said that ...
