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Mulluscum
Asked by M.B. from Boston
on December 19, 2007
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Hi Everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone has a child with mulluscum. It's a viral infection of the skin. My nephew had it last year and now my daughter has it....
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Ever Heard of Mulluscum Contagiosum?
Asked by K.H. from Richmond
on November 18, 2008
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My 8 yr old daughter started off with a few little bumps on the back of her leg right at her bathing suit line at the end of the summer. I thought it was a heat rash/p...
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- Hi K., My daughter is 28 months old, she had a bunch of them on her back, they slowly went away on their own, maybe took about 4 to 8 months or so. Each little bum...
- Hi K.! My nephew who is 3 has molluscum contagiosum. I myself am in the healthcare field. This is a virus and really there is no treatment for it except for what yo...
- Hi K., My name is W.. My son was born without much of an immune system, so he contracted all sorts of exotic things.The first, and longest lived, was Mollescum. In a ...
Molluscum Contagiousm!!
Asked by J.D. from Dallas
on October 12, 2007
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I was just wondering if any other moms had dealt with this? I was doing some research and they said there really is not a rememdy for this it just goes away for a few...
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- Until you can get her to the dermatologist, I would recommend giving her some Benadryl (with her pedi's approval) if she says that area is itching, and to keep it cove...
- Unfortunately both my daughters had this a few years back. We first went to the pediatrician and she tried several things that only made them worse. We tried sqeezin...
- My daughter had this on her inner thighs. We did nothing as the pediatrician said and it spread and got worse. We went to one quack of a dermatologist who put my daug...
Molluscum
Asked by A.Z. from San Francisco
on June 5, 2008
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My 9 month old seems to have molluscum contagiosum on his face. I know it generally just runs its course, but since it is on his face, I really want to know if there i...
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- My daughter had mollusum when she was small and they kept applying stuff to burn it off which cuased horrible blistering. One day our regular dermatologist was on vaca...
- tea tree oil will not hurt the skin at all but it is a anti bacterial anti fungal.
- A., there's a product you can order online called Mulluscum Silver cure -- it's an ointment that really works. My friend's daughter had this and it made it go away co...
Warts on My Youngest Son
Asked by A.L. from Houston
on January 31, 2007
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Hello all~
I have a six year old boy who has developed a skin condition on his face. At first it looked very much like a pimple on his eyebrow, but if you picked it...
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- It sounds like a skin disease called muluscum contagiouso. My 5 year old daughter has it and there is a cream that you can find over the internet, but It was explained...
- If I was you I would bring him to the doctor as soon as possible. The doctor could give some medication to put on it. He/she would also know what caused it and when ...
- You should really take him to the Dr. Let them diagnise what it is before you put things on it from the store which might inflame it and even make it worse.
Molluscum Contagiosum
Asked by T.F. from Dallas
on August 14, 2009
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My 5 year old daughter has Molluscum Contagiosum. My dr. recommended Compound D. Is there any other medicines or remedies that work better than this?
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- We had a battle with that issue as well. It can get really frustrating and spread from one child to another very easy. We went to a pediatric dermatologist and they ...
- In our experience, the best and quickest way is to go to a dermatologist and have them take care of it. It will spread on her and to others that she has bathed/swam wi...
- Weird. I just went to our derm this week and both my boys have it and he told me it will go away on it's own and not to treat it or it could leave scars. I'm going to ...
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 ...
Child with Molluscum
Asked by M.S. from Sarasota
on April 19, 2008
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My child has recently been diagnosed with molluscum.I have taken him to the dermatologist but they won't treat them and told me to wait it out. It is getting worse and...
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- My child got the virus about six monts ago, firts only couple and then she had like seven of them, I took her to the dermatologist and he put a clear solution on it, i...
- My 8 year old son has mulluscum. So far we have been dealing with it for about 9 months. It is my understanding that the virus can stay in your system for about 2 year...
- Believe it or not...there are two things that treat this...zantac (I swear, it's because of the fact tha it actually affects T cells) and duct tape...duct tape kept o...
Treatment for Molluscum Contagiosm Four Year Old
Asked by M.V. from Houston
on September 23, 2008
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My son's pediatrician has diagnosed him with molluscum contagiosm. She has refered him to a dermatologist to have a bubbling agent applied to each one, basically an ac...
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- we had the same issue with my son. it took about 3-4 treatments during the year, but now they're gone. we didn't have to go to a derm; our pediatrician just applied t...
- My niece got this and she never got sent to a dermatologist basically her doctor said it would run its course and it would go away. Its been about 6 months and it now...
- While it may sound extreme it's really the best way to go in this day in age. I've had my warts frozen off and I've had them burnt with acid (they numbed me for the ac...
