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molluscum, warts	From annw [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-05-27
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My son picked this up on his back from wrestling and now is unable to partipate until they clear. I have found very little research and would like to know if anyone has had success in treating this condition. They are white, pearly blister looking bumps and we have had them burned off only to return 3 days later. It has been diagnosed as molluscum.
Re: molluscum, warts	From flowertea [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-05-27
my son had the same condition 3 years ago. i took him to a dermatologist and he was treated with a serum (an extract of a plant of some kind) that was dotted on each molluscum... even the very tiny ones that you could only see with magnifying glass. within 6 hours each molluscum treated became a very painful large and inflammed blister that would eventually break within a day or two. he was literally covered in blisters all over his chest and under his arms. the blisters were very painful and my son was quite uncomfortable for about 4 or 5 days. we had to have this procedure done 3 times before it cleared up completely. the doctor told me that this condition is very contagious. i would have treated him with homeopathy if i had known about it at the time...my daughter had a recent out break of timy little warts on the bottom of her foot. i gave her 30C of thuja for 3 days and treated her with thuja ointment twice a day for about 5 days. that was almost three weeks ago and the warts are completely gone. i do not know if molluscum can be treated the same way...but i hope this information helps. melissa
Re: molluscum, warts	From annw [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-05-28
Thanks for your input! Do you recall the name of the ointment used? We have a second appt now for cutting them next week..in which they will probably return, due to the microscopic ones.
Re: molluscum, warts	From flowertea [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-05-28
i do not recall the name of the serum...i remember the doctor telling me that it was a very potent plant extract that causes blisters to the skin...which he said was the only way to completely get rid of the molluscum...only a very tiny drop was applied to each molluscum. i was told that burning freezing or cutting them out would not get rid of them because they are viral and will only return unless you bring the virus to suface by causing the blisters. are you seeing a dermotologist? i hope this helps...
Re: molluscum, warts	From annw [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-05-28
Thanks fowertea: I think the cream might be called aldara which is prescribed and acutally derived from a leaf. FDA approved.. We have an appt for next week and they are recommending cutting, but it makes more sense to approach it with the cream..Hopefully we will get the ok from the clinic, haven't been to the dermatolgist yet, the clinic hasn't made a referral. Will let you know the outcome. Thanks so much for the direction.
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Re: molluscum, warts	From akbarkp [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-05-28
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Re: molluscum, warts	From nicolamunden [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-08-23
My 10 year old daughter had one molluscum on her upper eyelid from the beginning of this year. Any soap, creams applied near the eye and swimming would result in a very red, puffy sore eye. After visiting the g.p twice and local eye clinic I took her to see a homeopath. She was given thuja to take twice a day for 3 weeks. We have just come back from our holidays where she spent most of the time in the swimming pool. Her eye is perfect now.
Re: molluscum, warts	From 3rdof5 [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-08-26
I had them over ten years ago and just kept having them burned off with tricloracetic acid. Eventually they stopped reoccurring. There was some scarring, but that cleared as well.
Re: molluscum, warts	From gabituca [Log on to view profile]	on 2004-08-26
look what I found: http://www.spiritindia.com/health-care_health-news_health-article_152.html this article is about homeopathy and the treatment of warts and molluscum contagiosus.
Re: molluscum, warts	From legendoffrostx [Log on to view profile]	on 2008-12-14
Hello everyone, I have been avoiding writing on this site for a while now... partly out of fear that the molescum would come back, as if jinxing myself... But it has been over a month and a half since I have had a new outbreak, and I would like to share my story... Maybe in some way it will help someone out there who is going through this ordeal. First, I went against everything my doctor said... I am not a doctor, so please seek a medical professional with questions before you try anything that I mention. I noticed about two years ago while I was using the restroom that I had several red bumps on the inner part of my right inside thigh... This sort of gave me alarm, but I thought it was some type of rash. The oddest thing about molescum is they appear from nowhere... I mean like one minute my skin was completely normal... Next I had about 9 bumps with little dimples in them... A matter of hours is all it takes... I went to the doctor a little later, and he was a moron... You know that doctor in the Simpson’s that says "Helllloooo Everybody"?... Well that’s him. He is no longer my doctor... I showed him the Molescum during my check up... He said it was a rash, and it was unfortunate... he then told me to go to a urologist just in case... So about 2 months later I saw the Urologist... I figured these bumps would go away (because I read that online), but they didn't... by this point it had spread to my other thigh, my genital area and even up near my belly button. The urologist looked at it... had no idea what is was, and said I need to see a dermatologist. He didn’t spend more than five minutes with me… Is it me, or does it seem like all doctors do this anymore? Like they can’t stand being around patients and actually seem irritable if you ask more questions than they want to answer… He referred me to the rudest office I had ever spoken to... So I never went to that appointment, but I did begin searching online for "Skin bumps"... and I saw it... Molescum Contagiosum. I knew immediately I had it. They had developed by this time where I could definitely identify them. Some were even the size of peas. I went to the dermatologist a little later. It was bad by this point...I had it now on my thighs, my stomach, my penis, and my genital region... everywhere... I had been racking my brains on what slutty girl had I slept with who would be skuzzy enough to carry this God awful condition... I had read online that it was sexually transmitted, and when I got to the dermatologist office their brochures said it was sexually transmitted... and its widely stereotyped to by sexually transmitted… Imagine how it feels to be the mother who gets the police called on her because doctors are morons… That really happened because it appeared a woman’s infant daughters thigh… I am a little against doctors while being treated for molescum, if you can’t tell. If my heart stops, yeah… they have figured that out, send me to a doctor… they don’t know molescum yet, it is still being studied. We are on our own for the most part. Now this experience is terrible, gross, and sometimes funny, and in the interest of full disclosure I’m going to share it with you… I am a young guy, 22 years old... I was at the dermatologist office, I was in a room with a fairly attractive 35 year old doctor, and her very cute assistant who was my age... I was in the military, and I did intelligence, so I guess you could say I have an ego the size of the titanic... Nothing knocks you down to size faster than to have to drop your pants to two pretty women (Doctors or not) and show them this terrible, unsightly, sexually transmitted condition that you have, while they stare at you like you just ran over their family puppy... No smiles from them, no joking around... I was treated like a dead alien... and it was humiliating. The dermatologist decided to freeze them off... which worked for about 3 days till they came right back... They also gave me Aldara cream... which does work, sort of... it gets rid of the molescum you have, but they still sort of keep coming... and being about $700 ($40 with my insurance) it is way too costly to not work... So I really began to do research now... I am getting desperate... This has to stop, even if I have to do it myself... I read through a plethora of websites and one stuck out to me... I tried to find it for you guys, but I couldn't... its gone now I guess... But this guy said he had the same thing as me happen, nothing works... So he began using "Tea Tree Oil" both the liquid and the soap... He also began taking vitamins; so that he could help his body build an immunity to the virus... He said that worked for him... I tried everything he did... and stuff others did… I tried duct tape, I tried liquid bandages, I tried Aldara Cream, and I tried peroxide.... I tried everything I read... Duct tape didn’t work for me… I read on some post from here that it did for others… that’s good… for me all it did was hurt when I pulled it off… Thank you for reading my story so far, I know it's been a long read without a lot of actual information... I hope if you’re humiliated, your sex life is completely out of whack, and your exasperated... maybe you found some solace in what I written... I hope so, because you’re not alone... Oh, and molescum is not always sexually transmitted... I have since met people who have gotten it who are virgins or not active... Children get this as well... but I am sure if you’re reading my article, you have read a lot as well already, and know this... I did not get mine from sleeping with a skuzzy girl; I am almost sure I got mine from re-using the same towels a few days in a row... I am no longer doing that. Warning: This gets graphic... I reached the point where the molescum was getting close to my face... I had enough, I reached my breaking point, my last resort... I am having my own little surgery... Inside a molsecum bump there is a seed... These seeds are what cause it to keep coming back... Everyone... If you get rid of all the seeds at once, the game is over for molsecum and you win your life back.... Get it? Don't just do this because I did, this is very dangerous... Think long and hard about whether the risk is worth it… I got a pair of needle nosed tweezers, pulled out the liquid bandage I had been using, and some alcohol for sterilization... And I pulled of the "cap" off all of the bumps, and reached in before the blood covered it... and pulled out every single seed... Each bump has one little white seed; in the end I had over 50. I would dab the blood down, rub some alcohol on it and cover it with liquid bandage, and move on... It took about two hours, and my skin healed perfectly... no unsightly red blotches (Aldara cream leaves that) and no scars... The molescum was gone... or so I thought. A few more popped out... and I was almost devastated... I did the same thing... I removed the seeds. And I looked very closely at my genital area... there were two molescum bumps I hadn't seen... I got rid of those... and it hasn't returned it almost two months... After I began self treating myself, they were gone within 8 weeks. Make sure you get rid of EVERY SINGLE ONE. So here is my general advice on what I believe has worked for me... All in all I spent almost $2,000 trying to get rid of it, and about $25.00 actually doing it myself... I don't want to tell anyone to remove these bumps on their own... there is a great chance of infection, of spreading, and more heartache... But if you do what I did, do it safely... Sterilize the tweezers and the incision when you’re done removing the seed... and immediately cover it liquid bandage... When done with the whole procedure... shower. That’s also why I said liquid bandage, because it keeps the wound covered, but washes off the rest of your body just in case it may have spread... In the shower never use the wash towel to wash the infected area, then your face... this should be common sense, but... well the world is full and we are free. :-) Here is my seven steps- 1. Use Tea Tree soap... Any good vitamin store should carry this... This dries out the skin, which keeps molescum from thriving... 2. Anytime your fingers or hands have contact with an area infected, wash them immediately... even in the shower... this keeps it from spreading. DON'T SCRATCH! 3. Take a super vitamin to help your system fight off the infection. There is one brand that even specializes in your immune system... 4. Never wear the same clothes more than once... and wash them immediately... or be a pig I guess, if it's one thing I learned from this, it's to take care of myself better. 5. Don't listen to any one person... everyone's body is different and reacts different... do your research and start experimenting. 6. Don't listen to doctors about treatment, they have no F#cking idea about this horrible train wreck of an infection... and every doctor will tell you something different; they will twist you, and turn you, and embarrass you, and charge you... Every doctor I saw said it was sexually transmitted, ect ect...and got nothing done... Not one doctor had ever even heard of it...until the dermatologist sent it to the lab… But consult them with any questions you have. I promise though, you can treat this yourself... My favorite thing is when a doctor says molescum goes away on its own... Maybe it does, who knows? But I promise you this, it will ravage your body first and cover your face with it... maybe then it will go away... I haven't once heard of it going away on its own however... Every person I have spoken to that had a doctor told them this... listened... and they had it in their eyes, around their mouth, and in their ears... by that time it’s game over for you... then you have to have surgery... 7. Hope- I know this is cheesy, but don't lose hope... I could have broken down a few times during the course of this... I came close... It’s an uphill battle that takes a while, but there is a light at the end of all of it all... Important- While you do have molescum, don't have sex... spare the world... I don't believe molescum was sexually transmitted to me, but it can be transmitted. Girls, be considerate... guys, even if a girl is on your lap and in the mood... spare her... this is a million times worse for women than it is for us. If you’re dating someone, it doesn't mean the other person has cheated on you. It’s a big stereotype... but who knows? Watch them more closely... :-) Don't have sex for a while unless you’re sure the infection is covered well enough to prevent spreading. I look at it as a learning experience... I have begun taking care of my body... I was never a pig, but I was messy... and when it came to my body, I took care of it, but I always thought it a little metro to exfoliate, use lotions, and special soaps... It's important, even for guys... I never washed my clothes every day, or every week... and would wear them a few times before I did... big mistake, and that’s probably how I got it. Use some of what I said or none of it... I could have just written the seven steps to get rid of it, but I wanted to share my story with you as well... I hope I help at least one person... feel free to E mail me at legendoffrostx at aol dot com if you have questions... Again, you aren’t alone. Sincerely, Dave
Re: molluscum, warts	From beentheredonethat [Log on to view profile]	on 2009-06-16
I found as Dave did that his treatment was the best way to rid yourself of these nasty little bumps. Unfortunately I found this out on my own and went through similar steps as he had done before doing it on my own. Wish I had read Dave's entry before I even went through any of the other stuff. I found these bumps/wart looking things on my thigh. I simply decided to investigate these bumps myself. I couldn't pop it like a pimple yet I could tell something was inside the unidentified bumps on my thigh. I scratched at it and found that whatever was in the center would break free from the skin in a cirle around the eye of this pimple like wart. As we tend to pick at imperfections on our bodies I continued to try to squeeze this unsightly pimple/wart yet couldn't get whatever it was to come out. Being a woman with fingernails I got angry and just pinched it with my nails and pulled it out. You ladies have all done it so don't get all squimish on me. It was no more uncomfortible than popping a pimple and I removed this white nodule that I could tell had a good stronghold inside my "pimple" until I yanked it from it's home because it was pink from blood where it had been attached and it left a small hole in my thigh which was bleeding a lot. I medicated the hole and placed a bandaid over it. When it began to spread toward my genital area I got concerned and went to see my OBGYN. I explained to her all how I can get an eye out of this little monster pimple and it bleeds a lot and need to know what it is. She insisted I do all the blood work for STD's and try a prescrition and she sent scrapings off. When it didn't clear up and the test results were all negative she biopsied one, much to my dismay. I explained she didn't need to do this as I could remove the eye of one for her and put it right in her little cup but she insisted she get the skin around it also. That was a lot of fun. The result was that it was not cancerous. Well thank you very much, I didn't even know that was a concern. It was some type of Polyp and just happens sometimes but no real treatment information to help me. I decided I would remove them all myself as I had removed soem in the beginning. After a couple days a few more would pop up. I figured they were too small for me to see at the time of my last battle so I just kept at it until I guess I removed them all and no more have presented themselves. It is always wise to make sure you know what you have by seeing a doctor but I wouldn't worry about expensive treatments. They are like annoying weird pimple/warts and you can fight the battle alone with tweezers and antibiotic cream and liquid or regular bandaids. Good Luck!
Molluscum product review	From molluscumsucks [Log on to view profile]	on 2009-06-17
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Re: molluscum, warts	From ewz10 [Log on to view profile]	on 2010-12-23
Here is a short list of methods I used to get rid of/redumolluscumce (specifically of the genital region): Reduction: 1.) Go to the doctor. This is a must. 2.) Freezing. Go once every two weeks. If your doctor says you are fine and do not need to come back, keep a close eye on the region - chances are you may actually need another one or two sessions and if you ignore the feeling to go back, the lesions will come back and spread again. 3.) 10% BENZOYL PEROXIDE. It will dry the lesion and help reduce its size. In a small randomized controlled trial twice daily application of 10% benzoyl peroxide cream for 4 weeks was found to be more effective than tretinoin 0.05% cream; after 6 weeks 92% of the benzoyl peroxide group were lesion-free, compared with 45% of the tretinoin group (p = 0.02) Prevention of Spread: 1.) Buy Paper Towels - use these on the areas after a shower and throw them away. Do NOT use cloth towels. They will spread the virus. 2.) Do NOT have sex. You threaten yourself and your partner. Additionally, If you are seeing someone on a regular basis and have had sex, you should tell them. 3.) Keep the area dry - change underwear often. 4.) Boost your immune system. This virus affects those with weak immune systems more. So try: a.) Working out (Cardio, especially). b.) Eat healthy (a lot of vegetables, Orange Juice, supplements for the body/skin). c.) Sleep well. 5.) You can try tea tree oil and thuja cream, but there is no evidence for either. I hope this helps. I know some of this is not homeopathic, but if this problem seriously bothers you, the above suggestions worked for me in a reduced amount of time.
Re: molluscum, warts	From nm-kks [Log on to view profile]	on 2011-02-10
After my 8 yr old son "broke-out in a strange bumpy rash," we visited our dermatologist who introduced us molluscum warts - benign skin papules caused by a viral infection of the skin. In children, molluscum warts or bumps (because no child wants to admit they have anything close to a wart) are easily transmitted in a number of ways (sharing towels at camp, for one), while in adults it is mostly an STD. He said that the bumps would spread until the immune system "kicked-in" and went after the virus which might take months. The recommendation was to 1) freeze/burn off each bump, but there were so many and after just two blasts with the freeze ray, my son opted for the other solution, 2) coat all papules with a thick gel which would cause them to blister, open and dry out. We did this twice, but the virus kept spreading. After several months, I gave my son thuja 30c, once a day for about 2 weeks and every bump shrunk to nothing; no painful blisters and no scarring, except for the few places where the dermatologist tried to "freeze off" the papules.

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