Molluscum Contagiosum

in my experience they aren't painful but do itch quiet a bit.

right now i am using apple cider vinegar, applying it to a cotton ball and using a bandage to keep it over the infected area while i sleep at night.

i can tell you that the apple cider vinegar burns a little after being applied but for me it has helped calm down the itching as long as i wash the mc before i apply the acv and after i wake up

i am still waiting for results but this seems the way to go

best of luck

Hi,

Molluscum itself doesn't normally itch, but is does over time tend to attract excema around the site, even if your child doesn't normally suffer from excema. This DOES itch, and in turn spreads the molluscum. See your GP, establish whether there is excema around the site and ask for Diprobase emollient cream and 0.1% hydrocortisone cream. The Diprobase should be applied several times a day to keep the skin well lubricated and the hydrocortsine applied when the skin is imflammed. Obtain colloidal silver and give this orally (1/2tsp three times a day), plus spray the lesions between cream applications. Continue for as long as it takes!

Hello my 2 year old has a few bumps on his elbow. They are skin coloured. They don't look red or inflamed or pussy. Are there different looks to this virus? Just trying to see if its something else

Hi my two and a half year old has been diagnosed with mc . It started off with one spot near collar bone and has spread in that area and is now moving onto her cheek and under chin. I am distraught and not comforted that "there is nothing we can do" and it can take years to disappear. My husband has a low immune system and also caught a few. He applied apple cider vinegar and plasters and some went. Be interested to hear about any success stories. I have heard wheat grass cream may be effective so going to research into this. Good luck everyone.

Hi,

I was infected with Molluscum Contagiosum. At first it was just one appeared in april and I didnt think anything of it. Then this summer they spread and I became concerned. Once it was confirmed that the infection was Molluscum Contagiosum I researched at home treatments. Every website recommended tea tree oil or apple cider vinegar. I tried everything and even invested in some tea tree oil body wash. All this did was stop the virus from spreading more but nothing disappeared. Many are fimiliar with Sudocrem, an antiseptic healing cream for surface cuts and rashes. I had this on hand and figured it couldnt hurt to try it. That was one week ago. Now I only have about 3 spots left which are rapidly disappearing as well. I strongly recommend anyone with the virus to use Sudocrem. Just apply a good amount to the infected area. Good luck!

My daughter had this when she was 4 for about a year before I found out how to get rid of them, I was told they would go away on their own but they don't tell you it can take 4 years for that to happen, they were mainly on her neck, took her to doc he prescribed wart ointment which I put on them, they eventually would go away but didn't stop more coming as was advised to only do a few at a time so as they were disappearing there were new ones appearing and the ointment turned them scabby and horrible etc so she was really paranoid and upset about them, it would also leave a small scar where they had been, she got one on her eyelid so took her back to the doc as couldn't put this ointment on her eye, seen a different doc, she pricked it with a hypodermic needle, within a day or two it had gone, I bought hypodermic needles and pricked the rest of them two or three at a time and within 2 weeks they had all gone and have not returned, no scarring, apparently if you damage the centre of them it kills them, so there you go, pretty easy solution considering the length of time she had to suffer these things and pain it caused her to have them. I hope this helps (you can buy hypodermic needles on ebay for a couple of pounds for a pack of them)

Many thanks Roseanne for your helpful post. I am currently using Sudocrem on my daughter religiously and it seems to be helping but she continues to get more and more of the molluscums. They are spreading up her neck onto her jawline now so I think I might try the hypodermic needles. Did you have to squeeze out the infection or just kill the centre using the needle? I have a feeling that unless I do something this horrible infection is here to stay. My daughter has had hers nearly a year now (started with one for over 6 months) and she has at least 20 spots.

Hi Katy I just gave them a quick prick with a needle and didn't squeeze out the middle, it bled a little so have a tissue or wipe on hand, I didn't even let her see the needle (or tried) I just lay her on my knee on the couch and my husband tried to distract her as much as possible, it was a much easier procedure than what she had been going through trying to use the ointment then squeeze them, it was horrible for her and me. I hope you get rid of these for your daughter xx

One word......Cimetidine! Also known as Tagamet,an oral over the counte stomach medicine. It apparently works as a histamine blocker & by boosting the bodies immune response to the m.c. My twins both had molluscum, my daughter had a mild case but my sons rapidly spread into a horrid mess! Started liquid cimetidine orally & within 6 weeks they were gone! It was seriously unbelievable. Hope this helps others (you can ask your Dr. for liquid form for children. It's been a life saver. Good luck!

Thank you for your post we are currently following the hyperdermic needle approach (whilst asleep) and Chinese herbal medicine immune boosting teas and cleansing herbs. Will report back soon. My daughter had a severe case of chicken pox and thereafter got bad case of mc. She has well over thirty spots hoping to reduce these ASAP with above combination treatment.