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Topic: molluscum contagiosum
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Subject: molluscum contagiosum
Date Posted: 03 November 2006 at 10:02pm
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I went to the doctor today as i thought kalem had warts but he said they weren't they where molluscum contagiosum and would go away after a while has any one elses kids had these? and how long did they have them? kalem has some on his neck and under is arm and hand poor thing they are horrbile and the doctor said it could take up to a year to pass. http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 03 November 2006 at 11:09pm
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oh yay (well, not in that sort of way!!) but finally someone else I can talk to about them! Ella has them, and has had them for about 8 months.. they are usually spread by sharing a bath with someone (although I don't know who she would have caught them from) and so we've had them too.. ours have gone now though. Don't be surprised if Madison gets them too..
They are not very nice to look at and Ella mainly has them on her neck, I've been asked if she's got chicken pox, warts, sores etc.. people look at me strangely when I explain.. but compared to other diseases I'd rather she had these as they are completely harmless and they disappear when their immune systems kick them out. Ella's have bled a bit from being knocked around though, so watch out when they get bigger.. I thought hers were almost gone but now I can see tiny ones coming up around her neck  oh well, as I said, there are much worse things out there than these  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 04 November 2006 at 8:53am
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oh I wonder if they are like what Alan had I thought he had skin tag's they went a little pussy if they got knocked. Doc said they are very common. Took Alan's about 6-9 month's to go away. Not sure if the yare the same, but if they are we just put antibiotic cream on the one's that got a little infected. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 November 2006 at 8:20pm
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What do they look like? Briona has a clear wart-like bump on her wrist which she's had for 8mos, it doesn't seem to be spreading or hurting or going red or anything. Hannah had something similar behind her ear at the same age, was around for ages and finally disappeared probably after 9-12mos. Does this sound like the same thing as you are talking about? -------------  |
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 04 November 2006 at 9:46pm
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wooooohoooooooo i thought my child was the only one who has them i have to fly as maddy is not well and i need to feed her but will try and get on tomorrow to reply http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 19 November 2006 at 7:44pm
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*bump* just wondering if someone can please explain what these are. As I said before, Briona had one on her wrist. In the last couple of weeks she has got a lot of little clear dots on her face, especially top lip, and I don't know what they are. Also we have been to the Doc twice in the last fortnight and I keep forgetting to ask him what they are, should I arrange another appointment? (I feel like I'd be wasting his time going so regular, and they're not causing her any grief, but they are multiplying) ------------- |
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 10:08am
What is molluscum contagiosum?Molluscum contagiosum is a viral skin infection. It mostly affects infants and young children but it may also affect adults. It appears as small, firm, flesh-coloured bumps with white waxy centres. These can appear anywhere on the body but are common on the genital area, thighs or lower abdomen, and warm moist places such as the armpit. What are the symptoms?Molluscum contagiosum is usually painless but it can sometimes be itchy, especially if the bumps get infected. Without treatment, they can persist for six months to two years. Most clear up within one year. People with infections that cause immune suppression may have problems with molluscum contagiosum being widespread and less responsive to treatment. Lesions may also last longer in children who also have atopic eczema. How is molluscum contagiosum transmitted?Molluscum contagiosum is spread by close skin-to-skin contact. Transmission may be more likely in wet conditions, eg. when children bathe or swim together. It may also be possible for it to be transmitted via clothing or towels, and it can be spread from one part of the body to another by scratching. How is it treated?Treatment is for cosmetic reasons. Molluscum can be removed by using a sharp toothpick to remove the centre core or by freezing or burning the lesions. Let me no if there is anything else you want to no http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 2:34pm
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Ella is getting more! Just in time for summer I wish they would disappear, they keep getting knocked and then bleed ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 2:38pm
| kalems are doing that the doctor gave some cream for when that happens do you have some meow? |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 3:29pm
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no, what is it called? The doctor said there isn't much you can do with little ones. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 8:01pm
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it's called Bactroban ointment its for when they go all red and itchy kalem has them on his neck and they are always geting knocked etc http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 8:24pm
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It's on prescription then? I might give my doctor a call and see if we can get some.. Ella is itching them like crazy, they look really sore atm. Thanks! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 20 November 2006 at 8:49pm
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yes it is on prescription kalems seem to be geting really itchy when its hot. let me no how you get on re the doctor http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 November 2006 at 7:39pm
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Saw the Doctor this week and mentioned Briona's "spots" and yep they are the same thing. She has had one on her wrist for months but the ones on her face/neck are pretty recent. Doc says they usually take 9 months to disappear and they can treat the face ones if they seem to be getting in the way or whatever. I have no idea how she's got them, but the fresh outbreak came when she was already sick so I guess the immune system has been trying to beat it all this time.
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 30 November 2006 at 8:12pm
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Poor Briona! I have absolutely no idea how Ella got them either but apparently it's quite common..it builds an immunity to them and other wort-like things too so that is good.
Well I haven't got around to getting the cream but Ella's aren't bothering her all that much.. she does have alot of new ones though and I'm wondering when they are going to disappear for good It has probably been about 9 months or even more since I first noticed Ella had them..------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 January 2007 at 4:13pm
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Briona has heaps of these now, how's everyone's else's going? Bria has them all over her face, neck and some on her shoulder. Family members are only just starting to ask about them, they seem to really only be noticed when someone volunteers to wipe her face after eating.
Had one today where the wax part started seeping through the skin surface. I squeezed it ou  Not sure if that was the right thing to do?------------- |
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 27 January 2007 at 9:27pm
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not sure about squeezing them i just put ontiment on kalems is are slowy going away now all of them from his neck and hands are gone just one on his underarm now http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 27 January 2007 at 10:45pm
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Ellas have GONE! YAY! has been almost a year now, phew.. I am so happy, I felt so bad for her when they were red and itchy..
I think you should probably leave them, squeezing might leave a scar. I haven't noticed any scars on Ella from them ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 February 2007 at 8:13am
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That's great meow!!
I haven't touched any more of Briona's, I think you might be right on the scarring idea. But they are crusting a bit and one is looking particularly puss-y today, like a pimple. I think a lot of the others by her eye are starting to "leak" crusty stuff but she doesn't stay still for long so I haven't had a good look lol. Does it all sound normal to you guys? Maybe we should sticky this thread for my countless questions  ------------- |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 06 February 2007 at 10:24pm
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Yep, sounds normal. Ella's leaked, bleed etc. I think I just got a cotton bud with warm water and gently wiped when they were like that.
Hey the good thing is that once they get these, they are immune to them. Helps you when you can't imagine that they'll ever go away.. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 February 2007 at 10:36pm
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Briona's big one popped today while she was sleeping so I used a cotton bud to put some dettol cream on it this afternoon. (Now that its broken I don't wanna have it infected.) It is on the bottom eyelid if that makes sense, just above the crease - hence the cotton bud. She has most of hers there ------------- |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 6:48pm
We've returned from Kawau and my daughter has got it now too; we think it's from her swimming lessons. She was in alot of pain over the weekend and quite feverish, apparently it can incubate for long periods of time. She's got Batroban and Pamol as the fever hasn't settled yet...and to top it all off she's got a snotty nose and she looks like abosolute cr*p  So it's obviously more common than I thought.
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 07 February 2007 at 8:19pm
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I'm not sure if a fever is related?? ------------- |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 3:51pm
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she had a fever which was related to her snot nose that is really badly infected now... it just get's worse the spots have spread onto her ears and arms (no it's not chickenpox) and she's been put onto antibiotics as the ones on her face have become infected...
Preschool called me today and asked me to pick her up as a couple of parents complained they got it into their thick heads that she had school sores. Husband went and picked her up and had a go at them for not sticking up for her, as he'd given them an info sheet and they didn't bother to show those particular parents... 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 February 2007 at 4:22pm
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grrrr.... yea Briona has them on her wrist, face, neck, shoulders ------------- |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 28 February 2007 at 7:25pm
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They keep on coming!! They almost line the bottoms of her eyes and I just noticed two more coming up on her lips!! She has a couple coming from the chest/shoulders to her upper arm and under her chin is covered.... her tummy is particularly dry at the moment (excema early stage), I wonder if that is related to the current outbreak?
The ones under one eye keep pussing up and popping (like pimples) and Doc said there's nothing we can do except Dettol cream (which I've ben doing when they pop, after all you guys have talked about infected ones) or - get this - liquid nitrogen  
<Sigh> feels like I'll be explaining these things away forever ------------- |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 28 February 2007 at 7:51pm
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Several doctors I saw about them said no way for burning them off, not little kids.. imagine trying to get her to sit still while they did it!
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 01 March 2007 at 4:27pm
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Has your doctor given her anti-biotics...as soon as my daughter was given ab's they went away within two days..she has one left on her arm, but her face is completely cleared. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 01 March 2007 at 5:27pm
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No, I was told there's nothing really we can do about them until the immune system kicks in.... in about 9 months. ------------- |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 04 April 2007 at 9:01pm
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 9:56pm
OH Dear....Paiges seem to be spreading....started with one Big one and a couple of little ones on her tummy now they are spreading with avengence all down her legs and looks like on her arm...
I just ant to fix it now.Been reading some stuff all over the net and they say to put Apple Cider Vinegar on a cotton pad and tape on ..but Paige has tons of them so not quite sure how that would work...ALSO found this website........ Not too sure ..not very good at judging whether these types of websites are real or just Internet version "Ab Roller" adverts!!! www.molluscum-contagiosum.net www.wheatgrass.co.nz Willing to give anything a go - poor wee thing is so embarassed at school and stuff! -------------  
 
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Posted By: Kelpa
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 9:57pm
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Hers are really itchy. -------------
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 06 April 2007 at 10:04pm
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Well I'd take her to the Doc for a cream/treatment recommendation for the itchiness. Have you tried a dettol/savlon cream for starters, to see if that helps soothe them?
And as for school, I bet they are a huge embarrassment but perhaps if you could equip her with some information on them to help answer the questions and comments she gets. They aren't easily spread, for example. I used to be quite embarrassed about Briona's before I knew what they were, because I thought it was a lack of washing or something I was responsible for. ------------- |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 9:02am
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I got them myself a couple of years ago. Got quite a fright as they were along my bikini line. i thought it was ingrown hairs. I was so embarrassed as i read in adults the can be sexually transmitted and I had been away from DF for a few months.....but TOTALLY faithful. Then the doc mentioned you can get them from swimming pools and towels etc and Ihad been backpacking through dodgy youth hostels in Europe. Oh yay!!!! anyway mine went away after a few months...but DF still has the odd one. I think I picked at mine and that may have helped.
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 9:28am
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I think Miss 9 might have these. I thought they were related to her ezcema but perhaps not. I have to take Master 13 to get his ear sorted out - before we fly- so was going to ask about her spots at the same time. Would really like to get rid of them fast for her since she already has ezcema to deal with. Not bothering her. they are on her upper arm,armpit and around her nipple on the same side (only the left side) It been a couple of months since she has had them and at first they did go really red - thought it was her ezcema in a different not been seen before form.
Will keep you posted if the Dr has any other advise for it. ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 07 April 2007 at 1:35pm
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Hi Ann I think they go red when they are knocked or otherwise irritated. They say the kids who get excema are most likely to get these 'scum as well. Briona has the excema thing going on, Doc saw how many she has and said she definitely has the excema gene. So they are kinda related, but different things.
I heard the easiest way to transmit them is via bathing together. Hannah and Briona have been bathing together almost since Bria was born, and Hannah hasn't got them so obviously is ok (but I think she had one when she was really little). But I'm going to be watching that Kryssi and Briona don't bath-share for a long, long time. ------------- |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 5:53pm
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I didn't think they could spread so thats good advise. I am going to drs this week so am going to ask about them. I don't know whether Rhyley is going to have ezcema as hes got tell tale dry skin on his belly and now that hes teething his cheeks are spotty and dribble rash pretty bad (spoil my lil man good looks) doesn't seem to bother him though.
oh if any of you have ezcema kids, do you claim the child disability allowance? I read on another forum that they were claiming for ezcema?? just wondering. ------------- Ann
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 April 2007 at 7:45pm
Never heard of that.... it's not a disability and all Docs visits and meds are free anyway!  ------------- |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 11:26am
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thats what I thought but as for Miss 9 brooke hers are not free you see and we don't have a community service card neither. Will look into it for 'us' and let you know. ------------- Ann
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 09 April 2007 at 9:03pm
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Oh of course.... duh me!
I think Briona's just got 2 more! on her legs this time though. I hate them!! Will have to look at them again, I'm hoping they're just pimples. We're starting to get the "has she got chicken pox" questions.... they don't even look like chicken pox! ------------- |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 12:19pm
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Right took Brooke to dr and its what you say they are... cost me 17.50 to be told. He said its a virus and will go away with in the year (you guys all know this) no mircle cure unfortunatly. At least they are only on her upper arm, armpit and side of upper chest on left side. Doesn't bother her too much. they actually look like they maybe going but probably not. ------------- Ann
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 2:12pm
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Well if you explain them to her (or she probably heard the doc lol) she should feel a lot better about them. Unfortunately other kids/people will presume they are contagious or chicken pox, etc, etc. Watch her over the winter as whenever Briona gets a cold, she gets more of the spots as well (immune system down). ------------- |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 14 April 2007 at 2:47pm
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thanks for that. She not too bothered except when they go red cause they get itchy too. ------------- Ann
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 24 January 2008 at 9:44pm
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*BUMP!*
btw does anyone who originally posted on this thread still have trouble with malloscum? Briona's all cleared away at long last but she has had a couple more come and go since. And it looks like she will always have the scars from where they scabbed near her eyes (when they were clearing up). ------------- |
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 1:12pm
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Maddy still has it but them seem to clear and then she will get them some where else -------------  
 
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Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 3:11pm
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Well Alan ones are long gone, but he has some pretty nasty scar's. Now we are dealing with Mikey having them. They s anoying. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: Roxy
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 8:04pm
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How long did they last with Alans ones? ------------- Caleb 15/11/02 Brooke 14/11/05 |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 8:49pm
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about 12 month's I made the terrible habbit of squeezing the odd one which why I think they got infected and left nasty scar's I have left Mikey's alone and they seem so much better, but spreading so I think we are jsut starting out with Mikey does anyone know if it is a family related thing we had mikey just after Alan's started t ogo and the ynever had a bath together while Alan had them so wondering if this something we might see in all our kid's. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: Roxy
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 10:19pm
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Hey have a look at the wheatgrass product...www.wheatgrass.co.nz and have a look through the testimonials...it is sold through company in Auckland.I ordered the spray.... ------------- Caleb 15/11/02 Brooke 14/11/05 |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 January 2008 at 11:07pm
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Deb it's mostly an excema thing although your boys may have managed to catch it from each other. I'm not certain whether Hannah had one or not but if so, it was only one. Briona had tonnes. Far too many to count, even our doc was surprised at how many. Kryssi has had none and she is past the age the other(s) got theirs.
They all get that infected look at the end whether you squeeze them or not. It's what they look like when the immune system fights them. ------------- |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 26 January 2008 at 9:54am
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Thank's T. My boy's have both had excema so there is the link. for them. I am so over them the ybeen lucky tho never got them on the face. Just all over back and tummy Mikey only has a few tho. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 26 January 2008 at 1:20pm
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Excema is genetic, I have two diff types from my mum and dad (although only exhibit one). Briona is our only one with excema so far, so there's hope for your #3 ------------- |
Posted By: Fred2016221986
Date Posted: 18 April 2017 at 9:02pm
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I know this is an old post however; antibiotics only work on bacteria, Molluscum is a Virus - therefore antibiotics will NOT kill molluscum. All over the www you will see home help remedies for Molluscum which people claim will work - including antibiotics - the truth is the virus was going to disappear without treatment anyway. There is nothing scientifically proven to kill molluscum - please don’t add to the problem of antibiotic resistance by using them for a virus which they won’t have any affect on. |