Molluscum virus in children

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Page Content. Symptoms Molluscum contagiosum causes a small number, usually between 2 and 20, of raised, dome-shaped bumps or nodules on the skin. When to call the doctor If you notice bumps or nodules on your child that fit this description, call your child's doctor. Diagnosis Your child's doctor can make the diagnosis by visual examination of the bumps. Treatment Most often, molluscum nodules go away on their own without treatment.

Prognosis A molluscum contagiosum infection tends to go away over a period of several months to years. Prevention Keep your youngster from having skin-to-skin contact with another child or adult with molluscum contagiosum lesions. The information contained on this Web site should not be used as a substitute for the medical care and advice of your pediatrician. They get red and crusty. This reaction happens most often in kids with eczema and a topical treatment to soothe it may be needed.

Your child is self-conscious. Molluscum is most common in younger kids preschool to early elementary , but older kids or teens can also get it and may worry about the perceived social stigma.

There are topical treatments and destructive treatments like freezing or scraping them off, which may or may not increase the risk of scarring. However, none of these treatments though studied are FDA-approved for molluscum. And none are wonderfully effective. A: It does leave little pock-like scars in kids. Yet a lot of folks have them and they never see a dermatologist. They never bring it to the attention of their doctor because they just go away.

And in everyone, they do go away. A: Typically, this is a virus we see in children. Learn more about vaccine availability. Advertising Policy. You have successfully subscribed to our newsletter.