There are lots of skin diseases one may encounter and there are different precautions taken for each of them respectively. Molluscum contagiosum is known to be one of the common skin diseases usually encountered in children under the age of 10. Before we go on to learn the causes and reasons of the ailment, let us first have a brief description about the nature of the disease. Molluscum is a highly transmittable and contagious skin infirmity caused by a poxvirus. Unless you are completely aware of the factors that are responsible for this disorder you can never go on to take accurate steps for preventing this sickness. Some of the basic factors that one has to learn to implement the required steps are like:
1- Lesions: Occurrence of lesions is the first symptom that symbolizes Molluscum. There is no such restriction that the lesion will occur in a particular part of the body. It is so because it is a skin disease and it can occur on most body areas like the legs, arms etc., but not the palms or soles of the feet. The degree of the disease is determined by the number of lesions.
2-Age: It is mostly common in children under 10, sexually active young adults, and people having weak immune system (usually termed as immunosuppressed). The treatment varies as per the age of the person.
3-Nature of the disease: This contagiosum skin condition is highly infectious. The blisters can be of any shape and children are highly reactive to this ailment. It is passed from one person to another simply through touch.
4- Treatment: There are different types of treatment followed by the physician and as said above that the treatment type depends on the nature and the degree of the condition.There are two therapies of treatment; one is the natural method that makes us of the healing oils and the other one is by making use of the recommended drugs. There are no effective painless medical treatments. Retin-A or Aldara are sometimes tried but there is little scientific validation of effectiveness. Most physician medicated treatments of molluscum involve destruction of the lesions and involve some level of pain. Recent studies show benefit from a combination of tea tree oil and iodine in relieving molluscum in children.
The author of this article, Briant Burke, a distinguished medical doctor and research scientist has personally dealt with Molluscum Contagiosum and has developed ZymaDerm™. Please visit naturopathix.com for more information.
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