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My toddler has blisters from Molluscum Contagiosum and has had them for almost 18 months. I thought they would be gone by now, since it is viral, but instead of disappearing he seems to be developing more lesions, all on his abdomen/bottom/genital area. Our pediatrician is reluctant to treat them and keeps saying they will go away on their own.
Anyone else have experience with these? I am afraid they will just keep spreading to other parts of his body. On a good note, they don't seem contagious to his brother, though they bathe together. I kept them apart right after the immediate diagnosis, but that's it. And they don't share towels. Any advice/experience would be appreciated! |
Anonymous
| Try a dermatologist otherwise they may spread, especially if a blister pops. |
Anonymous
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My DS (6 yrs old) has them too....We are waiting them to disappear right now. My pediatrician was reluctant to treat them as well. She said that the treat would leave scarring and they would prefer not to do it unless it is a problem.
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Anonymous
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My youngest had them for what seemed like forever! Our pediatrician was reluctant to treat them as well. She advised a wait and see approach.
They did finally go away. But I think he had them for pretty close to two years. |
Anonymous
How long has he had them? Do they seem to stay the same/less/more in number and size over time? |
Anonymous
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I think that he has them in two different spots. One time on the top tip of his ear and I think that they went away in about 6 to 9 months. We never had that one spot diagnosed because it was only one spot and I chalked it up to something else - dry skin, which he also gets. The barber mentioned it to me one time though.
The second group of spots have been around now since Christmas time, so about 4 months. I did get these diagnosed. They are about two extra spots on his left nipple area. It almost looks like extra nipples and it freaked me out. They are driving me crazy though! |
Anonymous
| Soory poster 13:19 is person with the DS6. Also they have got a little bigger since they initially appeared and now they seem to be remaining the same size. No additional spots have appeared yet. |
Anonymous
| My son had them too - they suck! We did treat them at first to try and keep them from spreading - not sure it worked well, and it hurt him. We went through two rounds of applying acid and then stopped because it was hard on our child. Since then we have treated them with wart remover bandaids (suggested by the doctor), which seems to help. It has kept them from spreading more than otherwise, and it seems to make them go away too. He had them first on his arm, then they were on his torso, and then they moved to his legs. Overall, it took us about 9 months to get rid of them all, but I think they are pretty well gone now. We still check him after baths though. Glad they are gone because our son was very self-concious of them and we want them gone before pool season. Also, his sibling never got them which is a relief. |
Anonymous
Not to scare you but my son had them May 2010, my other son is just some growing a few... and it's April 2011. |
Anonymous
| OP here again. Ugh. I am starting to think they may be permanent in our family. I guess if they are, oh well. They don't itch or hurt and (knock wood) they are not really visible anywhere to freak anyone out when his clothing is on. He is starting a new preschool in the fall, maybe I'll need to come in armed with a letter from the pediatrician saying that he is not a risk to other children. |
Anonymous
They are contagious and need to be covered with a bandaid while he's at school. |
Anonymous
| Zymaderm worked really well for us. Cleared it up withing a few weeks. |
Anonymous
| We used Zymaderm and the individual warts seemed to go away within a few weeks. He would get new ones, but we just kept applying the Zymaderm (every night) and those would go away, too. Finally, after about six months, his immune system really seemed to kick in, and the remaining warts turned red and went away all at once. Toward the end, we did put little band aids over the ones that seemed ready to "pop" and that did seemed to help keep them from spreading. |
Anonymous
| Did you apply Zymaderm once a day or twice? I just ordered it, but wonder if I should check with my pediatrician first.... |
Anonymous
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My 2 toddlers had them and they were spreading so the ped did treat the spots on my 3yr old. The treatments was painful and did not work well. After MUCH searching online I found a solution that I thought might work and checked with our ped. She agreed it sounded like it might work, and "couldn't be anyworse than what he has".
The good news is it took about 3 months to rid both boys of 50+ spots and cost about $10 total. The bad news is it was a bit painful and tedious. Here is what we did: First off, no more bathtub, only showers the towels were washed in hot water after every shower these steps prevented further spreading after every shower we would check the boys spots (torso, legs, upper arms) we were looking for the spots that looked more swollen and a bit whiter than the others (or red around the edges) these spots were "ready" we would "pop" the spot like a pimple. The key to this is that there is a white, hard ball in each spot and you have to get it out. The spots that were ready this was easy to do. As soon as the ball is out clean the area with rubbing alchohol and put a little round band aid over the spot. You don"t want any of the clear liquid to spread. We would treat 3-5 spots each time and focus in on the spots that looked the worst. This was definately a two mperson job since one person had to hold down while the other one worked. All of the spots are now gone and there are no scars either. Out ped was amazed and had now begun recommending this treatment to others. Kids will grow out of them but not until they are 9+ years old. Good luck! |