Anyone's child have molluscum contagiosum?

amother

Powderblue

Sun, Jul 03 2022, 4:48 pm

a cup of fresh lemon juice daily helped for one kid
for the other kid who had it in only one small spot - cotton ball dipped into apple cider vinegar taped on overnight

amother

Papayawhip

Sun, Jul 03 2022, 4:59 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

We've been to the doctor already. I was just wondering if anyone was told about any actual treatments besides for freezing them off.

dr said to put tea tree oil on them, BHworked

amother

Raspberry

Sun, Jul 03 2022, 9:39 pm

All my kids had it. My pediatrician said -
1 - each bump is only there for about a week. What causes more bumps is when it spreads, generally because it's itched
2 - all kids who get molluscum outgrow it by the time they're 7, maximum
3 - if it doesn't itch, leave it alone and it'll go away on its own
4 - he claims alternative medicine doesn't heal it; it may prevent itchiness which then prevents it from spreading. Sometimes the use of alternative healing coincides with the natural end of the virus in the body, which convinces people that whatever it was that they were using was the cure. He did not recommend that I spend time or money on natural remedies.
5 - it spreads very quickly in still water, so don't bathe them in the same water, unless you bathe the kid with molluscum last. Use sprinklers instead of a pool if possible in the summer, unless you're using a chlorinated pool

Practically, I tried tea tree oil, but my kids skin was sensitive to it, so I left it alone, and they disappeared within a couple of months.