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Skin Bumps
At some point in time most of us have had to deal with some form of skin bumps or lesions. In many cases as teens and young adults, these could be classed accurately as acne; however when they occur in our younger children such may not be the case. When your kids change clothes for gym class, to go swimming in the public pool or hit the showers in the gym, they can be exposed to a wide variety of viruses including things like planters warts, and one you may not have heard of called molluscum contagiosum.
Molluscum is a highly contagious disease that can be spread through direct contact with an infected person or through objects or surfaces that are contaminated. Adults can also spread the disease through unprotected and protected sexual contact as there are still areas of unprotected skin even with the use of a condom. The skin bumps or lesions can be mistaken for herpes, but unlike the herpes lesions these ones cause no pain.
The skin bumps associated with molluscum virus can appear anywhere on a person's body except for their palms and the soles of their feet. Most frequently these bumps tend to occur on areas such as the armpits, arms, hands, neck and face although they can occur elsewhere. The first signs of the lesions can be a small raised area known as a papule that is painless, eventually it will increase in height and diameter to become a flesh colored nodule.
These skin bumps often occur in lines especially if the person with the disease has been scratching them and spreading the virus. These groupings of the papules or bumps are referred to as crops and can continue to spread if the person does not seek treatment or stop scratching them. In most cases the lesions or bumps will clear up on their own as the virus clears up. These bumps typically have a small indentation in the top and a central core of a white, wax like material.
There are many different methods being used to treat these skin bumps ranging for surgical treatments including scraping, freezing or de-coring. These methods can leave scars that can be embarrassing depending on where the lesions are. In some cases the doctor may use a medication similar to those used in the treatment of warts; the only problem with these is that they can cause blisters and temporary discoloration of the skin around the lesion.
While the skin bumps associated with molluscum contagiosum will eventually go away by themselves, they can be somewhat embarrassing depending on the location and the age of the person who has them. If you want to get rid of these lesions and do not want to deal with surgery or other medical treatments, you need to visit Naturopathix; here you will find a natural anti-viral topical agent that has been proven to be 91% effective in removing the lesions and leaving no telltale scars behind. This is the only FDA approved all natural treatment for the lesions caused by molluscum currently available.
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