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Mollescus contagious
My 15 month baby facing small bumps on head forehead hands n legs my paedatrician told it is mollescus contagious he advice medicine for 2 weeks zincovit n one cream but no recovery at all .now they r increasing in no. Is there any other treatment or I have to go for a new paed ..he told if medicine will not work then we will surgically remove it...it scares me ..how can a 15 month baby face this...Is there any other treatment or home remedy...My gynaecologist told me that there is nothing to worry they will disappear by time no treatment required...who is right I don't know ...plz advise
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Dr. Manoj I. J.
Pediatrician
19 yrs exp
Bangalore
Molluscum contagiosum, the name says it all: contagiosum meaning contagious, infectious!
Gynecologist is misinformed
When Pediatrician meant surgical treatment after topical cream fails, it is curetting (scooping out whitish cheesy material after applying local anesthetic cream to decrease pain) or cryotherapy (which is near painless)
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Confirm whether molluscum contagiosum or something else: it typically got central umblication (dimpling): even search internet for images of same
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it spreads by direct contact: so if you delay treatment, the more the number of lesions, the more you will be (painfully) charged
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