We would like to live in a healthy world, without ever visiting doctors, without ever taking pills. However, when we are very healthy we sometimes forget about rules, sometimes about elementary rules governing our sexual life. This is the main reason of sexually transmitted diseases occurrence.
Molluscum Contagiosum is an STD, as its Latin term denotes is contagious. This is a skin infection affects only humans, and are normally benign. The infection affects children, sexually active adults and patients with low immunity.
It is caused by a molluscipox virus. This stereotype of virus is different from the others in its family by the fact that it causes spontaneous lesions; they look like small tumors of the skin rather than papules. The eruption takes place at the skin level as well as at the mucous level. It was first described by Bateman at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The manifestations at the skin level of this infection are various.
It produces small bumps in different sizes. It can be as big as head of a pin up to the size of a pepper seed. The lump can be round or curved. It may come as the same colour of the skin. They are firm to the touch. A number of lesions can be produced, numbering from one to a dozen. When squeezed, they secrete a whitish sticky substance akin to paste.
The lumps should not be pinched because the nearby areas of the skin that the substance touches also get infected. This affliction becomes common to children who regularly use public swimming pools or those who have low levels of immunity. Despite its being a self-limited infection, it should not be left untreated.
Immune-depressed individuals could have a hard time in dealing with it, because the rupture of the lumps can lead to the spreading of the virus. On the other hand, there are institutions such as kinder gardens or schools, which do not accept pupils, which present lesions caused by this virus, at the skin level.
There are several ways to treat this affection. It can be treated with special medication, or it can be surgically removed. Not being a serious disease, it can go away by itself in a few months, but it can also last up to several years, depending on the immune system of the contaminated individual.
You must be aware when using other people’s towels, or when you decide to go swimming, pay attention to the location and the conditions of the public pool you intend to use. This disease spreads through direct contact, as well as through sexual contact with an infected person. Basic rules of hygiene as well as more attention paid to the places you visit or the objects you use or your sex partners can prevent an unpleasant affection.