Of course, when children get sick, it upsets their parents. Despite this, we periodically encounter certain he alth problems with our children, so it would be better if we recognize the "enemy" in time and know how to deal with it.
Skin problem - molluscum contagiosum
Molluscum contagiosum in a child is a common skin disease. Its treatment is not known to everyone, so it makes sense to talk a little about it. If your child is experiencing this problem, there is no need to panic. After all, this will not affect the general condition of the body in any way, since this is not so much a disease as a cosmetic defect.
Interestingly, molluscum contagiosum in children often disappears on its own within a year. Komarovsky spoke about this repeatedly. If the number of these molluscs begins to increase, then you need to contact a specialist who will selectappropriate treatment or remove them.
Symptoms
Let's look at the clinical picture of a disease such as molluscum contagiosum in children, the causes of which are few. Basically, this happens through direct contact with the patient. After some time, small pimples or rashes appear on the affected area of the skin, which are flesh-colored, pink or white.
The diameter of these rashes is about five millimeters, and the center is slightly pressed inward. If you ignore the molluscum contagiosum in a child, no treatment is carried out - the growths will begin to reach one and a half centimeters and rise on the leg.
Treatment
This skin problem is eliminated in three ways. The main one is the molluscum contagiosum is removed from the child. Treatment in this case is carried out using conventional tweezers. It should be noted that recently many have begun to abandon this method in favor of others for the reason that the liquid released from the rash contains many mollusk inclusions that can affect he althy skin when it comes into contact with it.
Because of this, you have to repeat this procedure several times, and this has a negative effect on the child. But if such treatment is prescribed, after removal, be sure to treat the wounds with iodine or manganese solution for one week. Otherwise, the disease may return.
But, as you probably already understood, this is notthe only way to remove molluscum contagiosum in a child. Treatment can also be carried out cryosurgical way. In this case, the affected area is exposed to liquid nitrogen. The advantages of this therapy are its painlessness, as well as the absence of scarring.
Laser rash removal is also practiced. The affected area heats up to one hundred and fifty degrees, as a result of which the mollusks evaporate. But there is one inconvenience here, which is that the patient is then forbidden to wash for several days.
Prevention
Regardless of the method of treatment, prevention must be carried out along with the latter. These are disinfection of toys, heat treatment of linen, etc. It is not worth visiting kindergarten for a while.
