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DESCRIPTION
Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) is a contagious benign viral infection of the skin anywhere on the body. Molluscum contagiosum is caused by a poxvirus of the Molluscipox virus genus.
It is generally thought to infect humans exclusively, but there are a few isolated reports of Molluscum contagiosum occurring in chickens, sparrows, pigeons, chimpanzees, kangaroos, a dog, and a horse. The infection is found worldwide with a higher distribution in the tropical areas. The disease a higher incidence in children with the lesions involving the face, trunk, and extremities. It is found in sexually active adults, and those who are immunodeficient. In adults, it usually occurs on the inner thighs, abdomen or genitals. Some skin cancers may look like molluscum, so it is important to let your health care provider examine you if you find any abnormal lumps or bumps.
FREQUENT SIGNS & SYMPTOMS
Papules (small, raised bumps on the skin) with the following characteristics:
- Bumps are firm, smooth, domed with a central pit (umbilication), and skin-colored or white (opalescent character). The central umbilication contains a white, waxy curd-like core. The overlying skin is transparent and thin.
- Bumps are variable in size, usually 2 mm to 3 mm in diameter with an average range between 2-6 mm. A few may be as large as 10 mm (1 cm). In immunosuppressed individuals the bumps my exceed 1 cm in size. The bumps may become inflamed spontaneously or after trauma and present atypically in size, shape, and color. The lesions are often grouped in small areas but may also become widely spread.
- Any skin surface may be involved, but favored sites include the underarms (axilla), the elbow folds (antecubital fossa) and the knee folds (popliteal fossa), and the fold in the groin region (crural folds). Rarely MCV lesions occur in the mouth or the membrane that covers the white part of the eye (conjunctiva). Bumps cause eye irritation if they are on the eyelids. Children usually acquire molluscum non-sexually at both genital and non-genital areas. MCV in adults affects the groin, genital area, thighs, and lower abdomen and is often acquired sexually.
- Bumps do not hurt or itch.
- Around 10 percent of cases develop an eczematous dermatitis around the lesions, but this disappears as the infection resolves. People with atopic dermatitis (sometimes called eczema) can have a widely spread eruption of the skin. Eruptions in immunocompromised individuals are very resistant to treatment.
CAUSES
DNA virus of the pox group Molluscipox virus genus. This virus may be transmitted sexually. The incubation is 2 weeks to 6 months.
DISEASE TRANSMISSION (PATHOGENESIS)
This disease is transmitted primarily through direct skin contact with an infected individual. Fomites (any contaminated inanimate object or substance) have been suggested as another source of infection, with molluscum contagiosum reportedly acquired from bath towels, tattoo instruments, and in beauty parlors and Turkish baths. The average incubation time is between 2 and 7 weeks with a range extending out to 6 months. Infection with the virus causes hyperplasia (increase in the number of cells) and hypertrophy (increase in cell/organ size) of the epidermis. Free virus cores have been found in all layers of the epidermis. So-called viral factories are located in the malpighian and granular cell layers. The molluscum bodies contain large numbers of maturing virions. These are contained intracellularly in a collagen-lipid-rich sac-like structure that is thought to deter immunological recognition by the host. Rupture and discharge of the infectious virus-packed cells occur in the center of the lesion. MCV induces a benign tumor instead of the usual necrotic pox lesion associated with other poxviruses.
RISK INCREASES WITH
Previous allergies or family history of allergy.
Use of immunosuppressive drugs and in immunosuppressed individuals.
INCIDENCE
The disease is endemic with a higher incidence within institutions and communities where overcrowding, poor hygiene, and poverty potentiate its spread. Over the last 30 years its incidence has been increasing, mainly as a sexually transmitted disease, and it is particularly rampant as a result of concurrent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. The worldwide incidence is estimated to be between 2 percent and 8 percent. Less then 5 percent of the children in the United States are believed to be infected. Between 5 and 20 percent of patients with HIV have symptomatic MCV. There are four main subtypes of molluscum contagiosum: MCV I, MCV II, MCV III, and MCV IV. All subtypes cause similar clinical lesions in genital and non-genital regions. Studies show MCV I to be more prevalent (75-90 percent) than MCV II, MCV III, and MCV IV, except in immunocompromised individuals. There are, however, regional variations in the predominance of a given subtype and differences between individual subtypes in different countries.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
To prevent spread to other parts of the body or to other people, do not scratch bumps.
Abstinence or correct condom use may prevent transmission of this viral infection from one person to another if the lesion is on the penis.
EXPECTED OUTCOME
If untreated, a few papules may increase to 20 to 50 lesions in several weeks. They will disappear spontaneously in 10 to 24 months. However, they may be treated to prevent their spread to other persons.
POSSIBLE COMPLICATIONS
Scarring or disfigurement. Do not pick at or scratch at the lesions.
TREATMENT
GENERAL MEASURES
Cryosurgery is a medical treatment to remove the papules with liquid nitrogen (sometimes) This is one of the most common, quick and efficient methods of treatment. Dry ice or Frigiderm may be used by application to each individual lesion for a few seconds. After treatment with liquid nitrogen, leave the blisters alone. The tops will come off spontaneously in 7 to 14 days. Repeat treatments in 2-3-week intervals may be required. Keep blisters dry. Cover with small adhesive bandages any that may be irritated by clothing. Hyper or hypopigmentation and scarring may be caused by this treatment.
Other techniques include destroying the tissue with laser surgery, using a blistering agent (such as podophyllin - made from rain forest beetles), or burning them off with a potent acid (trichloracetic acid). The health care provider should be trained in the used of these methods before treating an infected person as to prevent damaging the normal surrounding tissue.
OTHER TREATMENT OPTIONS:
Evisceration - An easy method to remove the lesions is eviscerating the core with an instrument such as a scalpel, sharp tooth pick, edge of a glass slide, or any other instrument capable of removing the umbilicated core. Because of its simplicity, patients, parents, and caregivers may be taught this method so new lesions can be treated at home. This method is simple but may not be tolerated by small children.
Curettage - Curettage is another method of removal. It can be used with and without light electrodessication. This method is more painful, and it is recommended that a topical anesthetic cream be applied to the lesions before the procedure to decrease the pain. This method has the advantage of providing a reliable tissue sample to confirm the diagnosis.
Tape stripping - Another reported treatment involves the use of adhesive tape. The adhesive side of the tape is repeatedly applied to and removed from the lesion for 10-20 cycles. This action effectively removes the superficial epidermis from the top of the lesion. However, repeated use of the same strip has the potential to spread the virus to adjacent, uninvolved skin.
Podophyllin and podofilox - A 25 percent suspension in a tincture of benzoin or alcohol may be applied once a week. This treatment requires some precautions. It contains two mutagens, quercetin and kaempherol. Some of the listed side effects include severe erosive damage in adjacent normal skin that may cause scarring and systemic effects such as peripheral neuropathy, renal damage, adynamic illeus, leucopenia, and thrombocytopenia, especially if used generously on mucosal surfaces. Podofilox is a safer alternative to podophyllin and may be used by the patient at home. The recommended use usually consists of application of 0.05 ml of 5 percent podofilox in lactate buffered ethanol twice a day for 3 days. The active agent is absolutely contraindicated in pregnancy.
Cantharidin - Cantharidin (0.9 percent solution of collodian and acetone) has been used with success in the treatment of MCV. This blister-inducing agent is applied carefully and sparingly to the dome of the lesion with or without occlusion and left in place for at least 4 hours before being washed off. Cantharidin can cause severe blistering. It should be tested on individual lesions before treating large numbers of lesions. It should not be used on the face. When tolerated, this treatment is repeated every week until the lesions clear. Usually 1-3 treatments are necessary.
Iodine solution and salicylic acid plaster - A 10% iodine solution is placed on the molluscum papules and, when dry, the site is covered with small pieces of 50 percent salicylic acid plaster and tape. The process is repeated daily after bathing. After the lesions have become erythematous in 3-7 days, only the iodine solution is applied. Resolution has been reported in a mean of 26 days. Maceration and erosion can result.
Tretinoin - Tretinion 0.1 percent cream has been used in the treatment of MCV. It is applied twice daily to the lesions. Resolution was reported by day 11. Trace erythema at the site of prior lesions was a noted side effect. Tretinion 0.05 percent cream has also been used with success and decreased irritation.
Cimetdine - Oral cimetidine has successfully been used in extensive infections. The histamine 2-receptor antagonist stimulates delayed-type hypersensitivity. One uncontrolled study showed resolution in 9 of 13 patients. In this study, the dosage was 40 mg/kg/day in two divided doses for 2 months. Because cimetadine interacts with many systemic medications, a review of the patient's other medications is recommended.
Potassium hydroxide (KOH) - Another treatment option is the use of potassium hydroxide. In one study, an aqueous solution of 10 percent KOH was applied topically twice daily to all lesions with a swab. The treatment was discontinued when an inflammatory response or superficial ulcer became evident. Resolution occurred in a mean of 30 days. This treatment had some complications including hypertrophic scar formation and persistent or transitory hyper- and hypopigmentation. A subsequent study in pediatric patients recommended the use of 5 percent KOH and found it equally effective with many fewer side effects.
Pulsed dye laser - The use of pulsed dye laser for the treatment of MC has also been documented with excellent results. The therapy was well tolerated, without scars or pigment anomalies. The lesions resolved without scarring at 2 weeks. Studies show 96-99 percent of the lesions resolved with one treatment. The pulsed dye laser is quick and efficient, but its expense makes it less cost effective than other options.
Imiquimod - Imiquimod 5 percent cream has been used topically to treat MCV by inducing high levels of IFN-a and other cytokines locally. This potent immunomodulatory agent is well tolerated, although application site irritation is common. It has had no known systemic or toxic effects in children. It is applied to the area nightly for 4 weeks. Clearing can take up to 3 months.
Cidofovir - Cidofovir is a nucleoside analog that has potent antiviral properties. Several small studies and case reports describe the successful use of cidofovir applied topically or administered by intralesional injection in several virally induced cutaneous diseases. Cidofovir 3 percent cream has been used successfully to treat MCV in studies, with clearing in 2-6 weeks. Its high cost, need for extemporaneous preparation, and carcinogenicity in some studies have limited its use.
MEDICATION
Medicine usually is not necessary for this disorder. In some cases, a topical medication to kill the virus may be prescribed.
ACTIVITY
No restrictions, except to avoid sexual relations until the lesions disappear.
BATHING AFTER TREATMENT
The virus flourishes in a warm, damp environment. Soaking in the tub actually can make it worse and make it spread. After being treated, do not soak in the tub since the lesions will come back but spread all over the place if you do this. Keep the area as dry as possible. Shower, don't soak, and then dry the area off as soon as you're finished. Avoid hot tubs, although a cold swimming pool once in a while should be okay so long as you dry off right away.
GROOMING
If your are keeping the area clean shaven as a way to see things clearer, not only does the possibility of razor bumps create the potential for an ugly confusing mess of redness, but the razor itself can actually open and spread the lesions. Keep the area trimmed, but don't use a razor. Use a beard and mustache trimmer, or use scissors. Keep it short, but not shaved clean.
MEDICATED LOTIONS
The virus thrives in a warm and damp environment. Lotions can makes it worse since it keeps the skin moist. You need to keep the area as dry as possible. If you need to use a topical product to promote healing, try tea tree oil. You can find it at any natural products store. It is extremely potent as a natural antibacterial, and thus the bottle will last you a long time, but you have to be careful when applying it. It is the active ingredient in many topical treatments. Use a cotton ball. Apply it very lightly to the whole area. Do not use your fingers and do not pour it on directly. Then, you have to keep an eye on the area. If a part of your skin reacts harshly to the stuff (usually as dry redness), have some hydrocortisone and neosporin handy. Really if you're careful you should not need it, but keep it handy to be on the safe side. Tea tree oil soap can be used. You can get it at Trader Joe's, among other places. Use it in the shower, it helps.
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Molluscum contagiosum virus (MCV) is a contagious benign viral infection of the skin anywhere on the body caused by a poxvirus of the Molluscipox virus genus.
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DIET
No special diet specifically for molluscum. However, for those who are work with alternative treatments and therapies, a diet of fresh fruit and vegetables, freshly made vegetable juices, whole grains, and a liver detox program is usually recommended. The elimination of toxic foods and substances are recommended. Echinacea and fresh garlic would provide immune system support and antiviral activity. Fruit and vegetables should be emphasized in the diet, and sugar should be avoided, as it depletes the immune system. Eat food that is also good for your skin. This would be Vitamin A and Vitamin E rich foods such as almonds, carrots, broccoli, and spinach. Fish oils are very good for the skin, so make sure you eat plenty of fish in your diet. Stay away from drugs and alcohol and moderate exercise should be included in building your immune system. A good multivitamin supplement is also recommended. You can get these customized for you, if desired.
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TRADITIONAL CHINESE HERBS & TREATMENT
From HerbChina2000Radix Isatidis
Source: Root of Isatis tinctoria L., family Cruciferae, or Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Brem, family Acanthaceae.
Indication: Similar to Folium Isatidis, but lesser bitter in flavor and cold in nature, usually used for seasonal febrile diseases, pestilence, mumps, eruptive diseases, inflammatory diseases with redness of skin, sore throat, etc.
Pharmacological Actions: (a). Clinically effective on influenza and experimentally virustatic on influenza virus PR8. (b). Its component, indican, is bacteriostatic.
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Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii
Source: The bulb or scale leaf of Fritillaria thunbergii Miq., family Liliaceae.
Indication: (a). Clear away lung heat, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough: For affection of wind-heat or phlegm-heat manifested as cough with thick and yellowish expectoration. (b). Clear away heat, disperse lumps and relieve carbuncle: For skin infection, lung abscess, subcutaneous nodule, scrofula and goiter.
Pharmacological Actions: Intraperitioneal administration of its active components, peimine or peiminine, exerts a significant antitussive effect in mice.
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Flos Carthami
Source: The flower of Carthamus tinctorius L., family Compositae.
Indication: (a). Promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis, promote menstruation and alleviate pain: For blood-stasis syndrome with anemia, dysmenorrhea, or postpartum abdominal pain, and traumatic injury. Recently, for ischemic apoplexy, angina pectoris, thromboangiitis obliterans, sudden deafness, sclerederma neonatorum, flat wart, neurodermatitis, etc. (b). Promote blood circulation to relieve carbuncle: For preventing and treating bed sore (external use); for conjunctivitis and the early stage of the carbuncle. (c). Promote blood circulation and let out the skin eruption: For blood stasis with impediment of skin eruptions.
Pharmacological Actions: (a). Its decoction stimulate uteri and intestines of experimental animals in vitro. (b). Its decoction increases coronary flow and lowers blood pressure in dogs. (c). Small dose of its decoction mildly stimulates and large dose inhibits the heart of toads.
Shaman Shop: Safflower Granules (Carthamus Tinctorius), 100 grams
Semen Persicae
Source: The seed of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and P. davidiana Franch., family Rosaceae.
Indication: (a). Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve carbuncle: For blood-stasis syndrome with anemia, dysmenorrhea and abdominal mass. recently, used for hysteromyoma. Also for trauma, especially the injury of the chest, abdomen and spine; for acute appendicitis; for pulmonary abscess. Recently, injections are used for central retinitis, pigmentary degeneration of retina, postocular optic neuritis, optic atrophy, etc. (b). Relieve cough and asthma. (c). Promote blood circulation and moisturize dryness: For blood stasis and blood dryness with pruritic eruptions. (d). Moisturize the intestine and relax the bowels: For constipation due to dryness of the intestine.
Pharmacological Actions: Similar to that of Semen Armeniacae Amarum. (a). Antitussive. (b). Its decoction exerts a hypotensive effect in experimental animals.
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Fructus Cnidii
Source: Fruit of Cnidium monnieri (L.) Cuss., family Umbelliferae.
Indication: (a). Warm the kidney and strengthen yang: For deficiency of kidney-yang manifested as impotence, sterility, soreness of the waist and knees, enuresis and frequent micturition. (b). Deprive dampness and relieve itching (external use): For leucorrhagia with pruritis vulvae, eczema of scrotum, tinea, scabies, etc. Now it is prepared as vaginal suppository for trichomonas vaginitis.
Pharmacological Actions: (a). its alcoholic extract exerts a gonadotropic effect, i.e., prolong estruation, increase the weight of ovary and uterus in female mice and that of prostate, seminal vesicle and musculi levator ani in male mice. (b). Relieving cyclophosphamide-induced leukopenia in mice. (c). Inhibiting the growth of trichophyta in vitro.
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Semen Coicis
Source: The dried mature seed of Coix lacryma-jobi L. var. ma-yuen (Roman.) Stapf, family Gramineae.
Indication: (a). Promote diuresis and invigorate the spleen: For spleen-deficiency syndrome with accumulation of dampness manifested as edema, beriberi, or diarrhea; for stranguria of dampness-heat type and of stone origin; for dampness febrile disease manifested as fever, bodily heaviness, oppressive sensation over the chest and epigastrium, anorxia, and smooth or greasy tongue coating. (b). Relieve dampness obstruction and relax the muscles: For arthralgia of wind-dampness type and muscular rigidity, (c). Clear away heat to drain the pus: For lung abscess, for appendicitis.
Pharmacological Actions: (a). Its active component coixenolide is a sedatice, analgesic and antipyretic. (b). Its oily component can inhibit the contraction of striated muscles. (c). Inhibiting the Erlich ascitic cancer in mice and prolonging the life in experimental animals.
Shaman Shop: Coix Seed Granules (Coix Lachryma), 100 grams
Radix Angelicae Dahuricae
Source: Root of Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. et Hook. f. and A. dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. et Hook. f. var. formosana (Boiss.) Shan et yuan, family Umbelliferae.
Indication: (a). Expel wind-evil and induce sweating to expel the exogenous evils from the body surface, clear the nasal passage and alleviate pain: For common cold of wind-cold type with stuffy nose and headache; sinusitis and toothache. (b). Relieve carbuncle and drain pus: For the initial stage of carbuncle. (c). Deprive the evil dampness from the middle-jiao: For leukorrhagia of cold-dampness type and prurigo of wind-dampness type.
Pharmacological Actions: (a). Byak-angelicin contained in its root can dilate the coronary arteries. (b). Stimulating the respiratory center, vasomotor center and nervus vagus. (c). Its decoction exerts bacteriostatic effect. (d). Imperatorin, another active component, is effective for psoriasis.
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Bulbus Iphigeniae
Source: The bulb of Iphigenia indica Kunth et Benth. family Liliaceae.
Indication: Clear away heat and toxic material, soften the hard masses and disperse the lumps: For skin infection, scrofula, snake bite etc. Recently, also used for cancer of the breast, thyroid, skin, cervix, nasopharynx and esophagus, and lymphosarcoma.
Pharmacological Actions: Colchicine, one of its active components, and its derivatives exert an inhibiting effect on various kinds of sarcoma and parenchymatous liver cancer in experimental animals. It serves as an inhibitor in the intermediate stage of cellular mitosis.
Radix Sophorae Flavescentis
Source: Root of Sophora flavescens Ait., family Leguminosae.
Indication: (a). Clear away heat and deprive dampness from middle-jiao: For diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice and leucorrhagia of dampness-heat type. Recently, also used for trichomoniasis intesrinalis, lambliasis, trichomonas or mycotic vaginitis (chiefly for local use). (b). Expel wind and kill parasite: For pririgo of wind-heat or dampness-heat type, scabies, pyoderma, leprosy, etc. (c). Eliminate phlegm and relieve dyspnea: For cough and dyspnea. (d). Calm the mind: For insomnia, palpitation, insanity, etc. Recently, used for neurasthenia, manic psychosis and arrhyhmia. (e). Clear away heat and promote diuresis: For stranguria of heat type and edema.
Pharmacological Actions: (a). Matrine and oxymatrine counter the arrhythmia induced by chloroform-adrenaline or aconitine, and its injection slows heart rate and weakens myocardial contractility in experimental animals. (b). Inhibitory on the contraction of sensitized guinea-pig intestine and release of allergic medium in vitro. (c). Antiasthmatic and expectorant. (d). Bacteriostatic, antiamebic and trichomonacidal. (e). Matrine 30mg/kg and oxymatrine 100mg/kg show therapeutic effect on X-ray induced leukopenia in rabbits. (f). Inhibitory on sarcoma180 in mice.
Shaman Shop: Sophora Root Granules (Sophora Flavenscens), 100 grams
One of the simplest traditional methods is to pierce each spot with a sharpened pointed orange stick that has been dipped in one per cent phenol. This can easily be done without local anaesthetic, as it is relatively painless. The spots should then clear up without leaving any scar.
In terms of herbal remedies, you might like to try Thuja and Tea Tree lotion, although Witch Hazel, Echinacea and Garlic would be good for boosting immunity generally. There are homeopathic remedies available too depending on the appearance of the molluscum.
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Herbal Remedies: Echinacea & Goldenseal Supplement, Vegetarian, Herbal Remedies USA, 1000 mg, 60 Liquid VCaps
Herbal Remedies: Echinacea & Goldenseal Tincture, Nature's Way, Alcohol Free, 1 fl. oz.
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HOMEOPATHIC TREATMENTS
The simplest thing to try is homeopathic 'Thuja' - this is a commonly known homeopathic treatment for warts and is available through pharmacies. It's completely safe. Get a '12c' or '30c' strength and give one dose twice a day for three days. Then leave things a couple of weeks to see if the lesions disappear. If they do not you will need to see a homeopathic practitioner to get the best homeopathic treatment.
ZymaDerm is an FDA approved homeopathic molluscum formula.
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NOTIFY YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IF...
You or a family member has symptoms of molluscum contagiosum.
The following occur after treatment: Fever, signs of infection (swelling, redness, pain, tenderness or warmth) at the treatment site. If you have allergic reaction to any treatment therapy, discontinue use and contact your health care provider.
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