How to cure molluscum in children

Children are one of the main victims of molluscum, mainly through physical contact. After the disease occurs, hemispherical papules will appear on any part of the body. When broken, white cheese-like substance will be revealed. Most of these skin lesions will disappear on their own after half a year. When children suffer from molluscum, parents will definitely be very worried and hope that their children can be cured of this disease. So, how can we cure and eradicate molluscum in children? Let’s take a look at the method below.

Molluscum warts in children are particularly harmful. Many children have been harmed by them. Therefore, after a child's skin becomes ill, it is necessary to pay attention to the treatment of the disease. It is necessary to use tweezers or hemostatic forceps under sterile conditions, then break the child's molluscum warts and squeeze out the contents inside, or directly pull out the small warts, then apply iodine tincture or pure liquid carbolic acid, and also apply pressure to stop bleeding. This method causes great pain, which is difficult for children to endure, so it should be chosen with caution.

If the child cannot be treated by squeezing warts, he or she can be treated with oral Chinese herbal decoctions. For children with a short illness period, the main treatment should be clearing heat, detoxifying and dispelling wind. Purslane mixture can be used, and purslane, isatis indigotica, lithospermum officinale, Patrinia scabra and other drugs are taken, decocted with water, and the child should take one dose a day. If the child's illness duration is longer, the main treatment should be nourishing blood, detoxifying and removing blood stasis, and drugs such as cooked rehmannia, fried white peony root, moutan bark, peach kernel, Achyranthes bidentata, red peony root, Polygonum multiflorum, Eucommia ulmoides, red bean, fried Atractylodes macrocephala, pangolin, and raw coix seed can be taken.

In addition, the warts can be directly coated with iodine tincture or washed externally with Chinese medicine decoction. The external washing prescription requires drugs such as horsetail herb, isatis root, cyperus rotundus, and sophora flavescens. The decoction should be boiled into a thick soup for scrubbing. During the treatment of children, attention should be paid to their skin hygiene to avoid infection, which is not conducive to the recovery of the disease. The diet should also be adjusted and more light food should be eaten.

After reading the relevant introduction, everyone knows what methods are there to treat molluscum in children. Molluscum is particularly common in children and causes serious harm to the children. Parents and friends should have a clear understanding of molluscum in children and need to master relevant treatment measures. In daily life, they should pay attention to the prevention of molluscum, pay attention to children’s daily hygiene, and develop good hygiene habits.