What happens if molluscum contagiosum in children is not treated?

If children do not receive active treatment after contracting molluscum, the condition will become more and more serious, seriously affecting the baby's growth and development as well as physical health. Molluscum contagiosum is a skin disease caused by a virus. Generally, this disease has an incubation period. People with low immunity are most susceptible to this disease. Molluscum contagiosum can also occur in various parts of the body, which is very harmful to human health.

Will molluscum contagiosum in children heal on its own?

First of all, molluscum contagiosum can be transmitted through direct contact and indirect contact. Children are mostly infected with this disease when bathing and swimming. This disease is related to the patient's low immunity. Children who are weak and have no awareness of prevention are most susceptible to this type of disease. Molluscum contagiosum is not self-limiting. If not treated, it will not be cured for a long time. Sometimes the course of the disease can last as long as three or four years. Measures must be taken.

Secondly, there are many ways to treat molluscum contagiosum. You can adopt both internal and external treatment methods. Most of the external methods are physical therapy methods, that is, the molluscum bodies are removed by laser, freezing, extraction or corrosion, and then iodine tincture is applied to kill bacteria and reduce inflammation. The internal treatment method is to take antiviral oral liquid to prevent the virus from replicating on a large scale in the body and prevent new warts from growing. Only by treating both internally and externally can a thorough cure be achieved.

From this we can see that children with molluscum contagiosum cannot heal on their own and must receive active treatment. During the treatment, you should also pay attention to your diet. You should eat foods that can enhance the body's immunity, such as foods rich in protein, milk and eggs. You should also eat foods that can remove dampness and heat from the body, such as coix seed and mung beans. Do not eat spicy or greasy foods, and try not to eat fried foods and fatty meat.

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.