It would be perfect if we could just stay healthy, never get sick and have no need to see a doctor or take medications ever. But sometimes, it is when people are healthy that they could feel some sort of invincibility towards illness and totally disregard even the most basic rules regarding sex. Thus, this seemingly slight oversight can cause damage to our health.

Molluscum Contagiosum is a viral infection affecting the skin, sometimes of the mucous membrane, and as its Latin name connotes, is very contagious. It only infects human beings and most often just benign. The infection is prevalent among children, sexually active individuals and people with low immunity.

The disease is caused by a molluscipox virus. This is different from the other virus in its family because this kind produces sudden wounds that look like swellings of the skin and not papules. The outbreak occurs at the mucous level and at the skin level as well. At the beginning of the 19th century, Bateman first described this infection. The skin level manifestations vary.

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 two ways to treat the infection, either by medication or by surgery. Being not a very serious disease, a healthy individual will not suffer too much and the infection will heal by itself. However, if the person’s immune system is compromised, then the healing process can take years.

As much as possible do not use other people’s towel, and if you have to, make sure that its owner is not infected with lesions caused by the virus. Same care should be taken before using a pool, discreetly inspect the location and condition of the pool. One cannot be too careful because as you well know, this disease can be contracted through direct contact. Following the fundamental rules of cleanliness and being conscious of the condition of the places you visit and things you use and even the physical condition of your sex partner, as regards to such illness, can avert this disease from happening to you.

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