Mollusks are harmless bumps on the skin caused by a virus. For the most part, they give no trouble. They disappear by themselves after a while. Mollusks are most common in children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mollusks<\/strong> can have slightly different colors depending on their own skin color.\u00a0On light skin, they usually have the same color as the skin or are a little pink.\u00a0On dark skin, they are often lighter than their own skin.\u00a0Mollusks are two to five millimeters tall, raised and have a small pit in the middle.\u00a0In children, they are often found on the stomach, arms, face or neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It can form anything from a single mollusk to a great many. It usually takes time for a mollusk to disappear, from a few months up to a year. Sometimes new mollusks may continue to emerge. Therefore, it may take several years for everyone to disappear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When adults get mollusks, the virus is usually transmitted sexually.\u00a0The mollusks usually come on the lower abdomen, groin, around the genitals or on the upper thighs.\u00a0Mollusks are not considered a sexually transmitted disease, which means that you do not have to report the infection to the healthcare system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mollusks are not usually treated or removed because they heal by themselves.\u00a0Removing the mollusks<\/em> hurts and it can be scars.\u00a0Mollusks that can heal by themselves rarely give scars.\u00a0Before they disappear, it is common for them to first become red, swollen and sore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mollusks usually do not cause any problems and need not be treated. If you want to try to treat them, there is a so-called medical technology product to buy at a pharmacy, NoPoxivir. It can possibly speed up the healing somewhat and can be used from two years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It can be sore if you scratch the mollusks. You can reduce the risk of an infection in the wounds by cutting the nails short and keeping them clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes there may be eczema\u00a0that itches where there are mollusks.\u00a0Mollusks spread more easily in the skin with eczema.\u00a0By treating eczema you can reduce the risk of spreading the mollusks.\u00a0This applies whether you have eczema from the beginning or if you have eczema due to the mollusks.\u00a0Mild eczema can be treated with cream or ointment with hydrocortisone, which can be purchased without a prescription at pharmacies.\u00a0Ask a doctor for advice on whether the eczema is cumbersome or widespread.\u00a0The same applies if you want to use hydrocortisone in a child younger than two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mollusks infect skin against skin upon contact, but can also infect through things, such as a towel. The disease is not very contagious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have had mollusks<\/span> once, the risk of getting mollusks again is very small.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You do not need to do anything special to avoid infection as mollusks are not dangerous. Children who have mollusks can go to preschool, family daycare or school as usual and participate in activities such as sports and swimming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mollusks are harmless bumps on the skin caused by a virus. For the most part, they give no trouble. They disappear by themselves after a while. Mollusks are most common in children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,826,585],"tags":[864,862,863],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-infections-on-the-skin","category-skin-hair-and-nails","tag-mollusker","tag-mollusks","tag-mollusks-symptoms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3138,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629\/revisions\/3138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Mollusks disappear by themselves<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What can I do for myself?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mollusks are infected but are harmless<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Children can be in preschool or school<\/h2>\n\n\n\n