Clarifying The Molluscum Virus
The Molluscum Contagiosum Virus is spread through person to person contact or by touching an object that has been contaminated by an individual who has the skin infection. This infection, also known as MCV, is caused by a pox virus and causes the afflicted individual to have skin lesions that are extremely painful. This virus, unlike the Human Papilloma Virus, does not lay dormant. While there are treatments that a physician may prescribe, it isn’t always easy to diagnose this virus, causing the problem to worsen before treatment is administered.
The Molluscum Virus usually offers two courses for the infected patient, which is usually a child. Letting it run its course, which can take up to two years, or cutting, burning or freezing the lesions off, which can be severely painful for the patient. If the second option is taken and the lesions become infected, then a new infection, like a staph infection, could take place and MCV may not go away. At the same time, letting the virus run its course could be life threatening, as any number of infections could enter the body through open lesions, especially in children.
MCV has three stages. First, you’ll usually see tiny bumps in a patch that resemble goose bumps. From there, the virus will move into the second stage where the lesions look like flattened moles and then, finally, the third stage where the lesions will look like the pimples every teenager sees during puberty. MCV affects mostly children, but can hit anyone of any age as well. In children, the virus is seen mostly on the face, neck, armpits, hands and arms. For adults it is seen as an STD, or sexually transmitted disease, on the lower abdomen, thigh area, buttocks and genitals.
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