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By: Raising A Healthy Family » The Molluscum Are Finally Gone

Raising A Healthy Family » The Molluscum Are Finally Gone — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:31:59 +0000

[...] can read more about our experience with Molluscum in these two posts: Dealing with Molluscum and Treating Molluscum with Tea Tree [...]

By: Char

Char — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:36:59 +0000

Lucy – thanks for your insight!! The appointment today was stressful. The doctor was running late and obviously in a rush. She wasn’t concerned about getting to the root of the problem at all – just treating the obvious infections – there were 3 molluscum that were infected. She was more concerned that since a previous abscess had been cultured as staph, that these could be acting more like MRSA.

The nurse practitioner in the practice is going to a celiac seminar in September. I am hoping that next time we go in we will see her. She is never as rushed and truly seems more concerned at getting to the bottom of things.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:38:18 +0000

My three children have all had molluscum – tiny raised ‘pearls’ scattered across their bodies.

The doctors here – like yours – seem unconcerned, and the molluscum did indeed go away after a year or two, as predicted.

Nursery were worried, and wanted them covered – and we didn’t share baths with other children until they were gone in case of contagion – but the general theory was that children would get them or they wouldn’t – and they would go when the immune system dealt with them. Bit like verrucas.

Your link with celiac is interesting. Celiac is an auto-immune problem. I’m wondering about links with a depressed immune system. One of my children (not my coeliac daughter) has had verrucas for years – literally, 4 or 5 years now. Like molluscum, they are supposed to just go when the body is ready. But if a child’s immune system is dampened down, it might take forever to be rid of these things, or I suppose there might be a worse reaction than usual. I’ve had my verruca-ridden child tested for coeliac disease twice now, but I still wonder.

Issues with gluten don’t just manifest in digestive disorders, but everywhere – skin (psoriasis, dermatitis herpetiformis), teeth (poor enamel formation, ulcers in mouth), bones (osteoporosis, short stature), blood (anaemia) … Celiac disease is known as a silent disease for a good reason.

I hope your doctor comes up with some answers for you. Do let us know how your daughter gets on.