OT: Molluscum contagiosum panic- how to ward it off?

June 13, 2008

My kids were playing on the playground today with a couple of

slightly older children, one of whom turned out to have a huge case

of molluscum contagiosum all over his legs. The parents didn't seem

concerned about exposing other children and had the boy in shorts

with about a hundred boils visible. The boy kept itching it and

touching everything. I high-tailed it out of there and threw the kids

immediately into the shower.

Don't get me wrong-- if Pharma came up with an anti-molluscum

vaccine, I'd rally against it. All the same, I panicked because we

have enough problems. I didn't know what to do other than to soap the

kids up. Then I got the slightly hare-brained idea of opening up

some Virastop caps and using it as a potion. While I had them in the

shower, I put some on my hands, slathered one kid with the powder

from neck to toes, washed my hands again(to avoid cross-infecting),

then slathered the other with one cap of Virastop and rinsed them

off. Before I got to him to rinse him, my son started squealing and

itching himself. Apparently the Virastop can cause a bit of a topical

reaction in some people, but he stopped itching once I washed him off

again.

Feedback would be appreciated and yeah, it's okay to laugh at my

panic remedy. Or warn. So, em, will the Virastop do any good? Will

anything do any good? I just have this horrible vision of the kids

either getting chronic conjunctivitis or covered in bleeding red

blisters all summer long on top of trying to chelate. Nice.

June 14, 2008

>>I didn't know what to do other than to soap the

> kids up. Then I got the slightly hare-brained idea of opening up

> some Virastop caps and using it as a potion. While I had them in the

> shower, I put some on my hands, slathered one kid with the powder

> from neck to toes, washed my hands again(to avoid cross-infecting),

> then slathered the other with one cap of Virastop and rinsed them

> off.

Since molloscum is a virus, try giving the Virastop orally.

Dana

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