Street Names Type of Infection How is it Spread? Signs and Symptoms
-Molluscum Cantagiosum doesn't have any street names because it is a newly found STI.
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-This STI is a viral infection.
-This means it is an infection by a virus that is capable of producing a disease. |
-It is spread by a virus that likes warm and humid climates, also places where people live close together.
-Molluscum Contagiosum is usually spread by direct skin-to-skin contact. -It is also spread through water or by touching objects that have the virus on them. -It can also be spread through sexual contact. -This STI can also be spread throughout the body by itching one bump and then itching another place of the body. |
-Symptoms of this STI include red and itchy bumps on the skin.
-They also have a center of the bump that is noticeable and it is contagious. |
Can it be cured? Can it be treated? Who gets it?
-This STI can be cured. It eventually goes away by itself.
-It takes about 2-3 months for a single molluscum(bump) to go away. -It takes about 6-18 months for all of the molluscum to disappear completely. |
-Yes, this STI can be treated, but most doctors or dermatologists don't want like to treat it.
-If they do treat it they can remove the center of the contagious bump by squeezing it with a tweezers or using a scalpel. -They also can freeze or scrape off the growths with a sharp instrument. Applying a cream such as salicylic acid, tretinoin, cantharidin, benzoyl peroxide, or a different wart medication will help. These options do help it go away faster, but it can be painful, cause blisters, discoloration, and scar your skin. -Treatment is best when you first get Molluscum Cantagiosum, but if you try to treat it yourself, it can become infected. |
-People who are most likely to get Molluscum Cantagiosum are teenagers.
-Athletes like gymnasts, wrestlers, and swimmers are the more common athletes to get this infection. -Peoples whose immune systems that are weakened from HIV, cancer treatment, or long-term steroid use. |
If you want to get treated for Molluscum Cantagiosum you can go to a local health center and they will treat you. A place near Marshall to get treated would be at the Madison East Health Clinic. 3706 Orin Road Madison, Wi 53704
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