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Most patients experience between ten and twenty bumps in any infected area, but patients with weakened immune systems can experience a lot more. These bumps are not dangerous to your skin or health but can cause frustration when it comes to cosmetic appearance or the spread of the virus to other areas of the skin.
This condition is caused by the spread of the virus, which can commonly live on towels or in warm, humid environments. Therefore, touching materials with the virus on it can cause it to spread to your skin. It can also spread from skin-to-skin or sexual contact, and many patients experience re-infection to other areas of the skin if touching or scratching the existing bumps and then touching another area of skin.
Certain factors can cause patients to be more susceptible to it, including a weakened immune system (common in children or patients with a chronic illness) or having certain types of eczema.
There are a few treatment options for most patients, although molluscum contagiosum will most often clear on its own within a few months. In serious cases, some therapies can be used to destroy the bumps using certain laser or topical techniques to remove the bumps and the chance of spreading the infection.
This might also include at-home retinoid treatments to increase cell turnover and remove the bumps over time. In most cases, patients still experience the growth of new bumps over the course of treatment because the virus must run its course.
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