Do you know what causes molluscum contagiosum?

Molluscum contagiosum is a very common disease in daily life. It is a skin disease caused by the molluscum virus. It not only affects one's image, but also causes a series of skin diseases. Generally, molluscum contagiosum is more common in adolescents and children, so parents need to pay special attention to this issue in order to better ensure their children's health and avoid infection with this type of skin disease.

1. Molluscum contagiosum

Molluscum contagiosum is a skin disease caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus. It is a contact-transmitted skin disease. Molluscum contagiosum is an autoinoculated viral skin disease caused by poxvirus, which is prone to occur in children and young people. The incubation period of this disease is 2 to 3 weeks. Patients who have been exposed to molluscum contagiosum will develop the disease after a certain incubation period. We can understand the symptoms of acute molluscum contagiosum from the following introduction.

2. Symptoms of molluscum contagiosum :

1. The rash of molluscum contagiosum often occurs on the trunk, limbs, shoulder blades, scrotum and anus, and can also occur on the lips, tongue, cheek mucosa and conjunctiva. The location of the rash varies depending on the method of contact, and there are generally no subjective symptoms. In a very small number of patients, the lesions are abnormally large and are called giant molluscum. Some may keratinize and resemble small skin horns, which are called keratotic molluscum. Skin lesions may occasionally disappear naturally and leave no scars after healing.

2. Molluscum contagiosum is mostly scattered, multiple, hemispherical, waxy papules with an umbilical center, from which cheese-like molluscum bodies can be squeezed out. The skin lesions are hemispherical papules ranging in size from rice grains to peas, with a slightly concave center and a waxy surface. They are light red, grayish white, pearly or normal skin color.

3. In a small number of patients, the lesions may occasionally become keratinized and resemble small skin horns, which is called "keratotic molluscum contagiosum". The lesions can sometimes grow to 10 to 15 mm. Such huge lesions are usually solitary and often lead to secondary bacterial infections and inflammatory reactions. 2 to 7 weeks after the molluscum contagiosum virus enters the skin, one or several small round papules gradually appear on the skin surface. They are the size of millet or mung beans and have the same color as the surrounding normal skin or pearl color.

What are the symptoms of acute molluscum contagiosum? I believe that through the above introduction, everyone has some understanding of the symptoms of acute molluscum contagiosum. Molluscum contagiosum is contagious to a certain extent, so once you find symptoms of acute molluscum contagiosum on your body, you must discover it in time and treat it symptomatically to avoid the symptoms of molluscum contagiosum becoming more serious.