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Is molluscum contagious or not?

Is molluscum contagious or not?

Ok, my 3-year old has had molluscum for a while.  Our dermatologist acts like it is the plague and highly contagious...suggests if I even touch a bump I wash my hands....wash clothes, towels, wipe down surfaces all the time, etc.  Our pediatrician seems so non-challant about it and says it is only contagious if you were to literally scratch it and irritate it and then touch someone or something else....what is the deal?  I am already OCD as it is and I just want to know if this is highly contagious or what?  And why in the world does the medical community not know much about this when it can lasts years on a person?
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