molluscum treatments?

[danb06]

Hi, I have had molluscum now for over 9 months and am unable to get rid of it. I have used a natural remedy that i found on the internet with no sucess. I was thinkin bout getting them frozen off but was unsure if the wart treatments you can buy from a chemist would be ok to use? Or is there a different treatment for molluscum?

[BhumikaMD]

Hi,

'Individual molluscum lesions may go away on their own and are reported as lasting generally from 6 to 8 weeks, to 2 or 3 months. However via autoinoculation, the disease may propagate and so an outbreak generally lasts longer with mean durations variously reported as 8 months,to about 18 months,and with a range of durations from 6 months to 5 years.

For mild cases, over-the-counter wart medicines, such as salicylic acid may shorten infection duration. Daily topical application of tretinoin cream ("Retin-A 0.025%") may also trigger resolution. These treatments require several months for the infection to clear, and are often associated with intense inflammation and possibly discomfort.

Surgical treatments include cryosurgery, in which liquid nitrogen is used to freeze and destroy lesions, as well as scraping them off with a curette.

Pulsed dye laser therapy for molluscum contagiosum may be the treatment of choice for multiple lesions in a cooperative patient '

You could read more about the condition at the following links -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molluscum_contagiosum

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molluscum_contagiosum

Let us know if you need any other information and post us about how you are doing.

Regards.

[tileman]

Ok, I have a few questions that I need with and I cant find any reliable info on the internet.  I know your not supposed to self diagnose via internet-but I am in a little predicament.

I was recently diagnosed with mulloscum, located on my genitals.  I went to a local std clinic becuase  I have no insurance.  I also went becuase about a week and a half after having unprotected sex I developed a deep itch within my urethra starting at the base of my scrotum all the way to the middle of my shaft-massaging would relieve the itch.  I had a minor clear discharge also. It seems that I am peeing less frequently. All signs pointed towards chlamydia.  
       I had a quick smear wich was negative-a urine test which I assume was negative becuase I recieved no phone calls from the clinic and a blood test which I also recieved no phone calls about. (all stds were tested for) I was not given any pills for treatment.-Here are my questions.

-Is it possible that all these tests were wrong or false?-I( got tested about 5-7days after symptoms appeared)
-The itching and minor discharge still persist, but are on and off.  Is there another condition that would create these symptoms?
-are these symptoms at all related to mulloscum?

Thank you in advance for your advice.