Aldara for molluscum
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My son had Molluscum for over a year. We tried aldara, zymaderm, we even had some burned off with acid and nothing worked.
I went to a new doc and she told me about Molluscumrx. A product she said she has used for a couple years.
Within a few days the lesions began to respond( they got a dark red), within 3 weeks they were totally gone. I wish I had known about this stuff before. It would have saved my son a lot of misery.
I hope this info helps others.
I also took blood test for HIV however I am waiting for my result. I have mostly near pubic hair and some about 5 or 6 in genital area. They are about white, pointy, 2 to 6 mm in diameter. First time I saw those when I decided to shave my pubic hair in first week of jan. I went to see my Primary Care after a week he told me it is folliculitis. I waited a month but no resolution or going away so I decided to see a dermatologist and he diagnose the MC.
t genital warts because of the way they looked and told me that it looks like Molluscum Contagiosum virus. She even perscribed me a topical ointment called Aldara to use every other day on the spots. It's been a little over a month and there is no improvement. I am so self conscious about these bumps and they're now spreading down my upper thighs. I'm going to the bahamas in December and I want to be able to wear a swim suit on the beach.
Hello Doctor,
I'm currently a 28 year old male, and first presented with symptoms 1 - 2 years ago. I've had 1 partner, and she never presented with symptoms, and also had clean gynecological exams throughout our relationship. We both noticed a small growth at the very base of my penis; it got progressively a little bigger, but was never very large.
He prescribed Aldara cream 5 % and asked me to apply. I applied a full sachet at a time daily in the nights for about 20 days. I think that some of the excess aldara cream also got on to me scrotum testicle skin which turned the area red. After a few days, there was a watery discharge which further developed into small ulcers. I tried all types of creams and neem oil on it which i think worsened the situation. I showed them to my doc and he told that it is herpes so get tested for it.
It's not unusual for the aldara to cause so much irritation that it resembles herpes lesions. It can be very irritating for some folks. Covering the bases by testing for herpes is a good thing but it probably isn't. At this point the best thing to do from a herpes standpoint is wait and repeat your herpes igg blood test in 3 or 4 months just to err on the side of caution.
The burning went away but I still have the bumps to this day and I also developed some bumps that look like Molluscum on my arms and neck. The Aldara suppressed the bumps temporarily but they have continued to go away for a month or two at a time and then re-appear. I have seen another doctor a few times. He diagnosed the bumps as Genital Warts and he treated the bumps with acid.
I have molluscum on my genitals and received cryotherapy and aldara cream... where the cryotherapy took place it looks like the white head is coming out of the skin like its being pushed upward to fall out... it looks like i can take the white head out with tweezers... is this a good idea or really dumb?
ve been using aldara for about 3-4 months now. It took about 6-7 weeks to start working for me. It cleared up my warts in about 8 weeks but had another outbreak. It has cleared up everything so far. I'm waiting to go on a follow up appt so I guess will find out soon. How long have you been using aldara? I also had a yeast infection when i was diagnosed w/ hpv.
I'm really concerned about all the pain for sure.
My doctor didn't give me aldara, he gave me Nystatin for my molluscum.. which didn't really help and then gave me minocycline for the secondary infection I got from it. However, the pain is still there, far more dull, but still there. I also still have a few lesions.
1. Two days subsequent to the biopsy, additonal warts appeared as pink/white bumps to either side of the biopsy site. Is it possible that the biopsy spread the infection?
2. My next appointment is a week-and-a-half away. My concern is that the new warts that have shown up will grow and spread without immediate, aggressive treatment. I have little faith in the Aldara to keep the warts in check given all that I have read.
m concerned about primarily, is how this could be folliculitis and not molluscum (although I would clearly prefer for it to be folliculitis). My previous infection was confirmed as molluscum, and there were at least 10-15 bumps that were confirmed as such. When I started lifeguarding, and the bumps started spreading, I thought it was the molluscum that was spreading, due to all of the information I had taken in from my doctor and from the internet on ease of autoinoculation.
I am going to go down to be tested for herpes tomorrow (I was told I had Molluscum by a NP a month ago after having it for about a month but she didn't swab or take any other tests to confirm or deny it, plus the sores in question look different and I'm unsure they were there when I first went down) and I read if the herpes sore isn't new, the result isn't always positive with a swab.. so I would assume it would be best to take a blood test..
I have 4 growths 2 larger and 2 smaller, she ruled out Herpes and was left believing it was either Molluscum or Gential Warts. She prescribed Aldara to me and I have been using it for the past 3 weeks which have made the bumps much smaller. I was also tested for Gonorrhea and Chlamydia, both tested negative.
Sround the same time I had a medium to light grayish discharge that had a fishy odor especially after I showered. I've had no pain in this time.
i have received cryotherapy and aldara cream for treatment of molluscum contagiosum a week ago to the date... the scabs have fallen off but there is still a lot of redness on the open skin and can still see the white bumps inside the open scab... does this mean i will have to undergo another cryotherapy again? how long does it usually take for cryotherapy to heal and is there anyway of speeding up the healing process?
i have received cryotherapy and aldara cream for treatment of molluscum contagiosum a week ago to the date... the scabs have fallen off but there is still a lot of redness on the open skin and can still see the white bumps inside the open scab... does this mean i will have to undergo another cryotherapy again? how long does it usually take for cryotherapy to heal and is there anyway of speeding up the process?
Any opinions on what this is? Thanks for any help guys, docs. This has been going on for a long time (april 2013 is when i first noticed this) and I still have no clear answers... Also, since this appeared, I regularly get an on and off throbbing/pulsing sensation in general vulva area- and that sensation is not focused right where the bumps area is.. (this throbbing has become less intense and noticeable as time has gone by).
For what it's worth I contracted molluscum thru my partner. He had it on his forearm and legs. Somehow it ended up on my lady parts. He denied ever having it on his man parts. At first I truly thought is was razor burn. In all actuality me shaving led to multiple bumps. They never itched,hurt, or bothered me. I realized they were getting worse than better. I got scared and made an appt right away and right away the dr knew what I had.
Trust me, I have had this for like 10 months and tried Aldara for nearly 6 months of it with only a few going away (which was probably coincidence). I just had them scrapped off the other day and it feels great not to worry about this anymore. Hit me up if you have any more questions - I have extensively researched mcv.
All tests came negative except from chlamydia,gonorrhea and molluscum contagiosum. My doctor give antibiotics(dyxycycline etc) to me and aldara cream for molluscum contagiosum bumps around my genitals. What concerns me is the fact that the previous day of the test I had a last encounter with a csw and we did protected oral and protected vaginal sex.
Went to the doctor in June of this year and she prescribed with Aldara because she thought it was molluscum contagiosum which I was told to put on 3 times a week. So I started using the cream and noticed no difference on my inner thighs or butt. But when I put it on my labia it turned into a sore and is terribly itching and burning now and now has a lump/bulge. No idea what it is or how I can help the burning and itching which is causing a lot of pain.
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