Originally Posted by windyday238

Molluscum is a very common skin infection and contracting it doesn’t mean you have HIV. On the contrary almost everyone has it in his or her body. If you get molluscum as a skin infection it will not typically last long if you have a healthy immune system.

Molluscum is spread from person to person by direct skin contact and will infect any part of the skin, but it is especially common on the face or in the groin and pubic areas (or rather, the parts we typically have in contact with others.)

If you find that the lesions do not go away or it is spreading this would be a time to be concerned and you should see your physician since it can be an indicator of an immune deficiency.

Your physician can easily identify molluscum lesions since there are only one or two other infections that cause skin problems that look at all similar to molluscum.

Bottom Line:

Getting and infection be it skin (Molluscum), sinus or any other type of infection means very little, most infection dissipate over time.

However, if an infection of any type persists for a long duration (or spreads) than it is an indication that your immune system may have issues.