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Molluscum

Molluscum contagiosum is a benign viral infection of the skin causing small skin-colored bumps. With the exception of not looking like normal skin, molluscum is not particularly harmful or painful. Some skin cancers may look like molluscum, so it is important to let your doctor examine you if you find any abnormal lumps or bumps. Molluscum is caused by a poxvirus. 2 to 7 weeks after being exposed, one may develop the classical skin rash

Molluscum causes normal skin to grow into bumps. These are painless small bumps that often have a central divot (umbilication). There is no pain or discharge from these unless they are accidentally cut, and then they may bleed a bit. Molluscum is spread by direct contact with infected skin and can be spread to oneself and/or other people

Molluscum is treated by destroying the infected skin. Destruction of the abnormal area can be done by freezing the growths with liquid nitrogen. Other techniques include destroying the tissue with laser surgery, using a blistering agent (such as podophyllin - made from rain forest beetles), or burning them off with a potent acid (trichloracetic acid). A doctor trained in one of these techniques should be seen to prevent damaging the normal surrounding tissue.

Genital Warts

HPV is known by many names including venereal, anogenital, or genital warts, and condylomata acuminata. It is a viral infection of skin causing the growth of skin-colored, cauliflower-like masses of various sizes and shapes. It has become very common over the last two decades infecting anywhere from 3% to 28% of the population.

Several weeks to months after being exposed to a sexual partner with HPV, these painless growths occur on damp or moist surfaces in either sex. Common locations include the genital and paerianal areas. They often begin as tiny red spots and can grow quickly into cauliflower-like masses. Infection of a woman's cervix with certain strains of this virus can lead to cervical cancer. It is crucial, therefore, for all women who have this disease to have regular pap smears. (Actually, all women who are sexually active need to have regular pap smears to look for cervical problems.)

Like most viral infections, there is no cure for Human Papillomavirus. Treatment consists of destroying the infected cells, but it often comes back due to infection of normal-appearing nearby skin. If left untreated, genital warts may go away on their own. One study showed that nearly 1/3 of all patients had spontaneous resolution of the growths.

For those not wanting to wait to see if they disappear on their own (e.g., most people), destruction of the abnormal cells can be done via a number of methods such as freezing the growths with liquid nitrogen, destroying the tissue with laser surgery, using a blistering agent (such as podophyllin - made from rain forest beetles), or burning them off with a potent acid (e.g., trichloracetic acid). A doctor trained in one of these techniques should be seen to prevent damaging the normal surrounding tissue.

A novel approach is to enhance ones own immune system to fight off the genital warts. One such "immune-enhancer" is a cream called imiquimod (Aldara). Imiquimod is currently available by a doctor's prescription only, but unlike the other treatments that require a health professional to apply, Aldara is applied by the patient themselves, in the privacy of their own home. The patient puts a small amount of the cream on the warts three times a week. Aldara is for the treatment of visible warts on the genitals and perianal area. It is not for treatment of cervical or intravaginal warts. Cervical or intravaginal warts are usually treated with freezing or by surgically removing the infected area.

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