Clinical manifestations of molluscum contagiosum

Molluscum contagiosum is mainly characterized by the appearance of multiple hemispherical papules on the skin. The disease spreads easily and is contagious. Molluscum contagiosum is caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus and is mostly transmitted through skin-to-skin contact. Most of them are found in children and immunocompromised people, and they are often found in densely populated places such as schools and kindergartens. Molluscum contagiosum is a hemispherical papule 3-5mm in diameter, gray or pearl-colored, with a waxy surface and an umbilical concavity in the center, containing a milky-white, cheese-like substance known as molluscum contagiosum, which is usually without obvious symptoms or mild itching. The rash occurs on the back of the chest, limbs, and spreads quickly, and can be transmitted through scratching self-inoculation or contact with contaminated clothing, towels. The symptoms of molluscum contagiosum on the body should be timely to go to the hospital for treatment, the treatment is mainly physical destruction, available tweezers, hemostats and other items will be warts directly removed, but also can do laser, electric cauterization, freezing and other treatments.