Homeopathic treatment
Before delving into homeopathic treatment let us first discuss the conventional or allopathic treatment available.
Allopathic or conventional treatment of molluscum contagiosum includes surgical
removal by de-coring, scrapping, cauterizing, freezing, cryotherapy, curettage,
or through needle electrosurgery.
The above procedures lead to scarring and most importantly the molluscum recur.
Homeoapthy on the other hand works on the immune system of the person being treated,
thus offering promising and excellent treatment and remedies for molluscum contagiosum.
The medicines raise the vitality and immunity of the patient and helps the body
to heal itself by stimulating the body's own healing powers to fight the disease.
Homeopathy treatment is absolutely harmless and essentially safe without any side
effects, even for children and pregnant females. No external applications like ointments
or greasy lotions are given during the treatment. Thus, it offers a painless, non-surgical,
non-scarring solution for molluscum contagiosum.
Unlike conventional or allopathy treatment, homeopathy medicines treat the ailment
from within, emphasising on cure rather than its suppression.
There are 19 homoeopathic medicines which give great relief in molluscum contagiosum.
However, the correct choice and the resulting relief is a matter of experience and
right choice on the part of the doctor. The treatment is decided after thorough
case taking of the patient. Thus homeopathic remedies are designer made unlike allopathy
or conventional treatment in which all patients receive the same surgical procedures
or drugs.
Some of the remedies which may be used in a case of molluscum contagiosum under
an experienced homeopathic doctor are Silicia, Hepar sulphuricum, Natrium sulphuricum,
Thuja occidentalis and so on.
I remember the case of 8-year-old Riya Sharma who came to me with 3 months old history
of molluscum contagiosum. The eruptions were on the face around the lips. The presentation
of eruptions was pearly white and there was itching also. Her appetite was diminished.
She had a history of frequent throat infections indicating low vitality or immunity.
She also had ingrowing toe nails which were very painful.
Previously she was treated in allopathy where cauterization of eruptions was done
but they recurred again. She had also taken conventional medicines orally for the
same, but without any imporvement. The molluscum contagiosum kept recurring and in fact increasing in number.
After thorough case taking she was prescribed the approprite remedies. Six months
into the treatment her tendency to develop molluscum decreased considerably and
she was cured in a span of one year.
For complete cure the treatment must be taken seriously from an expert doctor for
about 12 to 18 months depending upon the severity of the disease.
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A patient treated by Dr. Rohit Jain
Before treatment
After treatment
What is molluscum contagiosum
Molluscum contagiosum is a viral infection of the skin characterized by raised pearl-like
nodules or papules on the skin. The eruptions are usually grouped in one or two
areas. They can be painful and itchy.
It is most commonly seen in children affecting around 17 percent of young children
between 2 to 12 years of age. It usually affects the face, neck, hands and armpits
but may be found anywhere on the body except palms and soles.
In adults it is generally seen on the groin and genitals as a sexually transmitted
disease.
The virus spreads through direct skin to skin contact and through contact with contaminated
objects door knobs, tap handles, toys, swimming pools and so on. Rubbing or scratching
the eruptions spreads the virus to the nearby skin thus spreading the molluscum.
Also the patient should be investigated for HIV and AIDS as five to twenty percent
of immunocompromised people with AIDS and HIV have symptomatic molluscum contagiosum
virus.
Some of the issues which lead the patients to consult a doctor are secondary infections,
bleeding, discomfort, itching, potential scarring along with social and emotional
reasons like fear of embarrassment, disrupted cosmetic appearance, social exclusion
and fear of transmission to others.
Causes
- DNA virus of the poxvirus group.
- Incubation period is 2 weeks to 2 months after contact.