NEW MEHOD FOR REATMENT OF MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM BY PUNCTURING OF THE SKIN LESIONS BY DISPOSABLE NEEDLE

Abstract

Abstract

Molluscum contagiosum is a viral disease, caused by poxvirus, which is called (mcv) (1) . There are four types of MCV (MCV1 caused 96.6% and MCV2 caused 3.4% of infection ) (1) .
Cell – mediated immunity is significant in control and elimination of the infection, so unusually widespread have been reported in patients with HIV disease and those on immunosuppressive therapy (1)(2) . In adults, molluscum contagiousm was primarily a sexually transmitted disease and infection of children through sexual abuse was presumably possible (1)(3). Although the disease in immuneocom-petent patients involute spontaneously , many therapeutic methods have been used, which include cryotherapy, curettage, diathermy, squeezing with forceps and Shaving off the Iesions (1)(4)(5).
Many topical preparations were sometimes recommended, including tretinoin (6) Cantharidin (7) and salicylic- lactic acid wart paints, but their value was limited by causing irritation (1).
Because all of the therapeutic method, described above were painful, may cause Irritation may be expensive and need local anesthesia. So the aim of the present work was to describe a new, simple, relatively painless and cheep method for the treatment of molluscum by puncturing of the lesions by disposable syringe needle which had not been reported in literature