My son, at about 6 mos., got the Molluscum virus from hand-me-down clothing given to him from his cousin’s mother, who did not bother tell me or didn’t know that her son had molluscum. At first, when I noticed the strange bumps, I mistakened them for baby acne or allergic reactions to new foods he was eating. But sure enough, his doctor diagnosed it as Molluscum, claiming that there wasn’t much I could do about it, since my son was so young. As a mother, I was traumatized by the research I had done on the virus, seeing as to how contagious it can be, and how easily it spreads and most o ...
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