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Is Molluscum Contagiosum Associated With Itchy Bumps?

Hello I have have itchy bumps all over my body with a small dark center in the middle some are bigger than others. The first one started on my lower back with has grown in size and the others are all over. Its progressed over the week. My pcp doctor doesn t know what it is she said it could possible be molluscum contagiosum. But with the bump located on my lower back has some doubt and doesn t really know what it is..
Thu, 9 Nov 2017
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Thank you for the question. It is difficult to say without seeing the bumps themselves, but Molluscum typically isn't itchy and it usually is confined to one area of the body rather than spread all over. If you have never had chicken pox, I would keep that in my list of possibilities.
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Is Molluscum Contagiosum Associated With Itchy Bumps?

Thank you for the question. It is difficult to say without seeing the bumps themselves, but Molluscum typically isn t itchy and it usually is confined to one area of the body rather than spread all over. If you have never had chicken pox, I would keep that in my list of possibilities.