Talk:Molluscum contagiosum
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"This is a derm condition -> we should get a picture 19:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Rajab 19:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)"
There are some great photos at http://www.visualdxhealth.com/adult/molluscumContagiosum.htm - this site is taking a more visual approach to understanding conditions. I didn't see comments regarding the use of tea tree oil though.
I've read many anecdotal reports about Tea Tree Oil, distilled from Melaleuca alternifolia, as an effective treatment for Molluscum contagiosum. Any comment? Who would fund a study on this?
- Molluscum contagiosum is a self-limiting condition. As such it is difficult to tell if a particular treatment applied in an individual case was efficacious or whether lesions would have resolved spontaneously without the treatment. Only a proper prospective experimental study can resolve this question. Anecdotes are valuable in suggesting topics for research and, with responsible expert consultation, for suggesting treatment where proven remedies have failed. They do not belong in an encyclopedia, which should not tout every fad and nostrum even when some people become enthused about it and even when popular articles depict it as a miracle cure or whatever. Tea tree oil carries some risk. Wikipedia should not throw its weight behind promoting it for unproven uses. What, if any, peer reviewed published research supports using tea tree oil for molluscum contagiosum? We need references (not from health fad literature or secondary sources that duplicate each other) to continue any serious discussion of this. Myron 11:17, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
- I have "cleaned up" this article. Philiphughesmd 17:59, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
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- Self-limiting is a misnomer, if it takes years to get rid of them. I personally had it for two months. After taking tea tree oil for a few days, I went from 80 of the molluscums to zero. It's not a study, but people should do studies on it to see if there are any harmful side effects, as I personally believe it got rid of them completely.
- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.223.131.108 (talk • contribs). 08:37, 20 July 2006
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- If it were to take 10 years and eventually resolve with no adverse effects (e.g. increase in heart disease) in the meantime, that would still be "self-limiting", albeit over a very long duration. The implication being that there is no absolute need to treate as most cases will resolve over a long enough period of time. David Ruben Talk 07:47, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
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- re Tea Tree oil - a quick search on PubMed the National Institute for Health abstracting service for "Molluscum contagiosum tea tree oil" found no published papers to support this. Without WP:Reliable sources to back up the claim of either its use or its effectivelness (whether or not true) then, as an encyclopedia, it has no place within wikipedia. Without being able to WP:Cite to WP:Verify, any assertion is merely a personal opinion and as such is banned under WP:No original research policy. (Please read the relevant linked policies and also sign your talk-page postings with 4 tildes, like this ~~~~).
- So if "contributor cannot provide a study verifying this", as you have so stated in the article itself, then this will tend to get deleted on sight. I agree though that generally it is better to improve a problematic section of article rather than just deleting it but, as I indicate above, I too found no credible source to verify this. If you can find a suitable source, I suggest you post it here in the talk page for other editors to discuss. David Ruben Talk 08:07, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
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This is a derm condition -> we should get a picture 19:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)Rajab 19:49, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
There are some great photos at http://www.visualdxhealth.com/adult/molluscumContagiosum.htm - this site is taking a more visual approach to understanding conditions. I didn't see comments regarding the use of tea tree oil though.
