Molluscum contagiosum or MC is one of those borderline STIs that few people know about and that rarely gets sensationalized in the media. When children contract it, it’s not considered an STI/STD, but when adults get it, it’s almost always sexually transmitted. As such, stigma surrounding the infection is lower than some of the more […]
Molluscum Contagiosum: A Short Story in 3 Parts – Part 3
This short story was submitted anonymously after the author participated in the STI Interviews. This is part 3 of a 3 part story. My life continued as normally as I could hope for. I went out with friends as much as my mood would allow, and didn’t let on to anyone including my friends, family, and […]
Molluscum Contagiosum: A Short Story in 3 Parts – Part 2
This short story was submitted anonymously after the author participated in the STI Interviews. This is part 2 of a 3 part story. During the summer my parents took my kids camping for a couple of weeks. They got eaten alive by mosquitoes and scratched themselves raw. There were so many bug bites when they got […]
Molluscum Contagiosum: A Short Story in 3 Parts – Part 1
This short story was submitted anonymously after the author participated in the STI Interviews. This is part 1 of a 3 part story. I have Molluscum Contagiosum, and have had it since spring of 2012. It’s not like I thought there was never a chance I could get an STD; I guess I just never […]
Molluscum – Wouldn’t Let My Kids in Her House – STI Interviews
Thanks to our most recent submission to the STI Interviews, we now have a male’s perspective about living with molluscum contagiosum. Molluscum doesn’t get a lot of attention, and the people who contract it can feel incredibly alone because of the lack of information, support groups, and stories available in print or on the internet. […]
What Does Molluscum Contagiosum Look Like – Pictures of STIs/STDs
Pictures of STIs/STDs When looking for pictures of STIs/STDs on google or any other search engine, you’re bound to come across incredibly graphic, disgusting, and down right scary pictures of STDs. While these pictures are sometimes real depictions of specific STIs/STDs, they are often the very worst case scenarios and can be meant to scare […]
STI/STD List – Different Types of Viral STDs
There are 3 different kinds of STIs/STDs: bacterial, viral, and parasitic. Like bacterial STIs/STDs, viral STIs/STDs often give no warning signs or symptoms. This means you can contract it and infect a sexual partner without knowing it and serious complications which can cause irreversible damage can progress silently before you ever recognize a problem. Viral […]
A Blessing In Disguise – Molluscum Contagiosum – STI Interviews
This was a random submission via The STI Project’s contact form – we just love getting these – we, meaning, me!! 🙂 Thank you for sharing your story – sometimes the mere act of writing it down can be incredibly healing and it will most certainly serve your purpose of letting others know they are […]