instruction: hi doctor I was diagnosed with genital molluscum contagiosum about a month and a half ago I am being treated now and there are few number of bumps left less than when it first appeared there were 9 bumps I wanted to ask if this had anything to do with the hiv virus I have almost never been in a relationship without protection but that still made me worry for a while please let me know if I should panic
output: hello genital molluscum is a viral infection but not caused by hiv virus it is a sexually transmitted diseases and therefore usually spread from sexual route genital molluscum is considered to be a marker of hiv infection therefore it is usually advised to rule out hiv infection in patients of genital molluscum as you are having genital molluscum does not mean that you are having hiv infection if you are practicing safe sexual practices then chances of hiv infection is minimal at least not because of sexual route but to be in safe side I will advise you to rule out hiv infection by doing hiv testing as it is considered in protocol to test for it incase of genital molluscum