A male asked:
i've noticed white bumps around my anus and im concerned that they could be either gential herpes or genital warts, however after closer inspection i realized i have a hemorrhoid. could these white bumps be somehow related to the hemorrhoid?
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Dr. Elliot Lach answered
40 years experience Plastic Surgery
Anal bumps: Tiny white bumps around the anus are likely warts, herpetic lesions, or molluscum contagiosum. There are other possibilities also. Hemorrhoids are going to be located right at the anal margin and can be skin colored or darkened if they are painful and filled with blood clots.
Answered on Oct 13, 2016
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A female asked:
Dr. Joy Jackson answered
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The : The purple color you describe is a little worrisome. Is it possible that these are blood filled lesions? If so it may be hemorrhoids that are thrombos ... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. John Berryman answered
54 years experience Obstetrics and Gynecology
Genital cyst ?: A firm "bump" in the area described may be a sebaceous cyst, very common in genital and other areas. See your gyn provider, who can easily diagnose ... Read More
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Dr. John Fung answered
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Very different: Anal warts are the result of viral infection of the skin with human papilloma virus and generally firm and painless, whereas hemorrhoids are enlarged ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. Pierrette Mimi Poinsett answered
38 years experience Pediatrics
Genital warts: Genital warts are spread only via sexual contact. They are not transmitted via doorknobs, toilets other non sexual ways.
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