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A 29-year-old male asked:

I have what seems to be a pimple. a few inches from my anus. it keeps bleeding after i go to the bathroom. been there a few weeks. not really painful?

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Dr. Matt Wachsman
A Verified Doctoranswered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
Tricky: dermatologic conditions are hard to discuss without seeing them. Boil, or other local infection is possible, but often these are surface manifestations of problems that run much deeper (deep infection, cysts, fistulas, etc)
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