A 46-year-old male asked:
Hi,i have a small smooth skin coloured growth at the top of my anus before my scrotum. it is soft and smooth and not cauliflowered. it's not painful but it's noticeable, causing discomfort. is this likely to be a genital wart or a skin tag?
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Dr. Clarene Cressanswered
Specializes in Pediatrics
Sentinel skin tag: A sentinel skin tag is usually results from a fissure or tear of the anal tissue following passage of a large constipated stool. The tag itself is not painful, but the fissure can be uncomfortable both with passing stool and at rest, just like any other cut of the skin.
Increasing fluids and fiber in the diet is usually recommended to help in healing but the skin tag remains.
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A 17-year-old female asked:
Genital warts or skin tags? They did look like bumps but now they are flaps! I have about 10. They have a stolk. And are moveable.Around vagina & anus
Dr. Francisco R. Rodriguezanswered
Urology 11 years experience
genital warts: Only a visual examination by a physician can tell you what they are.
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A 34-year-old male asked:
So I have foreskin at the end of my shaft there is a bump I was playing with it now it is crusty and sore. I was worried it was genital warts. My doc says no cause it's not cauliflowered. What could it be? 3 other tiny white skin coloured bumps found?
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
There are causes of penile skin bumps other than warts. "Crusty and sore" suggests herpes, molluscum contagiosum, and (rarely) cancer. You need a seco... Read More
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A 21-year-old male asked:
Strange black growths on scrotum resembling warts. When i scratch them, they come off and do not bleed. They are 1-2 mm. Could this be genital warts?
Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 58 years experience
See a doctor: Or specifically a dermatologist. Without the ability to examine these it is impossible to determine what they are. Genital warts are doubtful.
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Can you reinfect yourself with your own genital warts? Example genital warts on scrotum to inside of vagina then transferred to penis? Is that possible? On top of shaft?
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
This never happens, or so rarely you can ignore it. People are immune to new infections with the HPV type they already have.
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A 30-year-old male asked about a 30-year-old male:
I never had anal sex but i got genital warts on my penis. Is it possible to get anal and scrotum warts as well? Does the interferon therapy effective?
Dr. J. Lawrence Dohananswered
Dermatology 59 years experience
Yes: Yes, they might spread.Probably will not. Imiquimod is far superior to interferon. You may combine liquid nitrogen and electrodessication with lidocai... Read More
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