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Molluscum or not?
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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Molluscum or not?
by HelplessInPAA, Oct 11, 2006 12:00AM
The problem occured about 7 months ago about a month after I started seeing my current girlfriend. Just a few months before I starting dating her, she had surgery for cervical cancer. I've read that HPV is the leading cause of cervical cancer. Well anyways, about a month after I started dating this girl, I had unprotected sex with her and I broke out in a rash around my penis. There were red spots on the tip of my penis. They disappeared but then little red spots appear in my pubic hair and along my penis. My thighs were covered with these red spots, my stomach also had a few spots here and there around my belly button and up the sides of my stomach, (between the stomach and back). I went to the doctor and she told me that it was molluscum contiagious on my legs and stomach and said it was just a fungai or jock itch around my penis. Well I let it go because she said there wasn't anything they could do. A week or two after my doctor's visit I noticed little, flesh colored papaules. There are about 15-20 of them on my penis and at the base of my penis, and everything else has cleared up except these bumps. Its been about 7-8 months that I have had this problem. Is this molluscum contigious or gential warts? I heard genital warts are caused by HPV, the same thing that causes cervical cancer. Did my girlfriend pass this on to me? What else could this be? Please help!
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Oct 12, 2006 12:00AM
, Oct 12, 2006 12:00AM
It may be that these bumps are molluscum. If so, your girlfriend should be closely examined to see whether she has them--they would be on the outside. Molluscum is not HPV and does not lead to cervical cancer. If your girlfriend doesn't have them, that's OK, because sometimes they come without being caught from anyone. They do go away on their own, but can be treated, for instance with liquid nitrogen.
The penis rash sounds more like irritation than yeast or fungus.
A dermatologist should be able to confirm these diagnoses and recommend the best treatments.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
The penis rash sounds more like irritation than yeast or fungus.
A dermatologist should be able to confirm these diagnoses and recommend the best treatments.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
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