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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
Penile Warts or what?
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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Penile Warts or what?
by plzhelp, May 18, 2002 12:00AM
I am 28 and have been married for 6 years and just last week I noticed what looks like a wart on the shaft of my penis? I dont have any other warts on my body and havnt had one in years. Here are my questions.
1. How can I get this without having sex with someone infected? I know that my wife and I have not seen anyone different, ever.
2. There is only one that is flesh colored and looks just like a wart that you would have on your body somewhere else. Could this be something else?
3. Is it contagious?
4. What type of doctor should I see if you think this is a genital wart?
Thanks
1. How can I get this without having sex with someone infected? I know that my wife and I have not seen anyone different, ever.
2. There is only one that is flesh colored and looks just like a wart that you would have on your body somewhere else. Could this be something else?
3. Is it contagious?
4. What type of doctor should I see if you think this is a genital wart?
Thanks
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, May 19, 2002 12:00AM
, May 19, 2002 12:00AM
The bump may not be a genital wart. The doctor who can tell you best is a dermatologist.
Even if it is a wart, it doesn't mean you caught it. People get warts all the time--on fingers, legs, and genitals, without having contacted anyone who has a wart. So I understand your perplexity, but you don't have to worry about that.
I would suggest that you be checked to see if it is a wart. If your wife goes for regular Pap smears, as she should anyway, then she will be checked too.
Whatever the bump is, the doctor can burn it off in a flash.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
Even if it is a wart, it doesn't mean you caught it. People get warts all the time--on fingers, legs, and genitals, without having contacted anyone who has a wart. So I understand your perplexity, but you don't have to worry about that.
I would suggest that you be checked to see if it is a wart. If your wife goes for regular Pap smears, as she should anyway, then she will be checked too.
Whatever the bump is, the doctor can burn it off in a flash.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
Member Comments (2)
by plzhelp, May 19, 2002 12:00AM
Thanks.
