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bumps - advice please
I found a bump on my inner thigh towards the center of my thigh just below where my scrotum normally hangs. I have one also one in the portion of your leg where the buttocks meets your upper thigh again towards the center (somewhat in the fold)
the thigh one is larger and became enlarge and sore one day after a lot of walking. I have been putting over the counter antibiotic cream 2x daily on both since and the thigh one has reduced in size and the buttock one has remained the same size. This has been present for ~ 3 weeks
Currently the thigh one is a little sore to the touch after a day of working but in the morning is typically pain free
I have taken some photos but not sure that will work here
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss101/bradstiltz/img042.jpg
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss101/bradstiltz/img040.jpg
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss101/bradstiltz/img039.jpg
not the pictures but the best i could do
advice please - no other odd bumps on my actual penis or scrotum
the thigh one is larger and became enlarge and sore one day after a lot of walking. I have been putting over the counter antibiotic cream 2x daily on both since and the thigh one has reduced in size and the buttock one has remained the same size. This has been present for ~ 3 weeks
Currently the thigh one is a little sore to the touch after a day of working but in the morning is typically pain free
I have taken some photos but not sure that will work here
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss101/bradstiltz/img042.jpg
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss101/bradstiltz/img040.jpg
http://i566.photobucket.com/albums/ss101/bradstiltz/img039.jpg
not the pictures but the best i could do
advice please - no other odd bumps on my actual penis or scrotum
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Local hygiene (soap and water washing a couple times a day) can't hurt, but it will probably take 1-2 weeks no matter what. If severe, an oral antibiotic might speed things up.
thank you - is there anything that is suggested to try an speed the process of them going away
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the STD forum. I'll try to help. However, we do not examine posted photos on this forum To my thinking, it comes too close to practicing medicine from a distance. Our task is not to provide a specific diagnosis, just to help people put their risks and other aspects of STD into context.
Reponding first to the opening line: The inner thigh is rarely a site for STD lesions of any kind. On that basis alone, it is doubtful an STD explains the bump.
Now, having read the rest: This sounds like garden variety boils or folliculitis (hair follicle infection), perhaps due to staph, strep, or some other skin bacteria. The only STD that conceivably would cause genital area skin lesions is herpes, but this really doesn't sound at all like herpes, not only because of the location, bu the appearance you describe and the occurrence of 2 widely spaced lesions.
See a provider if you remain in doubt, or if the lesions get particularly sore or enlarged or if there is a lot of surrounding redness, fever, etc.
Regards-- HHH, MD
Reponding first to the opening line: The inner thigh is rarely a site for STD lesions of any kind. On that basis alone, it is doubtful an STD explains the bump.
Now, having read the rest: This sounds like garden variety boils or folliculitis (hair follicle infection), perhaps due to staph, strep, or some other skin bacteria. The only STD that conceivably would cause genital area skin lesions is herpes, but this really doesn't sound at all like herpes, not only because of the location, bu the appearance you describe and the occurrence of 2 widely spaced lesions.
See a provider if you remain in doubt, or if the lesions get particularly sore or enlarged or if there is a lot of surrounding redness, fever, etc.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
