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Dermatology (Expert Forum)
Vinegar test
Answered by
Alan Rockoff, MD - dermatology, Child Skin Problems
The Rockoff Dermatology Center
Brookline - MA
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Vinegar test
by nervousm, Jul 28, 2003 12:00AM
I noticed one small wart on the base of my penis shaft near the hair folicles. I went to a clinic and the nurse practitioner Said it might be a genital wart. Then the N.P. did the Vinegar test and the proposed wart and it did not turn white. She said it might not be a genital wart, well at least the infectious type. So she burned it off. However, i am now in the dark whether it was a contagious wart or not. I have gotten bumps in the past, all checked out and not to be anything. My questions are:
1. If the vinegar test DOES NOT turn the wart white, is it still a contagious wart?
2. Is it possibloe to have normal warts on your private area, and does it sound like i have just a normal wart?
In the dark.
1. If the vinegar test DOES NOT turn the wart white, is it still a contagious wart?
2. Is it possibloe to have normal warts on your private area, and does it sound like i have just a normal wart?
In the dark.
Doctor's Answer
by Alan Rockoff, MD, Jul 28, 2003 12:00AM
, Jul 28, 2003 12:00AM
It is very hard to know whether warts in the genital region are contagious, and if so from whom they came. It is indeed possible to have viral strains common on, say, the fingers cause warts on the genitals. I really don't know what the NP meant by saying, "it might not be a genital wart, well at least the infectious type."
Because vinegar often makes things other than warts turn white, vinegar tests are not reliable, but a negative one does argue againts what you had being a wart.
I din;t know exactly what you had, but it may very well have been a cyst or something entirely non-warty. Now that whatever it was has been burned off, there's no point in worrying about it. If it recurs, you can have it taken care of, or at least looked at for confirmation.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
Because vinegar often makes things other than warts turn white, vinegar tests are not reliable, but a negative one does argue againts what you had being a wart.
I din;t know exactly what you had, but it may very well have been a cyst or something entirely non-warty. Now that whatever it was has been burned off, there's no point in worrying about it. If it recurs, you can have it taken care of, or at least looked at for confirmation.
Take care.
Dr. Rockoff
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