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STDs (Expert Forum)
white bumps around anus
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University of Washington
Seattle - WA
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Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Jan 31, 2005 12:00AM
, Jan 31, 2005 12:00AM
Not enough information. Are they painful? Any open sores as well? Are they changing or staying more or less the same since you discovered them?
Assuming they are firm, painless bumps (if they are painful you probably would have said so), anal warts sounds like a good bet. You don't say whether you are a man or a women, but anal warts are pretty common in both women and in straight men. It doesn't take anal sex per se. In women, the anus is close enough to the vagina for local inoculation. In hetersexual men (or in gay men who have not had anal sex), anal HPV may be acquired by scratching the genital area then the anal area; or perhaps by scratching after manual contact with a partner's genital HPV infection.
But all this is speculation until you see a health care provider and get a diagnosis. I don't know what you've got--can only guess.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Assuming they are firm, painless bumps (if they are painful you probably would have said so), anal warts sounds like a good bet. You don't say whether you are a man or a women, but anal warts are pretty common in both women and in straight men. It doesn't take anal sex per se. In women, the anus is close enough to the vagina for local inoculation. In hetersexual men (or in gay men who have not had anal sex), anal HPV may be acquired by scratching the genital area then the anal area; or perhaps by scratching after manual contact with a partner's genital HPV infection.
But all this is speculation until you see a health care provider and get a diagnosis. I don't know what you've got--can only guess.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Member Comments (1)
by annie_baby, May 16, 2008 12:43AM
A related discussion, bump near rectum was started.
