Pain in the Tip of the Urethra

[crydercohen]

hi-

i am a 29 year old male and have been having a pain at the tip of my urethra for the past six weeks. one morning i woke up and it was suddenly there. the pain is about the size of a pencil tip and there is also a small white fleshy bit at the very opening of my urethra where the pain is (bu no redness, though). it almost feels like  a pimple underneath. the white fleshy bit seems to be decreasing in size (as is the pain) but it is still there. mostly i notice it when i brush up against it. the size of the fleshy bit has seemed to go down after  a treatment with anti-biotics.

what can this be?

thanks

[Stephen Liroff, MD]

I would, of course, have to examine it to give you the best answer. I can think of a few things that this could be: local trauma that is slowly resolving (but is taking too long and there is no redness), an infection/foreign body (like a splinter...but again, no redness), an inclusion cyst (but I have never seen this in an adult).
If it resolves completely, then I would not be further concerned. If is persists, then I would advise you to see a dermatologist or a urologist.
I would avoid direct contact with a sexual partner until it resolves. Use a condom, no fellatio (without a condom).
S.A.Liroff, M.D.

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