A small lump on the shaft of my penis

[airforce17]

Hello. i am 17, and mildly sexually active with only one partner. I recently discovered a small lump on the shaft of my penis, midway up, and i have no idea what it is. Im worried it may be hpv, or some other std. It is there wether or not i have an erection, and it is not movable. it is slightly red, but mostly flash colored, and it does not hurt. Can someone help me?

[airforce17]

thank you. ive already made the appointment.

[SkaterDave]

Remember that an HPV forum is in no way a venue for diagnosis.  The only way to know whether it's HPV or not is to go see a doctor or dermatologist.  My advice would be make an appointment and have it looked at.  From what you describe, it could easily be a wart. HPV is extremely common these days and people with only one partner are known to get it.   It's a numbers game, of course, with people who have more partners stand a higher chance of contracting it, but it's so common that nearly all of us can expect to have HPV at some point in our lives.  It's transient for the vast majority of us, though, lasting at most up to two years (having an outbreak of wart(s) every so often for up to two years).  

What you describe could easily be a wart or it could not.  Many, in fact most, doctors will diagnose you visually only and then remove it.  If you must know beyond a shadow of a doubt, you'll have to have it biopsied in a lab.  This'll be an extra cost to you, but if you only have one bump, and I had it all to do over again, I'd test the first one just so I don't lay awake at night wondering.  If it's not HPV and you are told it is, then you'll lay awake nights wondering if and when it'll come back and even if it never does, you'll never know if it was HPV or not.  That's what I'd do.  Go in and have it removed and biopsied, assuming of course that the doctor even thinks it's a wart.

Cheers