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? Condyloma or what
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? Condyloma or what
by asore, Jul 07, 2008 11:21AM
I noticed this month small pin head size white dots on the shaft of my penis. I thought it might be a pimple type thing even there was no redness and found them to be a firmer type lesion (bump) they almost look milial in nature/ but are solid. On closer inspection I could see about 50 of them all over from the shaft base to the forskin. They are not pink like the pictures of condylomas that I have seen. and not stacked on top of each other but in a random pattern. From what I can tell there is nothing like it on the glans of my penis.
They almost have a waxy very pale pale skin tone.
They are easier to see and feel firmer when I have an erection. I have tried to think if there was anything that I had done differently to cause this. I had gone to the tanning bed, but covered with a towel during the exposure.
I have used some Aldare creame on them everyother day for about 2 weeks but have seen no difference but have developed a red glans from using it.
I am assuming since there are on the forskin as well, that I should apply the cream to the forskin and the glans also to completely cover it.
I have a picture if you can accept.
They almost have a waxy very pale pale skin tone.
They are easier to see and feel firmer when I have an erection. I have tried to think if there was anything that I had done differently to cause this. I had gone to the tanning bed, but covered with a towel during the exposure.
I have used some Aldare creame on them everyother day for about 2 weeks but have seen no difference but have developed a red glans from using it.
I am assuming since there are on the forskin as well, that I should apply the cream to the forskin and the glans also to completely cover it.
I have a picture if you can accept.
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Jul 07, 2008 01:16PM
, Jul 07, 2008 01:16PM
Almost certainly you are not describing genital warts, which would never cause 50+ lesions all white and all more or less the same size, and spread more or less uniformly on the penis. This sounds most like normal hair follicles and/or sebaceous glands. But we don't examine posted photos on this forum; to my thinking, it comes too close to practicing medicine from a distance.
Nobody should use Aldara without medical supervision and professional diagnosis of warts. Stop the treatment, wait a couple of weeks (to let any inflammation caused by Aldara to subside), then see a provider for proper assessment. Most likely nothing is abnormal, but the way to know is to see a provider in person.
Regards-- HHH, MD
Nobody should use Aldara without medical supervision and professional diagnosis of warts. Stop the treatment, wait a couple of weeks (to let any inflammation caused by Aldara to subside), then see a provider for proper assessment. Most likely nothing is abnormal, but the way to know is to see a provider in person.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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