After about a day or so after doing hard
labor and being drenched in sweat I
noticed what looked to be a pimple at the
base of my penis. Ingrown hair I thought.
Well I also noticed a few small bumps
further in the base in the pubic hair
area. I wait about a week and 1/2
assuming they are ingrown hairs, then
freak out. I also exercise nearly every
day, and with it being summer I've been
sweaty a lot.
I see my PCP (resident). He agreed that
the big one looked to have a hair sticking
out of it, but the others not so much.
Given that there were a few he thought it
looked odd. He called in the admin
doctor, and that doctor said genital
warts. The PCP argued to what I took as
"they don't look cauliflowerish" and the
admin said it could be early stages.
However he then says best case is
folliculitis. They explain a lot of
people have HPV and not to worry about it
with my girlfriend, then sent me home.
Ok, freaked out knowing that HVP can be an
issue with women and cervical cancer. So
I find out that the dermatologist has a 4
month wait period. Instead I went to a
urologist who squeezed me in. He says
folliculitis because he didn't THINK it
looked like genital warts.
So now I don't know what's up, and I have
no idea what to do with my girlfriend.
She understandably doesn't want sexual
contact, and neither do I. Yet I also
would assume she could have already
contacted HPV if that's what it is. I'm
also concerned that by the time I see the
dermatologist these "bumps" could go away
and I won't get a diagnosis either way.
My personal opinion is that it only the
bigger "thing" at the base of the penis
looks like folliculitis given that I think
I saw a white head at one point, and I can
see a hair coming out of it. But as for
the others, I could go either way. They
are so small it's hard to tell for myself.
I'm conflicted, and I have doctors that
are conflicted, and probably the best
doctor to see is on a 4 month back log
while I sit and wait.
To further clarify, they are also red.
Not flesh colored. The smaller ones also
seem on the hard side, and when I
foolishly tried to pop a small one, it
bled pretty good (self diagnosis trying to
figure out between the two doctors). All
3 doctors agree that it does NOT look like
herpes. Lastly, there is some itching and
occasionally some "burning" which is less
noticeable.
