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Scared I might have an anal internal wart.
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Ok will try to give the best details possible to try and be better understood. I am in my early 20s.

I am freaking out and embarrased to say this aswell, I believe my gf has a wart on her leg under her knee to the right (inner) side of her leg, weve been together for well over a year now, she had mentioned this wart to me a coulpe months ago telling me that it got bigger, shes never thought it was a wart, shes had this bumb since probably over a year ago but it was smaller, and I had never developed a wart all this time I had been with her. Shes never thought it was a wart so shes never had it checked out, in her opinion she still doesnt believe its a wart, but to me it sure looks like one.

Well a few days ago I saw her scratching and scratching the bump i think is a wart. We then went to have some drinks and came back home within the hour. She then performed oral sex on me and decided to stick her finger in my anus, it somewhat felt like she kinda scratched me cuz she had long nails, she finished performing oral sex on me and that was that.

The next day showering early in the morning I felt a somewhat hard bumb in my anal whole probably less than half an inch in to the upper left side of my anus, best way I could describe it at that moment would be like a BB from an airshot gun.Now im freaking out.

Well its been 12 days since Ive had this bump, doesnt seem like its changed in size except for yesterday and the day before seemed like it got smaller, but today it feels the same again. I had never looked at it till today. I used a mirror, its to the left side of my anus about half an inch, to me it looks more like a blister with a light maybe greyish look. It feels more like a tight blister. Forgot to mention this bump is painless.

I dont know what to think just hoping its not a wart but thinking my gf might have transferred it from her knee to my anus. But can I get a wart over night, is this possible.

I am confused about what they say about warts, on some sites the say a wart is very contagious and can be transferred to any part of the body, then on other sites they say a regular body wart cant be transferred to the genital area becuase they are different strains, I really dont understand all this.

Could it be something else, what else could it be, to me it looks like a blister but dont know how I could get one there, is there any over the counter medications I could try, please help.

I am very sorry to make such a long post, it has been very embarrasing for me to even post this but I would like to hear from others as I am going crazy here. I am affraid to go to the doctor and find out its a wart, and more embarrasing telling him where I have the bump.

Again, please help.
Thank you in advance.

 

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September 9 1:40 AM (18 hours and 29 minutes and 34 seconds later)
         
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I know this must feel embarrasing, but believe me, your doctor has heard many, many stranger things.

First, yes different strains of the virus that cuases warts cause the different types of warts on your body. Genital warts can be a different strain from a wart on the foot, for example. And yes, you're right to think that it would take longer than 1/2 day for your girlfriend to transfer a wart from her knee to your anal area, so you can relax about trying to explain that to your doctor. S/he probably doesn't need to know that part at all.

But you do need to have this evaluated. At age 20, it's extremely, extremely unlikely that you have any sort of cancer, for example, or anything bad at all, but what you want to learn from a doctor's exam is exactly what this bump is. It could be any number of things. For example, it could be a small hemorrhoid. It could be a mole that has grown or changed shape. It could be any of a number of other benign skin conditions. It could be an ingrown hair that led to a slight infected hair follicle. It could be a different type of sexually transmitted disease, such as herpes.

Of course, it could be a wart after all, one that was transmitted by your girlfriend at an earlier time. So that's why you need to have an exam and tell your doctor what you noticed, when you noticed it, and that you are sexually active. That should be sufficient information for the doctor to begin to evaluate this bump.

Girls can have internal genital warts, in their vagina, on their cervix, without ever knowing it. So your girlfriend should see her doctor to have a simple, painless exam to check this out. If she has internal warts, she can have them treated easily. This would be very important because, if gential warts are left untreated in a girl for too long, they can develop into a pre-cancerous condition, which could then lead to cancer of the cervix. But, if internal warts are caught early, this is completely treatable and any cancer is preventable.

So, in the end, it could be a wart transmitted from a previous time, but you really need to go to your doctor to find out for sure what it is, and to have it appropriately treated. And your girlfriend needs to have GYN exam done also. Don't be nervous about the doctor. Just tell him/her that you have a "bump," or "maybe a wart" near your anus and need to have it looked at. When you see the doctor, let him/her know that you are sexually active. S/he will ask you more questions about your symptoms, and will need to look at the area, but they are professionals whose job it is to make you feel comofortable. Trust me, they see lots of people with similar complaints/concerns. In fact, this one wouldn't even register on the "unusual" radar, because it's so common.

I hope this information helps you. Please let me know if you think I can add anything else, or if you think of additional questions.

Mary Jean, RN
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September 10 2:36 AM (1 day later)
         
Reply to Mary Jean, RN's Post: is it possible to transmitt a wart on my gf's leg to my rectum, its actually half an inch into the anus where there is no hair so i dont think its a hair follicle, I do know for a fact I got this bump in 1/2 a day never had it before. That night there was no intercourse just her finger into my anus, felt like she kind of scratched me when she put it in, herpes I pray to god not neither of us have had lesions of herpes, and I hear a herpes blister would be painful, this bump is painless.A hemroid, could a small hemroid look like a blister. Could it be a bacterial in infection she had on her nails she transmitted to me, could it have been an irritation, she didnt use any sort of lubrication,. I guess im just a little confused becuase I cant come to understanding of how I could get a disease in half a day.
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September 11 2:45 AM (1 day later)
         
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is it possible to transmitt a wart on my gf's leg to my rectum, its actually half an inch into the anus where there is no hair so i dont think its an infected hair follicle, I do know for a fact I got this bump in 1/2 a day never had it before. That night there was no intercourse just her finger into my anus, felt like she kind of scratched me when she put it in, herpes I pray to god not neither of us have had lesions of herpes, and I hear a herpes blister would be painful, this bump is painless.A hemroid, could a small hemroid look like a blister its probably around 3mm in length, I guess I really cant give the description of a blister becuase I have to stretch the skin and look at it so it might look like a blister to me when I stretch the skin but it feels like it would be harder than a blister when I feel it in the shower with soap. Could it be a bacterial in infection she had on her nails she transmitted to me, could it have been an irritation, she didnt use any sort of lubrication,. I guess im just a little confused becuase I cant come to understanding of how I could get a disease in half a day. My gf and I have never had anything before except the bump on her lower knee I believe is wart which has been there for over a year.

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