Conditions causing bumps on the penis include pearly penile papules, ingrown hair, Fordyce spots, pimples, cysts, lymphoceles, angiokeratomas, and rash and blisters due to lichen planus. They can also be due to sexually transmitted infections like genital herpes, warts due to the human papillomavirus, syphilis, and molluscum contagiosum. Rarely does penis cancer manifests with such bumps.
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I have small bumps on my glans penis. Please help.
Query: Hi doctor, I have many small bumps over the glans penis. I do not know when it started, but I noticed it almost a year back. It has no pain, itching, or anything but is way more sensitive than other parts. I also think I have premature ejaculation because I cannot hold back ejaculation for more than... Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. Do not worry. Lumps on the glans seem to be due to some mixed subacute infection. Premature ejaculation occurs due to excessive masturbation habits, lack of exercise, proper sleep, and adequate diet. Alone, medicines will not work permanently... Read Full »
What causes bumps on my penis without any symptoms?
Query: Hello doctor, I am having a bunch of bumps on my dick. I think it is because I jerk off a lot but I am not exactly sure what it is. I have no discomfort, no itching, no discharge. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com Are you having any pain or burning sensation? These lesions look like herpes simplex virus infection. It may cause lesions on face and genitals also. Use Acivir cream (Acyclovir), and tablet Acivir 400 mg thrice a day for five days. If symptoms are not improved, pleas... Read Full »
I have multiple, small, red bumps, near my penis head skin is getting darker in color. Please help.
Query: Hello doctor,I have multiple small bumps near my penis head which are red and my penis head skin is getting darker in color looking like sunburn. These symptoms have been present for the past month. Please help.Thank you. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I can understand your concern. Please help me with a few details so that I can understand the issue better: 1 Are you diabetic? 2 Does the foreskin move back and forth easily? 3 Are you sexually active and is there any recent contact without a condom with a new par... Read Full »
Could my penile bump be a wart if I had unprotected sex with two sexual partners?
Query: Hello doctor, I noticed a bump on my penis today. I am trying to determine if it is related to STD. I did not have any past episodes of such penile bumps. I masturbate four times a week, and I had unprotected sex with two sexual partners last year. Could it be a wart? Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I acknowledge your query and the images attached with this query (attachments removed to protect the patient’s identity). The images do not look like a human papillomavirus wart or any other sexually transmitted infection. It seems like a benign self-limiting conditi... Read Full »
Are my penile bumps and whole body itching related to scabies?
Query: Hello doctor, I have small bumps on my penis. And I started feeling itchy all over my body. Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. It looks like scabies, which is caused by a mite Sarcoptes scabei. It is characterized by lesions between fingers, genitals, and elsewhere with more itching during the night. It can spread by contact and clothes. I suggest you take the foll... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor, I recently noticed a straight line of bumps at the line below the head of my penis. There is no pain or itching around the area, but there has been body itching, but it comes and goes.Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome toicliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. Here are a few general possibilities that could cause bumps in the genital area: 1. Fordyce spots: These are small, raised, pale, or white bumps that are normal and benign. They are usually painless and do not require t... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor,I am 20 years old and I got very very tiny thread-like two white bumps beneath the corona of the glans of my penis recently I got one more, and now I have three of these bumps, I am very scared that I may have herpes, but they do not pain, itch, or oozes out, nothing comes out of them, ... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com I read your query and understand your concern. Share a picture of the affected area. If there was unprotected sex - one needs to think of sexually transmitted infection 1.TPHA; Treponema pallidum hemagglutination. 2. HPV DNA PCR test. 3. Herpes simplex virus (Hsv) ... Read Full »
Query: Hello doctor,I have three brown bruise-like spots on my penis shaft and they have been there for months and have not gone away. I tried Arnica K cream and Man1man oil but they are still there. Kindly help. Read Full »
Answer: Hello,Welcome to icliniq.com.I can understand your concern. I have seen the picture that you sent (the attachment was removed to protect the patient's identity). If there was unprotected sex then one needs to think of sexually transmitted infection and get the below test done.TPHA (Treponema pallidu... Read Full »
Reason for bumps, pain, and itching penis post oral sex?
Query: Hello doctor,This has been an ongoing issue for a year after unprotected oral sex. I am 31 years old and was not very sexually active previously. I have had no issues previously, so I am quite sure that this was a result of the sexual contact. The primary concern is the appearance of the penis. Ther... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and can understand your concern. These are pearly penile papules. They are pearly white dome-shaped papules present on coronal margins and on the glans penis. They are seen more commonly in uncircumcised males. Differential diagnoses are hypertroph... Read Full »
I have a painful bump on my penis. Kindly help.
Query: Hello doctor, I am concerned about a painful bump on my penis. The bump appeared after masturbation. I also suffer from erectile dysfunction, and I am not sexually active. The bump is on the bottom left side of the penis shaft. The veins around the bump are quite red and are somewhat enlarged. It i... Read Full »
Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I read your query and understand your concern. However, there are two possibilities for your condition. Peyronies disease is fibrosis of the inner covering of the erection cylinders in your penis shaft, often due to repeated bending trauma and cracks that heal and get ... Read Full »