Herpes

herpes?????

i have little white bumps on my penis? is it herpes, or is it warts? what is warts?

Public Comments

1. Could be either, but ur best bet is to get it looked at cause either one if left alone can possibly make you really sick or kill you.
2. Call your doctor first thing in the morning
3. yes, it's definitly herpes. You will have it the rest of your life. It will get worse and worse, and probably spread to your lip and eye lid. Ewww, I wouldn't want to be you!
4. I don't know but if you think you have been exposed to herpes or some other STD you should see a doctor. (Next time use a condom.)
5. See if you think this might be it: http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic313.htm Scroll on down page and click on Image to see what it looks like. More pictures: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=images&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va=pearly+penile+papules&fr=ieas-tb&ei=UTF-8
6. That guy is wrong; little white bumps is not herpes! I'm not sure what that is; you should really go to your doctor!
7. If they are bumps and not blisters, then I would say warts, but you need to have a doctor confirm. If they are warts, you will have to get them removed, and most likely you have to have them removed more than once. You will need to wear protection every time you have intercourse until a year has passed without a recurrance because even though you may not be able to see them, there could be a tiny little bump, and you can give women the virus, which can become cervical cancer. So please, be responsible from here on out. Thank you
8. You need to be examined by a clinician, that is the only way to be diagnosed. I would really encourage you to be examined as soon as possible because you want to be examined when the bumps are still there and not in the healing process. Don't wait! It may be difficult to be diagnosed once the bumps go away. I find it thoroughly obnoxious that some people have made remarks in their answers implying that the asker is somehow irresponsible and/or brought this on himself via unprotected sex. Anyone sexually active is vulnerable to contracting an STD regardless of how many partners someone has had and regardless of whether or not they used a condom or not. And, viral STD's such as herpes and HPV, the virus that causes genital warts, can lay dormant in someone's body and not produce any symptoms such as sores or warts. People can have herpes or HPV and not know it because they may have never had symptoms. And, to complicate matters there is no way to screen for herpes or HPV unless someone has sores or warts present. Thus, people can transmit or contract these viruses and never know it at the time. Food for thought: 1 in 5 Americans, 20%, have genital herpes and many of them do not know that they have it. Anyone sexually active is vulnerable. It is not helpful or respectful to judge someone. If you don't know the answer to a question simply chose not to answer the question.