Multiple lumps all over my body. Is this normal?
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Hi! I'm female and 17 years old and I have a weird history with lumps.
The first lump appeared after I had a vaccine against HPV and cervical cancer at the age of 11. I developed a very small, very firm lump under my skin where I had my vaccine. It didn't hurt and I hardly noticed it. Several doctors looked at it and I had it scanned, but they didn't reach any conclusions.
The second lump appeared a few years later. This time it was a lump that appeared from nowhere that seemed to be growing. It bled and leaked pus, but didn't hurt at all. My parents thought it was an infected wound, so we treated it at home and managed to get rid of the pus and the bleeding. After 2-3 years there is still a red and purple mark on my leg with a dark spot in the middle. It still expands sometimes, but never leaks any form of fluid and always becomes smaller again.
My final lump appeared on my scalp almost 2 years ago, also from nowhere. This lump always hurts when I press on it and is slightly bigger than the other lumps. To begin with it leaked some form of fluid (probably blood and pus), but it stopped doing that quite soon after it appeared. Other than the leaking stopping, it hasn't changed at all. This is also a hard lump and it moves around under the skin when I press on it.
I read online that this could be a sign of Gardner's syndrome. Do you think it signals that or could it be something else? Is this normal? Should I visit a doctor?
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moon53540 midnight27304
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A lump after a vaccine can happen that is nothing to be concerned about.
Where are the other lumps you had and how big were they?
midnight27304 moon53540
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One of them appeared on my lower leg and its mark is 1 cm in diameter. The other one is on my scalp and about 2-3 cm in diameter.
moon53540 midnight27304
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I really don't think it us anything to worry about, you can get pimples or sebaceous cysts from time to time in different places that may leave a scar. If you get a lot of these or if they become very painful, then you should see your doctor but I wouldn't have thought it is anything serious. Just keep good hygiene and don't pick at them. You can get infected hair follicles from time to time, that is probably what it is, definitely not the rare genetic disorder Gardener's syndrome. I am just assuming neither one of your parents has this and you don't have multiple growths in your colon though.