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aka11448
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I'm going to start off by saying I've done something impulsively dumb out of pure panic. A couple weeks ago I felt a tiny bump on the perineum area. It was bright white and kinda reminded me of milia like some people get near their eyes. I kinda freaked out because I had another skin colored bump right on the edge of my anus. I don't have a history of genital warts but instead of going to a doctor I decided to get whatever that was off me like now. I couldn't find any pictures of genital warts online that looked like what I had but read if you put vinegar on the area warts will turn white. Welp, the whole area turned white. On closer examination (very hard to see details down there) I noticed lots of white specs all over the perineum and around my anus. I could also see the original bump next to my anus was oblong and didn't look like the rest. I've kinda come to the conclusion that bump is actually a fissure due to constipation.

So, my question here is did anyone with LS start out thinking they had warts or something else? I found pictures of LS online last night and that resembles what I had more than anything I've seen so far.

In my panic over warts I decided to try to kill them with vinegar. I soaked them a couple times a day with apple cider vinegar for several days. It burnt like hell but the bumps are gone...and some skin too. Needless to say it's very irritated down there. I jumped the gun on that. I've since found out that any skin abnormality will likely turn white with vinegar. I took pictures but I'm not sure if they'll attach.

Thoughts anyone?

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  • Alex1968
    Alex1968 aka11448

    Posted

    Could this be genital herpes? Sounds like it

    • aka11448
      aka11448 Alex1968

      Posted

      I don't think so. From what i understand herpes are usually either painful, itchy, blister-like, red, rash-like, or a combination of any of those. Whatever this was wasn't any of those things. It didn't look like an variations of the google images I found. I'm a little itchy now down there where the healthy skin I burnt with the vinegar is healing. I'm going to try to post pictures again. I got a file too large notice earlier.

  • aka11448
    aka11448

    Posted

    File size is too big

    Does anyone know how to make a file size smaller? I can't seem to post pictures at all.

  • aka11448
    aka11448

    Posted

    File size is too big

    Does anyone know how to make a file size smaller? I can't seem to post pictures at all.

    • Wee_Dugie
      Wee_Dugie aka11448

      Posted

      Are you trying to upload from a mobile device? if so, try using a Laptop computer, a PC or a Mac to upload .....

    • aka11448
      aka11448 Wee_Dugie

      Posted

      Yes, just trying to upload from my phone. I didn't even think about using the computer. I'll email the images to myself when I'm home and see if that works. Thanks for the tip!

  • Joannwilson
    Joannwilson aka11448

    Posted

    You should see a Dr because you need to get the area biopsied. If you are a female go to

    a gynecologist.

    I had similar condition and was even told previous to the biopsy (visual exam) that it was probably HPV, ( genital warts) But it was not. It was LS and the bumps were VIN, Vaginal Epithelial Neoplasia.

    It is best to get it looked at. These things are considered pre- cancer.

    • aka11448
      aka11448 Joannwilson

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply. I need to make an appointment with the gyn.

      I live in a very small, very rural town where everyone knows everyone. I'm going to have to find a doctor somewhere else. I'm aware hippa laws are in place to protect my privacy but I also hear things. The doctors are fine...it's the rest of the staff I worry about.

      I haven't had a lot of sexual partners and always use protection but I believe both HPV and HSV can be spread even with condom use. If I have something sexually transmitted then I'd prefer for it to not be the talk of the town 😕

    • Joannwilson
      Joannwilson aka11448

      Posted

      Understandable. But you can have either of those without even being active. You can be born with it in your DNA. Too many people have that attitude. I, myself didn't know that until they did the DNA test on me. And the HSV is the same virus as chicken pox and shingles and even though I had the immunization for shingles I still got them. There's so many strains I was told that they can't possibly vaccinate for all of them. But public perception is that they can, and as you say people think the worst.

  • aka11448
    aka11448

    Posted

    image

    This is the little thing I felt while showering.

  • aka11448
    aka11448

    Posted

    image

    And this is what happened after trying to get rid of the little white specky skin thing.

    If I scroll in close on the first picture, I can just barely see the outline of those other spots...they a little irregularly shaped, skin colored.

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