What happens if there is a small bump on the penis?

Many male friends often find some small bumps on their penis, and sometimes there is an itchy feeling. Most of the time, this is caused by some diseases, such as balanitis, or it may be caused by sexually transmitted diseases such as condyloma acuminatum. Therefore, male friends need to pay enough attention to it. It is best to be able to clearly identify the cause of the bumps on the penis based on the specific situation.

This small bump is medically called a small papule. It is a small reddish papule that appears around the glans penis at the coronal sulcus of the penis. Pearly penile papulosis is characterized by smooth papules with a diameter of about 1-2 mm, arranged in rows at the coronal sulcus, and exists for a long time without increasing or enlarging, and without any conscious symptoms. This is a normal condition, not a sexually transmitted disease, and does not require treatment.

In addition, small pimples on the foreskin are more likely to be caused by genital infectious diseases such as balanitis and glansitis. Common causes of glansitis include infection from unclean sexual life, excessive foreskin, invasion of pathogenic microorganisms, poor local hygiene, etc. It is recommended to pay attention to personal hygiene, especially local cleanliness, regular life, light diet, drink plenty of water, avoid spicy and irritating food, and go to a regular hospital in time for external genital secretions, bacterial culture and other related examinations to clarify, and cooperate with treatment according to the doctor's instructions based on the examination results.

Small bumps on the foreskin are generally asymptomatic and are often found suddenly after bathing or unclean sexual intercourse. They are easily misdiagnosed as condyloma acuminatum. Histopathological findings are the same as those of vulvar pseudo-warts, with papillary protrusions in appearance, mild hypertrophy of the mucosal epithelium, and vacuolar appearance similar to normal mucosa in the middle and upper part of the epithelium. The size and shape of the vacuoles are consistent, the cell nuclei are not darkly stained, condensed, and the mucosal epithelium is wrapped in loose connective tissue. The capillaries in the connective tissue proliferate and dilate, and there are a few lymphocytes infiltrating.

There are small bumps on the foreskin. The current diagnosis method is that if the skin lesions are very typical, they can be judged by naked eyes. For less typical ones, acetowhite test can be used, or skin lesions can be taken for pathological examination, or PCR examination can be taken for skin lesions. If the diagnosis is clear, laser, freezing, topical drugs (such as podophyllotoxin) and surgery should be used. In terms of treatment, if the patient has a long foreskin, circumcision should be performed to avoid smegma stimulation. The skin lesions of penile pearly papulosis itself do not need to be treated.

Therefore, when male friends find small bumps on their penis, in addition to paying attention to personal hygiene, it is best to go to the hospital for examination in time and then receive regular drug treatment. At the same time, they should also choose loose and comfortable clothes to minimize the friction caused by clothes on the private parts.