What is the reason for a small fleshy lump on the glans?

For married men and women, they all know that the skin on the surface of the male glans is relatively smooth, and the color is somewhat reddish and dark. However, some male glans may have some abnormalities, such as the presence of something like a meat particle on it, which means that it may be caused by a certain reproductive system disease. So, what kind of disease is there a small meat particle on the glans?

If there is a small fleshy lump on the glans penis and you have had sexual intercourse recently, it may be genital warts.

Condyloma acuminatum, also known as genital warts or venereal warts, is a sexually transmitted disease caused by human papillomavirus. The incubation period is about 3 months, ranging from 3 weeks to more than 8 months, with an average of 3 months. It mainly affects sexually active people, with the peak age being 20 to 30 years old. The onset of the disease depends largely on the amount of virus inoculated and the body's specific immunity. Clinically, it manifests as a spike-like shape with a moist surface, hence the name.

Symptoms:

male

Patients are prone to developing warts on the frenulum of the prepuce, coronal sulcus, foreskin, urethra, penis, around the anus and scrotum. At the beginning of the disease, the warts are light pink or dirty red millet-sized growths, which are soft in nature and slightly pointed at the top, and gradually grow larger or increase in number. They can develop into papillary or cystic shapes, with a slightly wide base or bands, and granules on the surface. They often enlarge in the anus, resembling cauliflower, with a moist surface or bleeding, and pus often accumulates between the granules, emitting a foul odor, and can be secondary infected after scratching. Genital warts located in low-humidity and dry areas often have small lesions and appear as flat warts. Warts located in hot and humid areas often appear filamentous or papilloma-like, and easily fuse into large masses. Wet warts may enlarge in patients with severe liver disease. Pregnancy can cause warts to recur or grow faster.

female

The lesions often involve multiple sites in all squamous epithelial-covered areas from the cervix to the anus, presenting as multicentric lesions. In severe cases, the uterine cavity may be involved. Cervical warts often occur in the transitional zone of the cervix. They may be single or multiple and may fuse. They are somewhat similar to papillary epithelial hyperplasia, but regular loops can be seen under the translucent epithelium. A colposcope with a magnifying glass can reveal that about 1/3 of women with vulvar warts have vaginal warts. Vaginal warts often occur multiple times, mostly in the upper and lower thirds of the vagina. The lesions appear as high, dense white protrusions, sometimes as a raised bulge without blood vessels. One of the characteristics of vaginal warts is that they can regress spontaneously, especially after treatment of lesions on the cervix and vulva. Vulvar warts are the most common. They are generally soft, pink or grayish white, vascular, sessile organisms with multiple finger-like protrusions on the surface. They initially occur in areas of moisture and sexual friction, such as the vaginal opening, labia, urethral opening, and hymen, and can also spread to other parts of the vulva or perianal area. Warts in non-mucosal areas are more keratinized and similar to common warts. Most female genital warts are asymptomatic, but sometimes there may be itching, pain, bleeding after sexual intercourse, and vaginal discharge.

Infants and adolescent boys and girls may develop perianal warts, and female children may develop vulvar warts. The infectiousness of these warts is difficult to determine, and it is unclear whether they are due to long-term latency of HPV, sexual abuse, or transmission through daily utensils. Some foreign experts point out that genital warts are a sign of child sexual abuse.

Most cases of condyloma acuminatum in the throat have been reported in infants, mainly caused by HPV6 and HPV11. The viral transmission route is transplacental, and perinatal or postnatal infection is still unclear. Condyloma acuminatum in the throat of adults is related to oral sex. Giant condyloma acuminatum, also known as cancerous condyloma acuminatum, is characterized by excessive proliferation of warts, similar to squamous carcinoma, but histology shows benign lesions, which are related to HPV6 infection. Condyloma acuminatum grows rapidly during pregnancy and becomes more brittle, so it should be removed. In view of the unclear value of cesarean section in preventing neonatal infection, vaginal delivery should still be used as a routine, and cesarean section is only recommended when the warts enlarge to the point of blocking the birth canal or may cause heavy bleeding.

Subclinical infection:

The vast majority of genital anal HPV infections are subclinical, and histological cytology can only detect less than half of them. Most of them are subclinical infections at the nucleic acid level. Subclinical infections at the histological cytological level can be detected in men through the acetic acid white test, and the main locations are the penis and scrotum; women can be detected by colposcopy, acetic acid white test, pathology, cervical smear and other methods. Cervical infection is the most common, with three main manifestations: acetic acid white epithelial area, vaginal vestibule papilloma, and fused papilloma.

If you have been diagnosed with condyloma acuminatum, you must start treatment immediately. Generally speaking, there are many ways to treat condyloma acuminatum, such as surgical treatment, which is particularly suitable for small-area warts, and can be cured by direct excision. In addition, cryotherapy is also effective in treating condyloma acuminatum, but it requires adequate hardware conditions.