What should I do if a small red bump grows on the glans?

Male friends often have small red bumps on their glans because they do not pay attention to the hygiene of their penis or have had unclean sexual intercourse. This is a manifestation of condyloma acuminatum. Condyloma acuminatum is a common sexually transmitted disease and is contagious. If you are sick, you must pay attention to timely treatment to avoid worsening of the disease. So, how should it be treated?

1. Surgical treatment

Single, small warts can be removed surgically; giant condyloma acuminatum can be removed with Mohs surgery, during which frozen sections are used to check whether the damage has been removed cleanly.

2. Cryotherapy

Using liquid nitrogen at -196℃, cryotherapy is used to treat condyloma acuminatum, which promotes the necrosis and shedding of wart tissue. This method is suitable for small number and small area of ​​warts, and can be treated 1-2 times, with an interval of one week.

3. Laser therapy

Usually, CO2 laser is used to treat condyloma acuminatum by ablation. This treatment is most suitable for warts on the vulva, penis or perianal area. Single or a small number of multiple warts can be treated once, while multiple or large warts can be treated 2-3 times, usually with an interval of one week.

4. Electrocautery

Use high-frequency electroacupuncture or electrocautery to remove the warts, give local anesthesia, and then perform electrocautery. This treatment is suitable for warts that are small in number and area.

5. Microwave therapy

Using a microwave surgical treatment machine and lidocaine local anesthesia, the tip of the rod-shaped radiation probe is inserted into the sharp wet wart base. When the wart becomes smaller, darker, and turns from soft to hard, the thermal radiation coagulation is complete and the probe can be removed. The coagulated lesions can be removed with tweezers. To prevent recurrence, the remaining base can be coagulated again.

Sometimes, you may get condyloma acuminatum just by thinking about it. An occasional unclean sexual intercourse may cause you to get sick, so you must pay attention to keeping yourself clean and try to cut off the source of the disease. Once you are sick, you must actively seek treatment, and it is best for you and your spouse to treat it together to avoid recurrence of the disease.