Suggest Treatment For Bump On Penis Shaft

Posted on Sat, 4 Oct 2014

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Sat, 4 Oct 2014 Answered on

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Question : This is the bump on shaft of penis no pain no discharge or anything please i just need to know how to get rid of it.

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (47 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Small cyst.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for a photograph albeit the bump is out of focus.

Can you please post another with a clear snap showing the bump?

From the snap and the history you have provided, this looks like a small cyst.

There are two options :
You can 'wait and watch'- as there are no symptoms. This may resolve on its own.

Second options is to get the bump removed surgically, this will be a very small surgery may be with a single stitch under local anesthesia. You get rid of the lump and get a histological diagnosis too.

Waiting for your response,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (18 minutes later)

How did i get this?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (3 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Blockage of duct

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

One gets cyst by blockage of the duct of the sweat gland .
Seen another snap- this looks to be a cyst.

regards,

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. T Chandrakant (18 minutes later)

Surgery is the only way?

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (7 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Better to

Detailed Answer:
As I said, if there are no symptoms you can wait and watch for natural healing which may occur in some cases and the other option is to get it excised.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D