WOMENS-HEALTH Messages for October, 2001: Re: Skin tag? Warts?

Re: Skin tag? Warts?

From: R. Daniel Braun, MD (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 16:23:25 -0500 (CDT)

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At Thu, 25 Oct 2001, T wrote: >
>I had my annual today with a new doctor who was a bit odd. He was nice,
>but while giving me a breast exam, after he finished with the first
>breast, he tickled me. That was weird, but I didn't think much of it.
>He did the pap smear differently than others I had as well, it's hard to
>explain, just "felt" different. Anyway, after it was over, he came back
>in and said that I had vaginal warts. I've never been told this before
>and I have had about 12 pelvic exams over 2 years. Anyway, I asked him
>if he was sure and he said, well, it could be a skin tag, you can't
>really tell without a biopsy. My husband is the only man I have ever
>been with and he's never cheated on me and I've never noticed anything
>odd on his penis. The doctor told me to get a mirror and look when I
>got home, well, I did, and all I saw was something that looked like
>excess skin. I also think that I've had this for a while, even before I
>became sexually active. My questions:
>
>Shouldn't a doctor be able to tell the difference between a skin tag and
>a wart?

Usually

>
>Why wouldn't anyone else have noticed this? It's never been brought up
>to me before and all my paps have always come back normal.
>
>Is it possible that I could just have excess skin around that area that
>makes it look like a tag or wart?

Maybe

>
>Anyway, I'm thinking about getting a second opinion. I would hope that
>a doctor would know the difference, he didn't seem to be able to tell me
>anything about what it truly was. Also, he is a DO, not an MD, what is
>the difference?

In most cases today little diference if any. Most DO's have up to 100 hours of instruction in spinal manipulation the MD's do not.Otherewise the curricula in the schools is very similar.

Tickling during breast exam and "feeling diferent during Pelvic exam" make me wonder???????

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