There is a pimple under the female genitals that does not hurt

A woman's body changes differently at different times. It is best not to act rashly after discovering something growing on your body, because some diseases are caused by the patient's lack of experience and picking at the lump or pimple on his or her body. This will lead to an increase in the severity of the disease, so once the disease is discovered, you should go to the hospital for treatment in time. So why do women have lumps under their genitals that don’t hurt?

Suspected disease 1: fibroid tumor

Fibroids are benign tumors derived from fibrous connective tissue. Due to the different components contained in fibromas, there can be fibromyomas, fibroadenomas, fibrolipomas, etc. If there are more capillaries in the tumor, it can be called a sclerosing hemangioma. According to the amount of cell and fiber components, it can be divided into two types: fibrous and cellular. Because fibrous connective tissue is widely distributed in the human body and constitutes the gaps between organs, fibromas can occur in any part of the body. The skin and subcutaneous tissue are the most common. The patient described a small grain of flesh growing under the armpit without pain, so the possibility of fibroma is very high, and it is a fibroma grown from the subcutaneous tissue.

Clinical manifestations: Tumors of the skin and subcutaneous tissue often present as round or oval lumps, ranging from a few millimeters to 1-2 centimeters in diameter, brown to reddish brown, with a smooth or rough surface, no subjective symptoms, occasional itching, and rarely causing functional impairment at the site of pressure. They are prone to occur in the limbs, especially the lower legs, and also occur in the trunk, often single.

Diagnosis: Diagnosis is usually not difficult. The treatment is surgical resection, and the specimen is sent for pathological examination. Pedunculated vulvar fibroma is relatively simple to remove, but those originating from deep tissues increase the difficulty of surgery, and preparations for blood transfusion should be made before surgery.

Treatment Description: This disease is benign and will not become malignant. No treatment is needed. If it is painful or the number is small, it can be surgically removed. Multiple fibroids can be treated with corticosteroid injections or Fuji Ning external patches. This disease is not easy to be treated with freezing or laser.

Suspected disease 2: Molluscum contagiosum

Molluscum contagiosum is a contagious skin disease caused by the molluscum contagiosum virus. The lesions appear as characteristic waxy papules or nodules with depressed apex from which cheesy molluscum bodies can be squeezed out.

Molluscum contagiosum virus is a DNA virus in the poxviridae family. It is mainly transmitted through direct contact. Patients are often infected in public bathrooms or swimming pools. It can also be self-inoculated or transmitted through sexual contact.

Clinical manifestations are more common in children and young people, with an incubation period of 14 days to 6 months. The skin lesions initially appear as white, hemispherical papules, which gradually increase in size to 5 to 10 mm, with a slightly concave center like an umbilicus and a waxy luster. After the top is pricked, a white, cheese-like substance can be squeezed out, which is called molluscum body. The number of lesions is variable, and they may be scattered or clustered, and generally do not fuse with each other. They can occur anywhere on the body but are most common on the neck, trunk, lower abdomen, and genitalia. In most cases, the skin lesions will disappear on their own after 6 to 9 months, generally leaving no scars.

Diagnosis: Based on the typical features of the skin lesions (depression at the top like the umbilicus, waxy luster, and the ability to squeeze out cheese-like substances), it is generally not difficult to diagnose. If necessary, the diagnosis can be confirmed by finding characteristic molluscum bodies through histopathological examination of the skin lesions. Single, larger skin lesions sometimes need to be differentiated from basal cell epithelioma, keratoacanthoma, purulent granuloma, etc.

Treatment instructions: The first choice of treatment is scraping, with the goal of completely squeezing out the molluscum bodies in the lesions, and then applying 2% iodine tincture to effectively remove the lesions. Other treatments such as cryotherapy, topical 3% phthalamide ointment or cidofovir ointment are also effective.

Suspected disease three: skin tag

If you have small fleshy bumps under your armpits that are the same color as your skin and are itchy, you may think they are skin tags. Skin tags tend to grow in wrinkled areas of the skin such as the neck, armpits, etc.

Skin tags are soft, skin-colored growths that are attached to the surface of the skin by a thin stalk-like tissue. The medical name for these growths is a soft stalked wart. Skin tags are not skin cancer and will not turn into skin cancer. Skin tags are typically a sign of age and are particularly common in people over 45 years old. They are more common in women, tend to be familial, and are common after pregnancy. Skin tags are most likely to grow in the folds of the skin, on the neck, armpits, torso, under the breasts, or in the genital area. They can be irritating and unsightly if rubbed by clothing or jewelry.

Clinical manifestations Skin tags start out as small, soft bumps on the skin surface. Over time, they grow into flesh-colored skin masses that are attached to the skin surface by a pedicle and tend to swing back and forth. Frequent rubbing of the skin tag may cause irritation, but it is not painful. If the skin tag twists at the pedicle, a blood clot will form inside it, and the skin tag may become painful.

Classification:

(1) Multiple lesions are common on the face, neck, and armpits. The lesions are mung bean to cherry-sized, smooth, soft, and pedunculated growths with a diameter of 1 to 2 mm. The surface may have grooves and are of normal skin color, light yellow or dark red. There are generally no symptoms.

(2) Isolated cases often occur in the lower part of the trunk, such as the groin and female vulva. The lesions are usually single, pedunculated, polyp-like protrusions with the same color as the multiple lesions.

Treatment Instructions: A doctor can remove a skin tag with sharp scissors, a blade, or occasionally with liquid nitrogen to freeze or burn it from the pedicle. Bleeding can be stopped chemically (aluminum chloride) or electrically (cautery). Because skin tags are a cosmetic problem, not a medical one, the healthiest strategy is not to remove them.