stellar_23
11-20-2006, 11:06 PM
I'll try to make this short. I have a 1 1/2 year old son. When I went in for my first prenatal visit and had the pap and everything, my pap came back normal. When I went in for my follow-up pap after having my son, that one came back abnormal. I had it treated with cryotherapy. I'd never had any warts (still haven't) so I thought I didn't have "that" strain of the virus. My husband had never had any either so I wasn't too concerned.
When my son was about 8 months old, we noticed that our son had a little skin tag-looking thing around his anus. He had been having BAD problems with constipation since he was about 3 months old, so we took him in thinking maybe it was a hemmorhoid. The doctor took a look at it and said that it was just a skin tag and that it was okay to just leave alone but that if it got bigger that we should come back in and he'd have a surgeon look at it. We were satisfied with that diagnosis because those DO form due to hemmorhoids and trauma to the area and he had been horribly constipated, so it made sense.
Then a couple months ago, my husband noticed a small bump on his penis so he went in to the dr to have him look at it, and was told that it was a wart. We still weren't too concerned about my son's issues and that being related because we'd read that the odds of transferring genital warts to your baby during delivery were so rare, plus it looked like the skin tag was going away. But just this weekend when I was changing his diaper, it looks like he's got two other little tag-looking things.
This is all just a little TOO coincidental. I'm so afraid that he has warts. :( This is honestly the worst feeling in the world. I plan on taking him in to the doctor but I feel so ashamed... (the thing is, we did NOT contract this sexually.) And I'm also worried about how they're going to do an examination and treatment. Since he's got them around his anus, I'm assuming they'll want to check inside too, to see if he's got any in there.
Basically what I'm wanting to know is how DO those types of exams usually go? Do they have to do a colonoscopy to see inside? Do you think they'll have to put him under?
Does anyone else have any experience with this kind of thing? I highly doubt it, but I thought it was worth a try.
When my son was about 8 months old, we noticed that our son had a little skin tag-looking thing around his anus. He had been having BAD problems with constipation since he was about 3 months old, so we took him in thinking maybe it was a hemmorhoid. The doctor took a look at it and said that it was just a skin tag and that it was okay to just leave alone but that if it got bigger that we should come back in and he'd have a surgeon look at it. We were satisfied with that diagnosis because those DO form due to hemmorhoids and trauma to the area and he had been horribly constipated, so it made sense.
Then a couple months ago, my husband noticed a small bump on his penis so he went in to the dr to have him look at it, and was told that it was a wart. We still weren't too concerned about my son's issues and that being related because we'd read that the odds of transferring genital warts to your baby during delivery were so rare, plus it looked like the skin tag was going away. But just this weekend when I was changing his diaper, it looks like he's got two other little tag-looking things.
This is all just a little TOO coincidental. I'm so afraid that he has warts. :( This is honestly the worst feeling in the world. I plan on taking him in to the doctor but I feel so ashamed... (the thing is, we did NOT contract this sexually.) And I'm also worried about how they're going to do an examination and treatment. Since he's got them around his anus, I'm assuming they'll want to check inside too, to see if he's got any in there.
Basically what I'm wanting to know is how DO those types of exams usually go? Do they have to do a colonoscopy to see inside? Do you think they'll have to put him under?
Does anyone else have any experience with this kind of thing? I highly doubt it, but I thought it was worth a try.
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Mom22greatkids
11-21-2006, 12:27 PM
I'm not sure about what his diagnosis will be but my daughter has a skin tag on her anus. She also has severe constipation problems. I thought it was a hemmorhoid too and that is what the pediatrician said. But when I took her to the gastro for her constipation they told me it is a skin tag. I did some research and I found that they can form after a fissure heals. Does your son have fissures also?
stellar_23
11-25-2006, 03:30 PM
Thanks so much for your reply! You've at least given me some hope that he really does just have a skin tag. I don't really know whether he has fissures or not, but he was so horribly constipated from the time he was about 3 months old until just about a few months ago. I only noticed a tiny bit of blood once after he had gone, from tearing. We first noticed the tag at the time when his constipation was the worst. We took him to the doctor several times for that problem and we were just given suggestions on different foods and other things we could try to make it better. He was never even checked over down there, even though they knew how bad he had been constipated. Even when we took him in for the "tag", the doctor didn't even touch him or check for hemmoroids or tears or anything. I thought that was kind of strange? He just looked at it and right away said that it was a skin tag and that was it.
Good news though - that additional tag that I had noticed right before posting this was no longer visible the next day. If it was a wart, it wouldn't be able to just disappear that fast, would it? He does still have the original tag though. I'm just really hoping that's all it is... Could you please describe what your daughter's tag looks like? Not to be crude, I'm just wanting to compare! Thanks so much!
Good news though - that additional tag that I had noticed right before posting this was no longer visible the next day. If it was a wart, it wouldn't be able to just disappear that fast, would it? He does still have the original tag though. I'm just really hoping that's all it is... Could you please describe what your daughter's tag looks like? Not to be crude, I'm just wanting to compare! Thanks so much!
Mom22greatkids
11-26-2006, 01:57 PM
Hi Stellar, it looks like an extra piece of skin, the same color of the skin around it. Good to hear that the other thing went away on your son. I think what remains is just a skin tag and you don't have anything to worry about. Short of abuse I don't think there is any way a wart could have gotten there. Like you said, it is very rare during childbirth and you did not have warts. And the kind you hear about during childbirth has something to do with the baby's respiratory system.
stellar_23
11-28-2006, 02:23 AM
That does sound like what my son has but when I was changing his diaper tonight, I noticed that the original tag looks bigger and that the other two (the ones that had somehow disappeared before?) are back. They all look like tags, not like warts... but I've looked at a lot of pictures of warts and it seems that they can all look different. Plus I don't see why two extra tags would have just popped up out of nowhere. So I'll be calling the doctor's office tomorrow to make an appointment. I'm scared to death but I don't want to keep putting it off and making his situation worse, if he really does have warts...
I'll keep you updated as to what the doctor says.
Oh and I should also note that yes, I've never had warts, but my husband does have one now that he's having treated. So I'm sure that I have that strain of the virus also, I'm just one of those people who won't actually show warts. Plus the fact that my cervical dysplasia was *active* at the time that I gave birth to my son (which we didn't know about because my pap at my first prenatal visit was normal)... I have a sinking feeling that I'm going to be told he has HPV. Please pray for him!
I'll keep you updated as to what the doctor says.
Oh and I should also note that yes, I've never had warts, but my husband does have one now that he's having treated. So I'm sure that I have that strain of the virus also, I'm just one of those people who won't actually show warts. Plus the fact that my cervical dysplasia was *active* at the time that I gave birth to my son (which we didn't know about because my pap at my first prenatal visit was normal)... I have a sinking feeling that I'm going to be told he has HPV. Please pray for him!
stellar_23
11-28-2006, 07:17 PM
Well, we just got back from the doctors office where I was told that he does have warts. The doctor was really nice about it and tried to make me feel better, which surprised me. And going to the pharmacy to get a prescription (Aldara) for genital warts filled for my year and a half old son was definitely not my proudest moment. But in a way it's almost a relief to finally know what's going on. Even after we were told it was a skin tag, I always had this nagging at the back of my mind, wondering whether that was right or not, especially after my husband found the wart on himself. So now I know, and hopefully that Aldara will take care of it and he won't have any, or at least many, more outbreaks.
Please, to all of you out there who have HPV and plan on having kids, know that it is possible to give this to your baby during delivery. The doctor told me that it's more common than it's made out to be. If I had known that there was any chance that I could have passed that on to my son during birth, I would have gladly opted for a c-section. Unfortunately we didn't even know that I had HPV at that time. But please, be careful. This is the lowest I've ever felt in my life. Imagine how horrible you felt after you found out that you had an std, now imagine how you'd feel if you found out you had given it to your innocent little baby...
Please, to all of you out there who have HPV and plan on having kids, know that it is possible to give this to your baby during delivery. The doctor told me that it's more common than it's made out to be. If I had known that there was any chance that I could have passed that on to my son during birth, I would have gladly opted for a c-section. Unfortunately we didn't even know that I had HPV at that time. But please, be careful. This is the lowest I've ever felt in my life. Imagine how horrible you felt after you found out that you had an std, now imagine how you'd feel if you found out you had given it to your innocent little baby...
spikehead42
11-28-2006, 07:53 PM
Please stop beating yourself up over this - it's not your fault, and it is NOT a big deal. I have had HPV for a number of years, and it is *extremely* easy to treat. If the Aldara doesn't work (which is a good possibility - it didn't work for me, and even for those it does work for it takes a long time to take effect), do yourself and your baby a favor and have all of his warts cryo-treated (where a doctor takes a metal wand with a cold tip to freeze off the base of the warts - more effective and less painful than the typical liquid nitrogen). This is by FAR the most effective and least painful treatment available. His warts will be gone in a matter of days, with no down time, and very little discomfort.
HPV is an *extremely* common problem - almost 80% of sexually active people are carriers, and they are *not* that different from regular old warts. Regular warts are also HPV, just different strains.
Honestly, by the time he's old enough to have sex, he will not even have to inform his partners about it. His immune system will have adapted and he will more than likely never have another outbreak, and will be less likely to pass it on.
Further, at that point his female partners (if he's heterosexual) will be able to take the new HPV vaccine, and will never have to worry. He might even consider taking the vaccine himself, which has not yet been approved of for males, but will be very soon, and will vaccinate him against other strains of the virus he could still pick up.
Again, don't feel bad - a C section will not necessarily have prevented his infection, anyway. Be grateful you caught it early and saved him some embarrassment. And trust me, there are many worse things he could have.
Best regards.
HPV is an *extremely* common problem - almost 80% of sexually active people are carriers, and they are *not* that different from regular old warts. Regular warts are also HPV, just different strains.
Honestly, by the time he's old enough to have sex, he will not even have to inform his partners about it. His immune system will have adapted and he will more than likely never have another outbreak, and will be less likely to pass it on.
Further, at that point his female partners (if he's heterosexual) will be able to take the new HPV vaccine, and will never have to worry. He might even consider taking the vaccine himself, which has not yet been approved of for males, but will be very soon, and will vaccinate him against other strains of the virus he could still pick up.
Again, don't feel bad - a C section will not necessarily have prevented his infection, anyway. Be grateful you caught it early and saved him some embarrassment. And trust me, there are many worse things he could have.
Best regards.
Mom22greatkids
11-29-2006, 09:43 AM
Wow, I'm sorry to hear that. I am a little surprised though. Did you see a different doctor this time?