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can you have seborrheic keratosis and genital warts at the same time?
I was diagnosed with genital warts in my late teen years. I felt very sad and ashamed and spent the next 8 years having these (sometimes) "clusters" frozen or burned off. I went to a new dermatologist last year who took a biopsy of one of these clusters in my pubic region. I was beyond shocked when she called me to tell me that the biopsy came back as 'benign growth, seborrheic keratosis, NEGATIVE for HPV and non-contagious.'
-Is it possible that I was really just misdiagnosed?
-is it possible that the biopsy she took just happened to be the benign SK, but that I could have other growths in the genital region that are in fact HPV genital warts and are contagious? (these growths pop up here and there)
Maybe I am just paranoid because I spent almost 10 years of my life thinking I had an STD when apparently I don't.
sidenote: i never transmitted warts to any sexual partner. not sure if that is helpful information.
-Is it possible that I was really just misdiagnosed?
-is it possible that the biopsy she took just happened to be the benign SK, but that I could have other growths in the genital region that are in fact HPV genital warts and are contagious? (these growths pop up here and there)
Maybe I am just paranoid because I spent almost 10 years of my life thinking I had an STD when apparently I don't.
sidenote: i never transmitted warts to any sexual partner. not sure if that is helpful information.
Wow, a potentially relieving resolution to a long experienced problem. I hear you on the toll hpv takes. I still have them and it's been 8 years.
Yes, it is possible that you've been misdiagnosed. I've seen many Professionals in these last 8 years, probably 8 to 10, and many of them simply take a single glance and pronounce it HPV. This approach can be problematic if the doctor or dermatologist or sexual health professional doesn't really know all that much or hasn't seen a lot of it or for whatever reason. Therefore, in my opinion and experience, I wouldn't be at all surprised that you were misdiagnosed.
Yes, it is also possible that the biopsy that showed no HPV just happened to be from a growth that wasn't HPV and you did indeed have HPV in your other girls that you had removed but not biopsied. However, the only way you can move forward with that is to biopsy any new growth that appears and hope the outcome is the same as the last. I'm going to personally lean towards the hope that you were misdiagnosed and every growth you ever had was this other thing.
Yes, it is possible that you've been misdiagnosed. I've seen many Professionals in these last 8 years, probably 8 to 10, and many of them simply take a single glance and pronounce it HPV. This approach can be problematic if the doctor or dermatologist or sexual health professional doesn't really know all that much or hasn't seen a lot of it or for whatever reason. Therefore, in my opinion and experience, I wouldn't be at all surprised that you were misdiagnosed.
Yes, it is also possible that the biopsy that showed no HPV just happened to be from a growth that wasn't HPV and you did indeed have HPV in your other girls that you had removed but not biopsied. However, the only way you can move forward with that is to biopsy any new growth that appears and hope the outcome is the same as the last. I'm going to personally lean towards the hope that you were misdiagnosed and every growth you ever had was this other thing.
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