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Scrotal Cysts

This week the doctors take the mobile clinic to Sheffield to examine some of the students at Sheffield Hallam University. First up is Jameel, who is concerned about a few unsightly lumps on his scrotum which both he and his girlfriend find unpleasant. Luckily, Dr Christian recognises them immediately as scrotal cysts. Cysts are smooth round lumps filled with a white substance called sebum. They are not cancerous and usually harmless, but as they are making Jameel unhappy, Dr Christian recommends minor
surgery to get them removed.

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Sheffield Claremont Hospital

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Do u hafe to have surgery





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Hi im 15 and i have whit spots all over my penis an some on my scrotum, i have researched and found out about some possible infectons/deseases etc, but non of the description match what i have .





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how old do you have to be to get circumsised with out your parents?





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I have recetnley noticed a lump on my vagina it has what looks like a blood blister underneath. of course like many i am embarrased about seeing a doctor. any thoughts would be appreciated and maybe what i could do.





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Hi I'm a 16 my vagina is very unconforitable like its irritaed I have been having a creation to the chlorine in my pool with my skin could it also affect down there? It doesn't hurt to pee just irritated. Someone please help is it a yeast infection or what???





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I'm 18 years old. I had my daughter a few weeks before I turned 17. Web my daughter was a month old, my boyfriend noticed a lump on my cervix. I went to the doctors and had an examination the doctor told me I had a lump on my cervix and the neck of my whom was swollen. I was sent to the hospital where I had another smear, but the docto who examined me told me there was nothing there. I went back to the doctors n she told said she told me there was nothing there. I had another examination by her n she said there was nothing there. She used her fingers to feel n told me it was there but it's just a normal cervix. But I'm still not completely happy with what she said as If it was I would of noticed it before. My mother told me it could be something from having my daughter. But I didn't have a normal labour i had to have a c-section because her heart rate was high as she had caught an infection from me while she was in my whom.





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im 14 and when i get an erection my foreskin dosent come back but when im flacid it does im just a bit worryed i havent seen a gp about it im just thinking because most of my mates fo come back when they get an erection i just what to now y and should i be worryed ?? id apretiate advice thanks .





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hey Ive just turned eighteen and for about four months now I've had this lump above my clitoris. I thought it was a spot, and when it's squeezed some puss comes out but there will still be a lump left after I've got all the gunk out. it can hurt when I touch it but it's not majorly painful. I'm too embarrassed to go to the doctors straight away.





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So just noticed I have a lump near my penis and ball sack and I have no idea what it is . It's maybe smaller than inch its not white or red just looks normal skin , it doesn't hurt but when I touch it its unpleasant . Doesn't seem to be anything I can't pop since it my below my skin , I've squeezed it and it hurts a bit . Should I go to the doctor ?





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Hi I'm 16 and when I have sex I have pain in my vergina and in my tummy! Then after sex my tummy seems to blot up so it looks like I'm pregnant! Its hard when my boyfriend and family asks me am I pregnant and because I look it and all my family and friends are committing on it all the time I'm spending loads of money on pregnancy tests all the time when I no I'm not pregnant when I have the depo injection and use a condom. Someone please help me and tell me what's going on! I'm getting scared! :( :( :( xxx





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