Hello. This is rather embarrassing and frightening, but I recently started working out about a week ago after not doing so for a very long time and I noticed about 2 days ago in the shower (after finishing a run) that I had what I thought was a cyst on the shaft of my penis. I sometimes get these on other areas of my body and it's usually from sweating a lot so I assumed that's what it was. It's been a painful and uncomfortable experience to say the least. Upon doing some further research though, i'm lead to believe this may be a swollen lymph node as nothing I do, including hot compresses, helps it go away and it also doesn't bring up any pus to the surface.
This would make sense as I generally have an issue with swollen lymph nodes, but usually when it gets really hot in summer time. The ones on my neck near my ears bulge out from time to time and I was told by my doctor a long time ago that it's usually the result of my immune system fighting some type of infection. I coincidentally got a cold sore on my lip the day before or the day of and also a kancor sore in my mouth about 2 days after which is why I believe my body may be fighting some kind of infection, but i'm not 100% sure of that which is why i'm here.
The lump started out as a small jelly bean sized thing which stung like heat cysts usually do, but as of today has swelled up (after reluctantly doing some yard work which in hindsight probably made it worse) even more and has partially wrapped around the shaft a bit. It's not as tender or painful anymore and feels more squishy than it does hard. If anyone has any experience to help me confirm this it would be greatly appreciated as I can't afford to go see a doctor. It will be a last resort if it gets any worse. Extra info
- 32 years old
- Male
- Not sexually active nor have I ever been.
- There was zero build up to this happening. It literally just appeared after I was done working out fo the day.
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Update: As of last night, I took a shower and noticed there was something that looked like dried out pus which I didn't notice or feel until that point. It was extremely red and raw looking. Upon waking up this morning, I'm not longer feeling any pain unless I press extremely hard on it, but the lump is just as big as it was yesterday at the time of my initial post. Now I'm really confused as to what it really is. I had planned on going to urgent care this morning if I was still in pain and or the lump didn't go away, but since there is some improvement in that regard... i'm going to give it a couple of more days. It's really difficult to find information that more accurately describes what I'm experiencing.
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