Anal Skin Tag

[nailit]

I visited my GP some time ago about a growth on my anus. She said that she wasn't exactly sure what it was but it *looked* like a skin tag and there was nothing that could be done as the NHS don't take skin tags off (fair enough) and dismissed from her surgery. BUT the bloody thing hurts every time I have to wipe myself (and bleeds) and I swear its grown since. If it grows any bigger, Ill be wearing a tail!

I don't mind any ass jokes but seriously, this is starting to get me down as it can be really painful when trying to wipe after toileting.
Personally, I'm not convinced it even looks like a skin tag (Yes Ive looked...in a mirror...and it looks nothing like any skin tag Ive ever seen) and the GP in question is known to my family to be a bit of a health hazard.

What to do? If it IS a skin tag can I get rid of it somehow? (I'll even pay to go private)
Just need it gone.
It really hurts now.
Thanks

[nailit]

Thanks Tills,
Have actually used creams on occasions but just masking the problem. I need it sorting but just getting fobbed of by GP with 'only a tag, cant do nothing' isn't helping. Im getting raw. (and possibly anaemic by the amount of blood lost)

[calmck]

Use unscented baby wipe instead of toilet paper until sorted. Try anusol instead of sudocream

[ubasses]

Get back to the GP and put a lot of emphasis on the bleeding. It sounds a lot for the size of the tag, are you sure it is coming from it and not internally. There could also be a haemorrhoid which needs treating.

[Tilly2]

Don't use a baby wipe. They clog the sewers. Use a flushable toilet wipe.

[Theland]

Yes Anusol is better.
Definitely see the GP again and INSIST on a hospital referral.
Best wishes mate, that sounds really awful.

[Tilly2]

My suggestion about using Sudocrem was to give you a bit of relief from the pain until you can get it sorted properly.

[calmck]

Yes I know not to flush baby wipes. Put the baby wipes in a bin by the toilet!! Easier to use than dry toilet paper

[Tilly2]

I'm positive that the Doctor did not actually say directly ('only a tag, cant do nothing'). That's not Doctor speak.

[Tilly2]

Calmck, no one is going to put a soiled baby wipe in a bin next to the toilet. This is not China. :-)

[nailit]

Thanks all

//I'm positive that the Doctor did not actually say directly ('only a tag, cant do nothing'). That's not Doctor speak. //
She did Tills....
almost word for word!

[jno]

or Greece, Tilly. Do any British tourists ever obey the signs there?

Yes, seek a second opinion. There are private skin clinics that remove tags, but I don't know how low they go.

[tamborine]

Try Tag Band & see youtube how to apply

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[Tilly2]

O.K. Nails. Try another doctor.

Is Greece the same then, Jno? Don't put toilet paper down the toilets?
I haven't had a holiday in Greece.

[tamborine]

As its bleeding dab salted water on to cauterise the wound when applying Tag band

[Tilly2]

I'd rather NHS than DIY. :-)

[nailit]

//O.K. Nails. Try another doctor//
Is that within my practice or another GP within another surgery Tills?
Same outcome nowadays here in stoke.
Just cant get to see a doctor unless ur dying. (even then its doubtful)

[andy-hughes]

Nailit - if your GP can't help, I'd pop into the Walk-In at the Hayward in Burslem - less of a queue there.

If it's bleeding, maybe it's not a skin tag, but clearly an open wound in that site is an infection risk.

My GP took a skin tag off my back with a local jab, so I can't see what yours is refusing, but as I say, the Walk-In will have a look and give you some advice.

[Patsy33]

https://www.netdoctor.co.uk/ask-the-expert/skin-hair-nails/a3602/i-have-a-skin-tag-near-my-anus-could-i-get-it-removed/

[ummmm]

Why don't you want to tell the receptionist? Their job is to prioritise patients which the can't do if you won't tell them.

If you feel you're almost anemic you must be bleeding quite heavily.

[Mamyalynne]

Since 2017, these are the Commissioning guidelines for certain procedures in common with many practices across the land.


Procedures
Treatment of Minor Skin Lesions
including benign pigmented
moles, comedones, corns/callous.
milia, molluscum contagiosum,
seborrhoeic keratosis, skin tags
including anal tags, spider naevus,
warts, xanthelasma and
neurofibromata, epidermoid/Pilar
(sebaceous) cysts,
Lipomas

Thresholds

Only commissioned where there is:
 Suspicion of malignancy
OR
 Obstruction of orifice or vision
OR
 Previous Infection
Will be routinely commissioned under the
following circumstances:
 Severely functionally disabling and/or
subject to repeated trauma due to size
and/or position


Source

https://www.stokeccg.nhs.uk/generic-publications/page-documents/299-excluded-restricted-procedures-policy/file


I would still try for another GP appointment stressing the current bleeding as a articular worry, if only to get advice on how to proceed privately.