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Mississippi_girl
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Joined : Aug 2007
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Posted 8/19/2007 4:15 PM (GMT -7)
Hi again and thank you to all who have given input as to my previous post (IBS or Crohns?)  I have been doing a lot of reading, and I have an appt. with the GI tomorrow - I'm a nervous wreck about it, really fearing that the end diagnosis is going to be Crohn's, the more I read.  Now I have a new question - can you explain/describe skin tags, and how they differ from hemmeroids?    I have had "something" down there for several years, and just assumed I was weird that way (ha) - They are kind of clustered around the anus, and about the size of small earlobes I guess - they do not hurt, and do not bleed, except I do have small "splits" which I'm fearing are fissures - they sometimes bleed, (the splits) small specks of blood on the tissue when wiping, and they burn when I have D. Other than that, there is no pain or bleeding from the "lobes".  I am just wondering about skin tags, if this could be what I have had all the time, just didn't know it.   Thanks for your help - I am glad I found this board. 
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songstress
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Joined : Jul 2005
Posts : 393
Posted 8/19/2007 4:25 PM (GMT -7)
not to mean or sound bad..but have you been checked for HPV?? its very common...1 in 4 people have it and it causes something similar...look/or google pics of HPV and then you can compare

GL I hope u find out what it is and get it taken care of
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ginger71
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Posted 8/20/2007 6:20 AM (GMT -7)
That does sound like skin tags. Do a search for "skin tags" and you should see a post by pb4. She posted links to a website with actual photos that many people found very helpful.
Good luck!
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daniellenikole
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Posted 8/20/2007 6:25 AM (GMT -7)
It sounds like skin tags to me...my understanding is skin tags are dead tissue..whereas hemmeroids are still 'live' tissue..just inflammed..my skin tags sound just like yours(littles earlobes..clustered around the anus)..i dont not have HPV..as i was just checked thoughly due to me recent pregnancy..my skin tags came on as little hemmies and over the years and flares have gotten bigger and bigger and now just stay about the same size flaring or not..somtimes they will bleed just alittle..and very rarely hurt me anymore..they are horribly ugly to me!!..I do feel your pain
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bektold
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Posted 8/20/2007 6:34 AM (GMT -7)
The surgeon who did my hemroid surgery told me I had anal warts caused by HPV.  This was before my Crohn's diagnosis.  Skin tags are skin tags.  The only way to tell for sure if they were caused by HPV (according to that doctor, and granted he was a serious butthead) is to biopsy them.  If you have Crohn's, that's most likely where they came from.

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pb4
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Posted 8/20/2007 10:16 AM (GMT -7)
I tired to find the post here ar HW where I put the link for those pictures and I cannot for the life of me find it...so if a mod or anyone eles could step in to find it and re-post it that would be great...then I'll copy it into my favorits...

What you are describing mississippi girl does sound like perianal crohns skin tags.


To my understanding perianal crohns skin tags are diseased tissue and that's why if you have them cut off the skin won't heal properly.


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