Venereal Wart

I have a small bump on my penis. The doctor took one look and said he looked like a venereal wart. The only thing is that I am still a virgin. I'm going to the dermatologist tomorrow. What could it be?

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is a group of more than 100 different viruses that infect the human body. This year, the FDA approved a vaccine that protects against four types of HPV. It protects against types 16 and 18 which cause most cervical cancers and types 6 and 11 cause most genital warts (condyloma acuminata). There are 20 known types of HPV that infect the genital area. Most do not develop visible warts. HPV types16, 18, 31, 33 and 35 are less frequent in the visible warts but are strongly associated with intraepithelial neoplasia of the penis and the vulva (precancerous changes) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the genital area particularly cancer of the cervix and less fair invasive vulvar cancer.

Symptoms of genital warts appears accuminatum tiny spots that can be as small as a pinhead. The color can be gray, brown, pale yellow or pink. They have a feeling rough to the touch. Some people complain of itching.

genital warts can be sexually transmitted or not sexually transmitted by inanimate objects (fomites). The lesions are usually transmitted through sexual contact and become clinically evident after an incubation period of about a month. Although warts can appear three to six months after infection but latency periods of several months or even years, have been reported. Genital warts during a long-term relationship does not necessarily imply infidelity.

The lesions usually on the perineum or genitals. The oral mucosa may be involved as well, preferably as mucosal nonkeratinizing lips, soft palate, floor of mouth and the side edges of the tongue. The gum is rarely affected. Some oral lesions are the result of self-inoculation from genital lesions. Genital warts are very contagious. As such, the risk of transmission of infection with HPV genital warts to a sterile person is very high.

You can still be a virgin and get warts. If there was any skin to skin contact, oral sex, so you can get.
It can sometimes take years for the warts appear.

If this is not a venereal wart, it might be an infected hair follicle or something.

the only way to get venereal warts is through sexual contact, unless your mother had when she was pregnant with you, perhaps you should ask her