So I've got a strange growth on the inside of my thigh

[JohnnyHopkins]

Just looks like you need to wash better. Buy a loofah and exfoliate!

 

[Idgit]

I could be wrong, but I believe this might be a leg-nipple. Pretty common.

I'm not a doctor, though.

 

[Tabascocat]

I could be wrong, but I believe this might be a leg-nipple. Pretty common.

I'm not a doctor, though.

A nubbin? Good call

 

[Idgit]

A nubbin? Good call

I'm pretty good at diagnosing extra-nipples. They're a lot more common than people realize.

If it isn't painful, or if it ever gets harder when you're cold or excited, it's a pretty safe bet that you've got yourself a nubbin. I'd go buy a lottery ticket, because it's a good day.

 

[DallasDomination]

It's not a brown recluse, or you would have had a large area of central necrosis by now.

It's not likely lyme disease, because that rarely causes the prominent swelling you have.

It's most likely a bacterial abscess with associated cellulitis. Antibiotics are the treatment of choice, and I don't understand why that's a problem to you.
This will likely resolve without incision and drainage; if it drains or doesn't improve, you need to return for a culture of the exudate.
Your Doc likely made the right diagnosis and treatment. If you want to do that yourself, you'll need to move to Mexico, where you can buy your own antibiotics without a Rx. That's a place where serious consequences occur due to people treating themselves with the wrong medication, wrong dose, wrong duration, for the wrong diagnosis.

God luck to you.

Listen to this guy .

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Bang it...wait, I think this is the wrong thread.

 

[Doc50]

I could be wrong, but I believe this might be a leg-nipple. Pretty common.

I'm not a doctor, though.

You gave me a big smile, but supernumerary nipples only occur along two lines on the anterior thorax -- none on the legs.

 

[Idgit]

You gave me a big smile, but supernumerary nipples only occur along two lines on the anterior thorax -- none on the legs.

So...no lottery ticket then?

 

[Doc50]

So...no lottery ticket then?

Just another day above ground, and not in Cleveland.

 

[KJJ]

It takes some nerve to start threads like this because you're going to get some opinions here that might scare the life out of you. About a year ago someone posted that they had an unusual pain in their stomach and were given several terminal illnesses they might have. I'm sure who ever started that thread regretted it. It's best to go to a doctor so you're not tossing all night with all the things you read here.