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Stomach mole/stomach flu?

dlevine90 posted:

I've had a small skin tag on my stomach for as long as I can remember, but last Thursday I came down with a stomach flu. The same day I felt that there was something hard on my stomach and it seems the my skin tag now had a black colouring and was harder. From all the pictures I looked at on the internet it seemed to point to skin cancer or at least something benign. I've been watching it carefully the last few days and it feels more like a scab growth than part of my skin. Today was my first day of feeling almost 100% healthy and as I felt my stomach I noticed that the skin tag had returned to its natural state, and the black scabbing had just fallen off. And now there is no trace of anything being there. Do you think this could have been just related to the stomach flu? I feel like if its not longer present its a slim chance it actually was cancer. What do you think?

2 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Stomach mole/stomach flu?I've had a small skin tag on my stomach for as long as I can remember, but last Thursday I came down with a stomach flu. The same day I felt that there was something hard on my stomach and it seems the my skin tag now had a black colouring and was harder. From all the pictures I looked at on the internet it seemed to point to skin cancer or at least something benign. I've been watching it carefully the last few days and it feels more like a scab growth than part of my skin. Today was my first day of feeling almost 100% healthy and as I felt my stomach I noticed that the skin tag had returned to its natural state, and the black scabbing had just fallen off. And now there is no trace of anything being there. Do you think this could have been just related to the stomach flu? I feel like if its not longer present its a slim chance it actually was cancer. What do you think?

longduckdong46 responded:

Well since everything has cleared up I would agree that there is nothing to be concerned about. If it was any type of skin cancer it would not go away on it's own from what I know about it.

Report This| Share this:Stomach mole/stomach flu?Well since everything has cleared up I would agree that there is nothing to be concerned about. If it was any type of skin cancer it would not go away on it's own from what I know about it.

An_205968 responded:

It sounds like you irritated the skin tag and it bleed a little. No, it does not sound like cancer. If it does change in the future see your doctor and you might feel better if you would let a dermatologist look at it for your piece of mind.

Report This| Share this:Stomach mole/stomach flu?It sounds like you irritated the skin tag and it bleed a little. No, it does not sound like cancer. If it does change in the future see your doctor and you might feel better if you would let a dermatologist look at it for your piece of mind.

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