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Should I be worried????
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Should I be worried????
by Johnny1509, Jan 21, 2006 12:00AM
I too have had some concerns. First off, I suffer from General Anxiety Disorder which means I can take the slightest little thing and in my head turn it into some "marriage" ending event.
I am a 35y/o male, married for 10 years. I have been faithful for the most part except for an event 2 years ago. I was having an affair with a 19 y/o gal for 4 or 5 months. Always wore a condom w/ vaginal and anal intercourse........I ended things 'cause my brother gave his wife "The Clap" and later admitted to an affair...so I became scared to death that this could happen to me. I started checking my penis for the slightest sign of anything, trying to squeeze anything out of it, spreading my meatus looking for anything inside, stretching out my scrotum looking for any sign of anything, feeling my testicles many times a day, etc. I got myself so worked up I irritated my meatus, made my testicles tender (not painful at all, just tender) Couldn't sleep at night, constant state of worry. Went to local county health clinic. They drew blood and collected a urine sample. Everything came back negative (chlamydia, ghonnorhea, syphillis, HIV, HSV-1, HSV-2, Hep A,B,C)
The results took a little over a week, and while waiting for that, spent nearly $400 on 28 100mg doxycycline tabs, 3 500mg Levaquin and 20 Flagyl tabs. Had them overnighted. Placed myself on these without ever being told I needed them. Took them as specified, results came back negative and all.....
Now here is the thing, in Aug 2005, I received unprotected oral sex from a gal I met at a bar. Now everytime my wife says her tummy hurts, or she has lower abdominal pain or lower back pain, I freak out all over again. I know the cure for this is to STOP messing around. Here again, I found a web site that does anonymous ghonorrhea/chlamydia screening via DNA replication in Urine. Spent $149 on something that would have been free at clinic, but it says results in 2 business days. I have worried myself so much that I might have picked up something from this oral sex and gave it to my wife. Last week, we had hard vaginal sex and she had a tiny bit of blood tinging on toilet paper afterwards, but none since. She has lower back stiffness, and occaisional lower abdominal crampy feeling. No discharge or odor, no more bleeding, no vaginal irritation, etc. So I think I am freaking out over nothing. My latest lab results won't be in until Monday so this will be a long weekend. I have no discharge or visible sore, however, my meatus is a little red (probably from me checking so often) and my testicles are a little tender (probably from me checking so often as well)
How likely is it to get chlamydia or ghonnorhea from oral sex???
My County clinic says if I had something, I would deffinitely know it and that websites that say not everyone is symptomatic is misleading due to people not admitting to symptoms.
I think I am my own worst enemy with the ANXIETY.
I am a 35y/o male, married for 10 years. I have been faithful for the most part except for an event 2 years ago. I was having an affair with a 19 y/o gal for 4 or 5 months. Always wore a condom w/ vaginal and anal intercourse........I ended things 'cause my brother gave his wife "The Clap" and later admitted to an affair...so I became scared to death that this could happen to me. I started checking my penis for the slightest sign of anything, trying to squeeze anything out of it, spreading my meatus looking for anything inside, stretching out my scrotum looking for any sign of anything, feeling my testicles many times a day, etc. I got myself so worked up I irritated my meatus, made my testicles tender (not painful at all, just tender) Couldn't sleep at night, constant state of worry. Went to local county health clinic. They drew blood and collected a urine sample. Everything came back negative (chlamydia, ghonnorhea, syphillis, HIV, HSV-1, HSV-2, Hep A,B,C)
The results took a little over a week, and while waiting for that, spent nearly $400 on 28 100mg doxycycline tabs, 3 500mg Levaquin and 20 Flagyl tabs. Had them overnighted. Placed myself on these without ever being told I needed them. Took them as specified, results came back negative and all.....
Now here is the thing, in Aug 2005, I received unprotected oral sex from a gal I met at a bar. Now everytime my wife says her tummy hurts, or she has lower abdominal pain or lower back pain, I freak out all over again. I know the cure for this is to STOP messing around. Here again, I found a web site that does anonymous ghonorrhea/chlamydia screening via DNA replication in Urine. Spent $149 on something that would have been free at clinic, but it says results in 2 business days. I have worried myself so much that I might have picked up something from this oral sex and gave it to my wife. Last week, we had hard vaginal sex and she had a tiny bit of blood tinging on toilet paper afterwards, but none since. She has lower back stiffness, and occaisional lower abdominal crampy feeling. No discharge or odor, no more bleeding, no vaginal irritation, etc. So I think I am freaking out over nothing. My latest lab results won't be in until Monday so this will be a long weekend. I have no discharge or visible sore, however, my meatus is a little red (probably from me checking so often) and my testicles are a little tender (probably from me checking so often as well)
How likely is it to get chlamydia or ghonnorhea from oral sex???
My County clinic says if I had something, I would deffinitely know it and that websites that say not everyone is symptomatic is misleading due to people not admitting to symptoms.
I think I am my own worst enemy with the ANXIETY.
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Jan 21, 2006 12:00AM
, Jan 21, 2006 12:00AM
Chlamydia rarely infects the mouth and throat, and there has never been a documented case of chlamydia transmission from mouth to penis; so forget that one. (This can be confusing, because some people in STD clinics and other people to treat STDs think it must happen ["common sense"] but they are wrong.) Gonorrhea can be so transmitted, but isn't particularly common. For gonorrhea it is generally true that men know when they have it; asymptomatic urethral gonorrhea is rare. Redness alone doesn't count; virtually always there is discharge of pus. Thus, the chance you are infected is extremely low and it is virtually certain your test results will be negative.
As I have said many times on this forum, when somebody believes his or her own symptoms might be due to anxiety, s/he probably is almost always right. That goes double for you, given your history.
Bottom line: Relax and try to stop dwelling on it. If you cannot, schedule a visit with whoever provides care for your anxiety disorder.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
As I have said many times on this forum, when somebody believes his or her own symptoms might be due to anxiety, s/he probably is almost always right. That goes double for you, given your history.
Bottom line: Relax and try to stop dwelling on it. If you cannot, schedule a visit with whoever provides care for your anxiety disorder.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Member Comments (2)
by Johnny1509, Jan 21, 2006 12:00AM
I am new to this thread and just read a lot of the archived posts. I now realize there is little chance of getting chlamydia or ghonnorhea from unprotected oral sex, but I can not help but feel this way. Anytime (since I first played around) that my wife gets cultures at her OB-GYN I am afraid of that dreaded phone call about lab results.....But everything is always OK. This anxiety thing is for the birds.....my GP just started me on Buspar 10mg daily to see if it helps with the anxiety.
