Member Comments are provided by individuals and reflect their personal opinions only. Under NO circumstances should you act on any advice or opinion posted in this forum. ALWAYS check with your personal physician before taking any action regarding your health! MedHelp International and our partners, sponsors and affiliates have no obligation to monitor any comments posted on this site, or the content and/or accuracy of such exchanges. MedHelp International does not endorse the views of any user.
STDs (Expert Forum)
itchy bumps on wife and I
Answered by
University of Washington
Seattle - WA
This forum does not cover AIDS/HIV issues. This forum is for questions and support regarding STD issues such as: Chlamydia, Crabs (pubic lice scabies), Gonorrhea, Hepatitis (viral), Herpes, HPV, Molluscum Contagiosum, PID, Rectal Infections, Syphilis, Trichomonas, Warts, Yeast Infection.
IMPORTANT
This forum is limited to questions about STDs other than HIV/AIDS. For questions about HIV prevention, or if you have general questions about safe sex (e.g., condoms, how to protect yourself from HIV and STDs), please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum
Some of the most common types of questions concern the risk of HIV or STD after a particular sexual exposure, and about symptoms that might or might not be due to HIV. If your question is along these lines, please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum.
This forum is limited to questions about STDs other than HIV/AIDS. For questions about HIV prevention, or if you have general questions about safe sex (e.g., condoms, how to protect yourself from HIV and STDs), please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum
Some of the most common types of questions concern the risk of HIV or STD after a particular sexual exposure, and about symptoms that might or might not be due to HIV. If your question is along these lines, please visit the HIV Prevention and Safe Sex Forum.
itchy bumps on wife and I
by rickarooney, Jan 10, 2005 12:00AM
We are a couple married for over a year now and have recently developed small raised redish bumps on various areas on our bodies(inner thigh,back of hands,armpits,kneecaps,genital area). these bumps itch, they last for a week plus and then turn into white raised areas that do not itch as much. we have had this for over a month now. we sleep in the same bed. itches mostly at night. my wife is a nurse at a hospital. we do not know what this is and am not sure if it is an std or something from the hospital or scabies. please help.
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Jan 10, 2005 12:00AM
, Jan 10, 2005 12:00AM
This sounds a lot like scabies. Your questions suggest you already know that scabies is an occupational hazard of health care providers, especially those who provide the most intimate personal care to bed-bound patients--i.e., nurses and nursing assistants. Scabies is also transmitted between sex partners and others who share beds. But there is not necessarily an implication that either of you has had other partners.
Go together to a health care provider, preferably a dermatologist.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Go together to a health care provider, preferably a dermatologist.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
