Get a genital culture and they will be able to determine if it's chlamydia, syphilis or gonorrhea.
I work at a pathology lab In microbiology...sounds to me like you should just get it cultured. I would ask for 2 tests; 1 a HSV1 HSV2 simplex test, 2 varicella zoster test which will rule out shingles. Having been around people who have had shingles to me (which I am NOT a doctor) it doesn't sound like it. If it was, you were extremely fortunate and have gotten a very mild case. To me it sounds like herpes and because I directly work with the virus I can say that you would be surprised at how many places a person can develope it and I've seen many specimens with the buttock as a source.
Hope this helps!
Hi,i've read a couple of posts out here and just wanna be sure of where to group myself,though i'm beginning to believe i'm a victim of herpes.
I had unprotected sex with my Ex and few days later discovered a discharge while i urinated amidst pains.i actually got that treated and all the symptoms were gone but i never went to re-check on this at the hospital.
Weeks or days later i discovered these inflammations around my penis a little below the cap.I then went back to a doctor who never even asked to see the inflammations and administered treatment for syphilis.
Days later these inflammations disappeared and re-appeared again weeks later.I went back again n was given drugs and was taking injections.These inflammations vanished again.
But about a month later i notice them again.Pls i'd like to know if this is actually HERPES and how it can be cured.
Regards..
So I am very confused...
My doctor is of the firm belief that I have Herpes simplex.
I got a blood test that came out negative for HSV-1 AND HSV-2 antibodies... But my doctor prepared me for that by saying the tests are very inaccurate.
Since I wanted to be sure, I went to a walk-in clinic to get a second opinion. The doctor there then told me he was 100% sure I DID NOT have herpes simplex. That I had herpes zoster (shingles). He said this because of how mild my initial outbreak was, the manner in which my sores were healing, and most important to him was the location of the outbreak.
I am a very healthy male in my early 20's. He says that an outbreak of herpes simplex on a person such as me that is NOT on the genital region (my outbreak was on my left buttock) is nearly unheard of. He told me herpes simplex outbreaks like that would only occur in immunocompromised patients. Patients with AIDS or HIV would have that, but not someone like me. He also told me he had shingles and the symptoms are the same. He also described the process of my symptoms dead on and showed me pictures of herpes zoster that looked exactly like my case.
Both my doctors believe the other is uninformed/mistaken/misunderstood and stand by their positions.
I've only slept with 2 girls in the past 6 months and both tell me that they were tested negative recently for STDs.
It feels like the second doctor's diagnosis makes more sense for my situation. But my doctor's convinced of her diagnosis.
Can anyone give me advice? Should I consult a dermatologist?
Hello,
I cannot confirm anything without examination but the symptoms are definitely suggestive of herpes.How ever it can be as simple as boils or carbuncle also.The only method of confirming is by the tests.
Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by the herpes simplex viruses type 1 (HSV-1) and type 2 (HSV-2). Most individuals have no or only minimal signs or symptoms from HSV-1 or HSV-2 infection. When signs do occur, they typically appear as one or more blisters on or around the genitals or rectum. The blisters break, leaving tender ulcers (sores) that may take two to four weeks to heal the first time they occur.
Herpes also presents with red itchy blisters which scab over. Herpes simplex is most easily transmitted by direct contact with a lesion or the body fluid of an infected individual. Transmission may also occur through skin-to-skin contact during periods of asymptomatic shedding.
The only way of ruling it out is by getting yourself tested for genital herpes. Laboratory tests include: culture of the virus, direct fluorescent antibody (DFA) studies to detect virus, skin biopsy, and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to test for presence of viral DNA. I sincerely advise you to consult a dermatologist and get it ruled out.
Hope it helps. Take care and pls do keep me posted on how you are doing or if you have any additional queries.