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Problem down below -_-

I really need help, I've had protected sex and I know for a fact the person I had it with was clean. I notice these pimple like bumps on my shaft. I used neosporin for a few days and a week past and they are almost gone. A black mark appeared on the head if my penis and it's like scabbing and starting to go away as well. I had a actual pimple appear on my head as well, and the similar looking scab but it's red where the head meets the shaft, and a few on the scrotum that are disappearing as well. I've been using antioxidant cream and neosporin on all of it. I haven't had sex I'm a whole cause I want them to go away. I don't have money or a ride to the doctor so if any home remedies exist that would help. I would just really REALLY appreciate knowing what it is, is it like regular pimples will they go away? Please help..

Also since I don't wanna post twice, this is unrelated, but I have colorless little bug bite bumps on my hands and inbetween my fingers that itch, but go away, along with my hands peeling dead skin like it was sun burned, but I used medicated cream (hydrocortisone, etc) and hand moisturizers as well. Can someone update me on these please? I apologize and I feel embarrassed. Please help :(
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Also I looked up the viral shedding and have no symptoms, so i am highly lost , haha, sorry, but please if there's any other ideas, let me know please. Thank you. I just need a sign or relief, I feel like my research was accurate and correct I just need a sense of confirmation. Like I said they have been fading, and I even looked up pictures and it's nothing like me. Please let me know, thank you again!
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Thank you, and I appreciate the advice but it is definetly not scabies cause I am a very friendly person and shake many hands and such, and I haven't spread it what so ever to anyone in my residence , and about the probl down below, I have done heavy research about it to find that penis pimples are common and since I have posted this a majority is starting to fade and two have almost fully gone away. I heard that they were common and been treating it with antioxidants and such, you kinda scared me with the std and herpes and I very highly doubt it, but is there any other advice you can give me? I read a lot that acne down there is mostly harmless. The black region on the head I think I must have scratched it in my Zipper and it's starting to heal. Please get to me ASAP and thank you again!

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Just so you know....just because a person has NO visible herpes or wart lesions does not mean they are clean. There is something called viral shedding where a person passes the herpes virus to their partner even though they have no symptoms. Please google it. Unfortunately, not even condoms can protect you from herpes or warts because they are spread via skin to skin contact and a condom only covers a part of the individual. Should her vagina touch your scrotum, or pubic area at all while she is shedding the virus, it would be transmitted to you. Also, women can carry the virus inside of their vagina and have open lesions inside without any appearing on the outside. You would be unaware as would she, that she was currently having an outbreak. Men can also have herpes lesions inside the penis. Viral shedding is VERY common and most people who contract herpes contract it without ever having seen a lesion on their partner even after being very close visually to their "region" Also, a blood test for HSV2 is only accurate if the person is currently having an outbreak. HSV1 (oral kind) can be transmitted to the genitals and a blood test would render useless as 90% of the US population carries the oral herpes virus. You should go get looked at while you still have lesions to confirm or deny your diagnosis. Otherwise you'll never know and you could possibly transmit something to others in the mean time (until another outbreak occurs)

As far as your itchy fingers. Sounds like scabies. They usually appear between the fingers, inside the wrists, elbows. You need to get that treated because its VERY contagious. VERY. and your entire househould needs to be disinfected. all of you bedding and blankets, car, clothing, back pack....its skin lice...so it gets treated as such.

and DONT feel embarrassed. At all. This forum is for exactly this. A HUGE part of the population has Herpes and 80% of it has the HPV virus. Don't be embarrassed. Its not as bad as you think. I know it feels like the world is crashing down around you when your dealing with it. But if you do end up getting diagnosed theres SO many people out there to talk to so you can get some peace of mind. Myself included. As far as the scabies goes, just treat it and move on. Its also very common.

In the future, use condoms and don't take someone at their word that they are "Clean".

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