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itchy red bumps on penis/thighs/butt cheeks

hey Im very curious.. I have noticed itchy bumps on my inner thighs/ butt cheecks and penis.. I have been to 2 doctors and they said that it doesnt seem to be any sort of std.. but also they havent seen it at its worst.. i was subscribed 1% cortizone cream.. i think thats what its called.. I have been using it for about 3-4 weeks now and the little bumps on my penis head have gone away but now i have noticed an itchy bump on the side of my penis which is a bit bigger.. also there is a bump on the edge of my penis head that had peeled and gone away for a few days and re-appeared in the exact same spot which seems to have formed as a bump/scar(not as itchy)...
...i have very itchy bumps on my inner thighs and butt cheeks that seem to be getting worse. I also notice very very very very small blister type bumps on my fingers that i have popped and released some sort of fluid.. the bumps on my penis/butt/thighs do not seem to have any fluid in them.. just very itchy and red.. I have had sexual intercourse about 3 to 4 months ago.. and have noticed these irritations about 2 months ago.. can masterbation cause it to get worse?..
i was told by a friend that it may be bed bugs?.. is that possible? (fleas? or no?.. i do have a dog that may very well have fleas)..
what does it seem to be?.. i have also noticed little bite lookin bumps on the side of my stomach which look similar to the itchy bumps on my thighs and butt but only smaller. I am very concerned because i have been using the cream as told and the issue does not seem to be getting better at all. Any ideas on what it may be? IM SO ITCHY! and it looks so ugly!
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Get a paper and pincil and take notes starting now! Read reviews and make a list. I am going to try to break this down real simple like.  I read this and all the comments and I related to how desperate this situation can be.  I never went to the hospital to get checked, I just did extensive research on the Internet.  I took notes on everything everyone said and circled the most common symptoms and remedies and here's what I came up with.  I concluded scabies from my symptoms.  Try not to scratch as hard as that is for it spreads the scabies. Mainly my upper and inner thighs were the worst. You can use any of these natural oils individually or as I did mix them together.  Vitamin E oil.  Neem oil. Tea tree oil.  Neem oil especially because it stops them from reproducing, the rest will kill them. I read a bunch on 5% permitherin. I didn't want to go the chemical route but when u itch like this you'll try anything. You can order 10% permitherin on amazon.  Mix it half and half with a lotion, you can use oil if you want but it will be runny.  Put it all over your body and let it sit for at least 8 hours.  You'll only need to do this once if you do it right.  If you feel you need to do it again don't exceed more then twice a week.  You will have a lot extra so you can make a spray to hit your furniture with.  Mix 1 part permitherin with 3 parts water.  Make sure you wear clean clothes every time you change and wash your bedding as often as possible. Permitherin has seem to have the best effect so far.  The oils help.  Also there's sulfer soap bar you can get on amazon.  I just stated using it so I'm not sure how effective it is yet but read reviews and check out other recommended products.  All this stuff is cheaper then a hospital visit if you can't afford it. Be patient, as far as I know even when your curing yourself the itching still lingers.  Mine is getting better but I still itch. Find a routine to use this stuff.  Vitamin E oil,  neem oil,  tea tree oil,  permitherin 10% mixed 1/2 & 1/2 with lotion, sulfur soup.  I hope this helps.  I know the struggle.  That's why I came back to write this.  Good luck.  
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Seems we all have the same exact symptoms. No homo but can we trade pics? I'm just so nervous if its herpes. I had sex 2 months ago and its been getting worse, appearing last month. I'm 18 btw, how old are the rest of u guys??
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I got circle area on butt purple some red dry peeling and blistering up
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My son has it, only one his penis though. It started on my body as an itchy spot on my right hip, it then spread to my inner thighs, then to my genitals, my back and my arms.. Several people in my family have gotten this is one form or another, male and female.. Some of us it affects, others it doesn't.. I've had scabies before and it was nothing like this.. I don't think it's an std because I have 7 people living in my house and only 3 of us have it. When I had scabies before it affected everybody.. I'm completely at a loss right now..
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Get a paper and pincil and take notes starting now! Read reviews and make a list. I am going to try to break this down real simple like.  I read this and all the comments and I related to how desperate this situation can be.  I never went to the hospital to get checked, I just did extensive research on the Internet.  I took notes on everything everyone said and circled the most common symptoms and remedies and here's what I came up with.  I concluded scabies from my symptoms.  Try not to scratch as hard as that is for it spreads the scabies. Mainly my upper and inner thighs were the worst. You can use any of these natural oils individually or as I did mix them together.  Vitamin E oil.  Neem oil. Tea tree oil.  Neem oil especially because it stops them from reproducing, the rest will kill them. I read a bunch on 5% permitherin. I didn't want to go the chemical route but when u itch like this you'll try anything. You can order 10% permitherin on amazon.  Mix it half and half with a lotion, you can use oil if you want but it will be runny.  Put it all over your body and let it sit for at least 8 hours.  You'll only need to do this once if you do it right.  If you feel you need to do it again don't exceed more then twice a week.  You will have a lot extra so you can make a spray to hit your furniture with.  Mix 1 part permitherin with 3 parts water.  Make sure you wear clean clothes every time you change and wash your bedding as often as possible. Permitherin has seem to have the best effect so far.  The oils help.  Also there's sulfer soap bar you can get on amazon.  I just stated using it so I'm not sure how effective it is yet but read reviews and check out other recommended products.  All this stuff is cheaper then a hospital visit if you can't afford it. Be patient, as far as I know even when your curing yourself the itching still lingers.  Mine is getting better but I still itch. Find a routine to use this stuff.  Vitamin E oil,  neem oil,  tea tree oil,  permitherin 10% mixed 1/2 & 1/2 with lotion and sulfur soup.  I hope this helps.  I know the struggle.  That's why I came back to write this.  Good luck.  
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Didn't mean to wrote mix with sulfer soup.  Use that when you shower
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I have noticed this red itchy bumps on my penis and thighs and butt cheeks and I think it is caused by fleas if u have dogs or it can be bed bugs bites
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Hi quick question , I know someone who has the same problem too
what could it be ? is it like some kind of disease ? Please let me know if it could be cured .. I want to help him !! email me if you possibly know what it is or how to cure it for good

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Thanks.
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if u get the solution to get ride of this problem...plz...plz...help me same problem here...plz..email me the treatment..shamim.***@****
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it itches as hell, got like 20 bumps on my penis/ testicles, (recently hard sex but I used protection) the bumps in between my fingers releases a clear white substance when it's squeeze, I'm fed up, so scared, can't afford a doctor, still in college. I took some anti-biotic, anti fungal, allergic medications but none seems to work, it keeps me up at night ( currently writing this at 4 am) please help, I'm tired of living like this
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well I use to have this same symptoms rash on my butt and inner thigh, small on wrist and inner fingers...but guys I want to assure you is nothing serious...even though I freak out when I started seeing bumps on my penis..now everything is gone almost 100% but it has left some tinny dots on where it use to be and on using some olive gel and fresh milk I will let you know the result...my tips for you is try wearing clean or no undies at all.
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Get meds for scabies!!!  Not an epidemic...all these posts are over a 2-3 year period.
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guys.....eish! is this the nxt epidemic like hiv? are we all the first victims of it....how comes np doc knows anything.am john and am dying of this inner thigh and penile itch.what do we do guys?
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I had the same issue and was CERTAIN I had herpes! Well, scared to death I had herpes is more like it. The morning after I read all these posts about scabies I went to the doctor. He looked at me and said I didn't have scabies, but I told him I wanted the meds for scabies anyway.  Like the others said, I put the lotion on from my head to the soles of my feet and let it sit for about 10-11 hours, then washed it off. It's been 13 days and all itching has stopped.  Just make sure you tell them that you want the meds for scabies whether they think it is or not.  It's also possible they can scrape your skin and it still show negative if they don't scrape an area with eggs/feces/scabie.  I can't begin to tell you how relieved I am today!!!
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Get a biopsy! Do not let your doctor speculate no matter how confident they seem or how much they insist they know the cause just by looking at it. Make them do a fool proof test or point u in the direction to get one. Over a 6 month period I had 4 doctors tell me I had scabies leaving me to battle a non existent infestation while suffering from the brutal rash described above. It turned out to be an allergic reaction to adderal the whole time for me. No cure except to stop taking it which I unfortunately had to do. Good luck everyone!
     P.s. The adderal was also making my hair thin and fall out. I thought I was naturally balding but it all grew back full as ever! After some research a ton of people had the same problem while taking adderal. I hope this can help some of you
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Get a biopsy! Do not let your doctor speculate no matter how confident they seem or how much they insist they know the cause just by looking at it. Make them do a fool proof test or point u in the direction to get one. Over a 6 month period I had 4 doctors tell me I had scabies leaving me to battle a non existent infestation while suffering from the brutal rash described above. It turned out to be an allergic reaction to adderal the whole time for me. No cure except to stop taking it which I unfortunately had to do. Good luck everyone!
     P.s. The adderal was also making my hair thin and fall out. I thought I was naturally balding but it all grew back full as ever! After some research a ton of people had the same problem while taking adderal. I hope this can help some of you
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I am a female with all the same symptoms you men and women are talking about of course minus the penis. I already figured I new what it was, but had the Dr test each of the areas I had them biopsied, every one of the tests from the face, arms, chest, stomach, legs, thigh, butt all positive for Herpies Simplex. I was told it is spreading like a wild fire. Once you get the initial eruption it can come back every 5-7 yrs like this. Many people get it from their sex partner who has the Herpies Virus, some people dont even realize that once they get it and it clears up that they can still spread it even if it is not active they just assume there done with it - NOT TRUE _ YOU HAVE IT FOR LIFE, once you have the virus you are contagious for life. A sad fact of human sexuality. And yes my fellow sufferers you cant get it from a toilet seat; how you ask it is actually so simplistic. When an infected person scratches the bumps on the butt in almost all cases as you know they will break open bleed and oze and burn and itch like hell, this is when they are in there most infectious stage. So when that person uses the toilet seat public or private dosnt matter, the next person that sits on it has now just been given the infection, because the infection then invades the skin of that person who just used the toilet next. I must also share with you there is no happy ending here. There is no cure for Herpys Simplex because it is a Virus - a torturous, nerve racking, mind steeling virus, which by the way can spread to the brain a recent test I had did just confirm mine has spread to the brain - but I have been carrying it for 20+ yrs now. All that can be done is to treat the symptoms keep is washed with an anti bacterial or high grade batidine solution mixed with a mild bleach and water solution dab on puroxide afterward, which I kid you not all will burn like hell but it does work, I have had to live with this infuriating disease for over 20 yrs since my husband brought it home from one of his affairs its the gift that keeps on giving thats how it got that slogan because it never goes away completely just sheds out every 5-7 yrs, what we are experiencing is that shed out phase but it is also the most highly contagious phase as well- cortizone & calumine lotion afterward will bring temporary relief it can clear up in 4 weeks or 3 months it depends on each individual. There is no exact science to the length of time it can take to shed out. Wash your hads constantly. Any thing you touch spray with Lysol afterward, and avoid any intimate contact with others that includes kissing, and hugging avoid all physical contact with others, It is also spread through saliva and any open blisters will transmit it to another., Any part of your skin effected is contagious, and WHAT EVER YOU DO STAY AWAY FROM BABYS AND CHILDREN IN THIS PHASE. In the olden days we would be considered Lepers.
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At first i thought it was a STD, but my primary doctor told me by looking at it it wasn't. then i thought scabies but he looked said no i wouldnt have last 6 months without coming in with scabies. so i went to My dermatology, who properly diagnosed me, its called dyshidrotic eczema, look it up. Its exactly whats happening. My Derm gave me three different creams, one for my body, hands & feet and my neck. I suggest going to a dermatology and depending on the severity of it they may give you a shot and stronger creams as well, which im going back for.
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Try mixing betnovate and thrush cream. Use two to three times a day.

My partner has a similar problem. It's because he has a very high sperm count, and has skin sensitive to the chemicals produced in semen.

Wash after you've ejaculated to reduce the time semen is on the skin.
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Try mixing betnovate and thrush cream. Use two to three times a day.

My partner has a similar problem. It's because he has a very high sperm count, and has skin sensitive to the chemicals produced in semen.

Wash after you've ejaculated to reduce the time semen is on the skin.
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Try mixing betnovate and thrush cream. Use two to three times a day.

My partner has a similar problem. It's because he has a very high sperm count, and has skin sensitive to the chemicals produced in semen.
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I have the same problem has anybody learned anything for sure about the itchy red whelps on butt thighs and penis?!?!?
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I have been having the same problems and have all the red bumps in every place y'all have descrided and I haven't had sex in about a year so its definitely not an STD guys but I need answers cause I can't stop itching and it's driving me insane to where I'm almost itching my skin off
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I am a girl and I seem to be having the same problem except mine are on my left fore arm and why thighs. I noticed it come up after fishing the other day.
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Ok so I'm 15 years old and I itch every night I have not red bumbs or anything I just itch realy bad and my dad said I don't have std's and it get to. A point at night where I can't sleep and I got to school and it will itch realy bad at school any anwsers and I only had sex once and I got my self checked and it also itches on the side of my penis
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