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39 years old male , my problem is that between 3 to 8 weeks ago i had 4 different protected vaginal and anal sexual intercourse with different sexual workers ,never saw a condom breaking up or splitting of my penis but there was a lot of fingering i mean i touch my protected penis every time i was changing positions, the problem start 2 an 1/2 weeks ago when i started to fell after i pee the sensation that i want more , no burning ,no pain, i went to a doctor which said it was gonorrhea he gave me a shot and 10 days of doxycycline, 3
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Re-read my responses above, especially the last paragraph of my comment November 21. I have no other advice or comments. This thread is over.
getting worried again , the pimp in my tongue are getting red and all over it and is white , the sore in my throat has been there for more than 3 weeks now ,and the weakness does not go away ,and some diarrea also and my gf is getting similar symptoms dry mouth , dry throat and night sweats. can you give me some advise . ( getting tested for hiv nex week) thanks.
THANK YOU SO MUCH , I'LL DO THAT .
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I did not mean to criticize your English. I thought you were a native speaker but poorly educated. Sorry.
Your symptoms don't particularly suggest HIV, and even if you directly touched your partner's vaginal secretions, the risk of transmission was low; and you don't know that the sex workers have HIV. White spots on the tongue might be normal taste buds that you are noticing because you are anxious. If there are actual open sores in the mouth or on the lips, it could be herpes. But other viruses--most of them not serious--can cause similar symptoms. Antibiotics could trigger an oral infection with yeast, which is another possibility.
The way to know about HIV is to be tested for it. A test now will be highly reliable. If negative, it will be very reassuring, although to be 100% certain you will need another test at least 6-8 weeks (or up to 3 months) after the last possible exposure. See your doctor for both examination and testing.
Your symptoms don't particularly suggest HIV, and even if you directly touched your partner's vaginal secretions, the risk of transmission was low; and you don't know that the sex workers have HIV. White spots on the tongue might be normal taste buds that you are noticing because you are anxious. If there are actual open sores in the mouth or on the lips, it could be herpes. But other viruses--most of them not serious--can cause similar symptoms. Antibiotics could trigger an oral infection with yeast, which is another possibility.
The way to know about HIV is to be tested for it. A test now will be highly reliable. If negative, it will be very reassuring, although to be 100% certain you will need another test at least 6-8 weeks (or up to 3 months) after the last possible exposure. See your doctor for both examination and testing.
I'm so sorry for my english I meant that the condom never got out off my penis , but i saw a lot of vaginal secretion at the base of my penis, i just want to know what about the sore throat has been there for two weeks now also the white pimps in my tongue which is about this size ( @ ), but you did not answer is there any chance that i got infected touching vaginal secretions from a hiv person with my hand and then minutes later after finishing and taking out my condom touch my penis.the gonorrhe diagnosis was by examination only no lab test , last question antibiotics can cause tongue , throat or lips sores ? thank you so much for your time .
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Well, I'm certainly happy for you that you didn't notice any "splitting" of your penis. Sounds painful! (What does that mean??)
It would be helpful to know whether the doctor diagnosed gonorrhea by just examining you or by lab testing. Diagnosis without a lab test often is wrong. But you were given the right treatment; the shot undoubtedly was ceftriaxone (Rocephin). Doxycycline is added because many people with gonorrhea also have chlamydia, so you were treated effectively for both of those STDs. That treatment also would have cured or prevented syphilis, if you were exposed.
The rest of the symptoms you describe in the follow-up comments (below) do not suggest any STD. My bet is that the diagnosis of epididymitis was not right; that condition usually causes really severe pain and swelling in a single testicle, not vague pain in the area. Most of what you describe sounds like allergy or a garden variety respiratory virus, like a cold. And some of what you describe sounds like nothing more than the physical signs of anxiety. Certainly loss of appetite and reduced sexual desire are not STD symptoms and could have an emotional origin.
Bottom line: Whatever is going on now is not an STD and is not due to something you caught during the sexual exposures a few weeks ago. Follow up with your own doctor or health care provider. Going to ERs isn't the best way; find a personal health care provider. In the meantime, none of this sounds particularly serious. But check it out to be safe.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
It would be helpful to know whether the doctor diagnosed gonorrhea by just examining you or by lab testing. Diagnosis without a lab test often is wrong. But you were given the right treatment; the shot undoubtedly was ceftriaxone (Rocephin). Doxycycline is added because many people with gonorrhea also have chlamydia, so you were treated effectively for both of those STDs. That treatment also would have cured or prevented syphilis, if you were exposed.
The rest of the symptoms you describe in the follow-up comments (below) do not suggest any STD. My bet is that the diagnosis of epididymitis was not right; that condition usually causes really severe pain and swelling in a single testicle, not vague pain in the area. Most of what you describe sounds like allergy or a garden variety respiratory virus, like a cold. And some of what you describe sounds like nothing more than the physical signs of anxiety. Certainly loss of appetite and reduced sexual desire are not STD symptoms and could have an emotional origin.
Bottom line: Whatever is going on now is not an STD and is not due to something you caught during the sexual exposures a few weeks ago. Follow up with your own doctor or health care provider. Going to ERs isn't the best way; find a personal health care provider. In the meantime, none of this sounds particularly serious. But check it out to be safe.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
sorry , i forgot to mention lost of appetite and sexual desire
also went to ER they run some blood and urine test which show no infection, but i don't know what kind of test they do on ER.
sorry i did not finish, then i felt worse sore throat, white pimps in my tongue and sore lips sensation that i want to poo all day but when i sit nothing or just small ball very difficult coming out also some small thing coming out my anus like hemorrhoids but without pain i'd been suffering of constipation for several month after radiation exposure for testicular cancer which it was removed an in remission now ( 2 weeks of radiation ) also staring to feel weakness legs fever , chills and very tired ., dry mouth and dry cough .when i swallow i feel pressure in my ears. another doctor gave me augmentin antibiotics for the sores.should i get hiv or std test reading on the web my symptoms are similar to a hiv infection ,another doctor said it was epididymitis i don't know what to do still having the sensation of more urine after i pee and for number two all day long.can i get infested using protection or touching with my hand a infected secretion of an infected person
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