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Looking for thoughts on my situation.
Hello Doctor,
I (male 36) have great respect for what you do, so rather than trouble you about easing my mind, I will give some specifics while trying to keep it short. Let's say I accepted unprotected oral sex and protected vaginal sex late march, 2012. Two days later I started to feel a burn at tip of penis, that got stronger for three following weeks. I will state for sure that my anxiety heightened just then and 8 or 9 symptoms matching prostatitis followed. Some of the symptoms were quite painful (shooting testical pain, etc). After a urethral cotton swab and two sets of urine and blood tests, this things seemed clean. Chlam, gon and syphilis as well as p24 antigen test (not the norm I know but window period seemed reasonable) came back negative. Obviously as the prostatitis symptoms came so coincidentally three weeks following the incident, with no bacteria found, one starts to think about blood borne HIV or something the doctor could not find from the standard tests. I am praying a urologist would see me sooner than later, but is now two months and one week post incident with symptoms disappearing exept for diarrhea here and there an some abdominal sensitivities, along with some anxiety. Initally the doctor put me on two weeks of ofloxacin followed by four weeks of cipro without a day break between them. They didn't do much. It would have been better to see urologist during the symptoms when I asked. Should I accept an invite now from urologist or beg later during another flare-up if any? The 1 in 10000 ratio you state for oral sex would lead me to believe that someone should still get an HIV test at 90 days, but I see "no need for testing etc.". Is it because that 1 in 10000 is due to lots of blood in mouth? Could small cuts or scrapes without noticeable blood be need for worry? If you need any further details to do a wrap up of my concerns, I will be happy to do so. This is my first ever post. Thank you.
This discussion is related to Oral Sex, Prostatitis and HIV.
I (male 36) have great respect for what you do, so rather than trouble you about easing my mind, I will give some specifics while trying to keep it short. Let's say I accepted unprotected oral sex and protected vaginal sex late march, 2012. Two days later I started to feel a burn at tip of penis, that got stronger for three following weeks. I will state for sure that my anxiety heightened just then and 8 or 9 symptoms matching prostatitis followed. Some of the symptoms were quite painful (shooting testical pain, etc). After a urethral cotton swab and two sets of urine and blood tests, this things seemed clean. Chlam, gon and syphilis as well as p24 antigen test (not the norm I know but window period seemed reasonable) came back negative. Obviously as the prostatitis symptoms came so coincidentally three weeks following the incident, with no bacteria found, one starts to think about blood borne HIV or something the doctor could not find from the standard tests. I am praying a urologist would see me sooner than later, but is now two months and one week post incident with symptoms disappearing exept for diarrhea here and there an some abdominal sensitivities, along with some anxiety. Initally the doctor put me on two weeks of ofloxacin followed by four weeks of cipro without a day break between them. They didn't do much. It would have been better to see urologist during the symptoms when I asked. Should I accept an invite now from urologist or beg later during another flare-up if any? The 1 in 10000 ratio you state for oral sex would lead me to believe that someone should still get an HIV test at 90 days, but I see "no need for testing etc.". Is it because that 1 in 10000 is due to lots of blood in mouth? Could small cuts or scrapes without noticeable blood be need for worry? If you need any further details to do a wrap up of my concerns, I will be happy to do so. This is my first ever post. Thank you.
This discussion is related to Oral Sex, Prostatitis and HIV.
Last Q. It appears I pay before asking the doctor. That's the way it appears on my screen anyway. So, you submit credit card and then you are given a space for your question?
Pay and post? When I tried in the expert forum, I got a message that said use "forums" along with incorrect code web though I typed the right code. Any ideas? I simply want to post my question to the doctor properly but I don't think I was successful.
Hi Teak, was that answer for me? Did I post my first question using a wrong method? I was hoping Edward Hook MD would look at the situation in the near future and give feedback. If I posted incorrectly, how does a specific doctor see my post? Please and thank you.
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