4 wks ago, had unprotected oral sex with a sex worker but protected vaginal sex. 1wk later I woke up with a burning pain at the penis tip. Saw walk-in clinic doctor who inspected my penis; tested me for chlamydia and gonorrhea came out negative. Think I had discharge; not sure. Felt there was some "dripping" inside my urethra.
2nd-wk, felt intermittent tingling on scrotum, thighs and legs. Still felt burning pain on the tip of penis. The head of penis was tender; no obvious lesions and sores. Peeing was VERY burningly painful. Experienced a left pink-eye that week (is this related?) that lasted for 10 days.
3rd-wk, pink-eye cleared. Peeing pain subsided. But, penis pain returned; frightened the possibility of herpes. Went to a well-known STD clinic; the doctor examined and reassured me that not herpes. Thinks yeast infection. On same day, returned to walk-in; requested culture swab on my urethra where there appears to be inflammation. That doctor also didn't think it was herpes. IgM/IgG test were done.
4th-wk, returned to STD clinic; another doc examined my penis; also echos the other doc that it isn't herpes. But, I get this intermittent diffuse burning pain (with tingling) around my genital area (butt, scrotum, thigh, leg, feet).
Today, results are in. Culture swab -ve. But, IgG +ve. Canada doesn't have tests that tells you which type. Diff doctor looked at my penis again today; couldn't find anything consistent with herpes sores/lesions; but thinks it's yeast ??
(1) Could 3.5 weeks of exposure likely to lead to IgG+
(2) Think genital herpes explains my symptoms for the last 4wks? i.e. all the doctors were wrong; that I am one of the few unlikely one with urethritis caused by HSV.
(3) Should I care about IgM results?
(4) Should I care about the -ve culture swab results?
(5) Should I take a type-specific IgG test in future? I figured if it shows I don't have type-2, I still don't know if I contracted hsv-1 genitally, which is now my concern.