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Herpes?

3 weeks ago to the day u received unprotected oral sex for a csw in Brazil

I have looked at my oenis and when I pull my forskin back I have two small red rashes.

In two separate places


The women didn't have any visible herpes on her mouth from what j can remember

How does herpes start and is this typical symptons at a early stage
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Usually multiple painful blisters and sores of the penis, usually starting 3-5 days after exposure, often with multiple painful tender swellings in the groin.

See a doctor. I cannot help further until and unless you do so. I won't have any further comments of any kind until you report the outcome of a doctor visit.
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Howard I hate to keep pestering and I respect your answer

However what are the early stages of herpes

I have two rashes under the rim of my penis head and I'm confident one of them has small lumps in it
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Garbled question. If you meant to type "cold sore", what you read is not true. Half of all new genital herpes comes from oral sex and is caused by HSV1, the cause of herpes cold sores.

However, that doesn't change anything. I remain confident you don't have herpes, despite the recent appearance of "small red rashes" under your foreskin. But this is why you definitely need to see a doctor or clinic ASAP.
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My spelling is appalling
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Thanks so much for your replies

I do suffer fro. Depression and have always struggled with anxiety

This has made me twice as bad

Just abit of information. I read that you can not contract gential herpes from someone with a coldsAw  hp1. Is this true

If it is. Watch my symptoms disappear haha
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I reviewed your discussion in the STD community.

There is no way you have herpes, which doesn't cause symptoms like yours.

For what it's worth, I also don't agree entirely with the conclusion in the other thread that you have a urinary tract infection. UTIs are rare in men your age, and not acquired by the sorts of sexual exposure you had.  I'm pretty confident you have no infection at all, more likely just the physical manifestations of anxiety over your sexual exposure in Brazil. And that sounds like a very low risk exposure anyway, since oral sex is generally safe (low risk of all STDs, zero risk for some) and you used a condom for the vaginal exposure.

When the STD expert forum was active, one of the doctors there (Hansfield) often suspected men with your symptoms to have genitally focused anxiety and/or the "chronic pelvic pain syndrome". Here's a link to a thread where he discusses this. I'm guessing you'll see some parallels with your symptoms.

You need to get professionally examined to sort all this out, especially since you've now had conflicting opinions on line. Assuming you haven't treated yourself with antibiotics, don't start until you have seen a doctor or clinic.

But in any case, there is no reason at all to worry about herpes. It doesn't cause symptoms like yours.
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The timing does seem out as you could expect symptoms to emerge within 2-10 days. Many things can produce lesions on the penis including bacteria and fungal infections.

The best you can do is present immediately to a doctor for a swab and diagnosis.
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