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Abdominal Issues, GI/Stool Problems after Possible STD Exposure
Doctor...
This is a lengthy post, but do to the urgency of my situation, I want to be sure that I include all the facts.
Regretably, on October 2nd, I had two encounters with prostitutes. The first was unprotected oral for about 4 minutes, no ejacualtion. The second was unprotected oral for the same amount of time, and protected anal sex (she received) for about 5 minutes.
I have always been in good health. Around October 4th I began to have a gurgling stomach (which hasn't stopped to this day). It wasn't the normal growling from being hungry, it was different. It was gurgling in the upper abodomin and lower abdomin. I also had an irritation in my penis, but it didn't burn when I urinated. Just a steady tingle in the shaft.
On October 9th, I went in for a physical after this started happening, because I was nervous. I wanted to get all my STD tests done also. Having fasted for 12 hours, at my appointment, I was giving a flu shot, rocephin and zythromycin. I ate Chinese buffet after I took all of those drugs because I was starving - not smart. Up and to this point, my stools were normal. That night, I began to have really dark, tarry diarrhea that lasted for a week. This was all during a time of high stress and anxiety. My company was going through job cuts and I was worried that this stomach issue was either Cancer or HIV, in addition to the guilt of being unfaithful to my girlfriend. All STD tests came back negative and the tingling cleared up with the antibiotics.
The black, tarry stool stopped after a week and then my stools started to form again, but not like they had before the diarrhea. My stools are loose and almost a grainy texture. Somtimes they come out pencil-thin like, sometimes fibery/grainy looking, rarely do I have full blown diarrhea, but they are never firm and hard the way they once were. Sometimes they come out pale looking. Today, they were pretty dark, but still loose.
I had two more HIV tests nine weeks later (Elisa, or the standard blood test, at 9 and PCR test at 9.5). Both came back negative. During this time I was having heartburn up until I began to realize that it is not HIV, so I believe stress has had an effect on my GI as well. The heartburn is now gone.
I went in for a colonoscopy and endoscopy and the biopsy results finally came back. The test results said probable Celiac Disease. I went in for a blodd panel and am awaiting the confirmation. The GI said everything looked good in my Coloscopy and my endoscopy, with a little stomach irritation from maybe a virus that is running it's course. I should find out about the Celiac here shortly.
My stomach has been gurlging non-stop from top to bottom since October. When it started, I had discomfort in my upper abdomin (can't tell if it were my liver or not), and now it is mostly in my lower abdomin. The gurgling is like there is gas trying to get out either through the top or bottom. Sometimes I have gas after I hear the gurlging. Just recently I started having lower back pain, almost like pressure right above my gluteous on both sides. That seems to have subsided a bit and I think that was mostly from stress. At one point I felt my left lymph gland in my neck begin to swell, it was bad and I am not sure if it did because I kept trying to feel them and see if they were swelling. Maybe I just irritated it.
Now, I don't so much get the bloated feeling, but my stools are loose and almost a grainy texture. Somtimes they come out pencil-thin like, sometimes fibery/grainy looking, rarely do I have full blown diarrhea. Sometimes they come out pale looking. Today, they were pretty dark, but still loose.
I have lower abdominal discomfort around my pelvis area (can't tell if it is in my left kidney or not, it's almost right above my left hip bone or behind it). When I lay down at night, sometime my stomach hurts if I lay on either side. The gurgling seems to get worse at night, and it seems to wake me up like clockwork around 4am. Then I fall back asleep. I have lost weight because I am afraid to eat and feel like garbage (if it's Celiac). My appetite and sex drive are shot.
Based on my symptoms Doctor, what on Earth could I have? Could it be some sort of stomach bug that I caught from somebody? A form of Hepatitus or HIV? I don't fell it is Celiac because of the fact that this happened after exposure.
Doctor, I am so worried on multiple levels. The first is the guilt from my actions, the second is infecting my girlfriend and the third is it being something that I cannot do anything about... My head is in the clouds and I don't feel like I can function properly.
I just want to be normal (both physically and emotionally again).
Thank you in advance for you patience and help.
This is a lengthy post, but do to the urgency of my situation, I want to be sure that I include all the facts.
Regretably, on October 2nd, I had two encounters with prostitutes. The first was unprotected oral for about 4 minutes, no ejacualtion. The second was unprotected oral for the same amount of time, and protected anal sex (she received) for about 5 minutes.
I have always been in good health. Around October 4th I began to have a gurgling stomach (which hasn't stopped to this day). It wasn't the normal growling from being hungry, it was different. It was gurgling in the upper abodomin and lower abdomin. I also had an irritation in my penis, but it didn't burn when I urinated. Just a steady tingle in the shaft.
On October 9th, I went in for a physical after this started happening, because I was nervous. I wanted to get all my STD tests done also. Having fasted for 12 hours, at my appointment, I was giving a flu shot, rocephin and zythromycin. I ate Chinese buffet after I took all of those drugs because I was starving - not smart. Up and to this point, my stools were normal. That night, I began to have really dark, tarry diarrhea that lasted for a week. This was all during a time of high stress and anxiety. My company was going through job cuts and I was worried that this stomach issue was either Cancer or HIV, in addition to the guilt of being unfaithful to my girlfriend. All STD tests came back negative and the tingling cleared up with the antibiotics.
The black, tarry stool stopped after a week and then my stools started to form again, but not like they had before the diarrhea. My stools are loose and almost a grainy texture. Somtimes they come out pencil-thin like, sometimes fibery/grainy looking, rarely do I have full blown diarrhea, but they are never firm and hard the way they once were. Sometimes they come out pale looking. Today, they were pretty dark, but still loose.
I had two more HIV tests nine weeks later (Elisa, or the standard blood test, at 9 and PCR test at 9.5). Both came back negative. During this time I was having heartburn up until I began to realize that it is not HIV, so I believe stress has had an effect on my GI as well. The heartburn is now gone.
I went in for a colonoscopy and endoscopy and the biopsy results finally came back. The test results said probable Celiac Disease. I went in for a blodd panel and am awaiting the confirmation. The GI said everything looked good in my Coloscopy and my endoscopy, with a little stomach irritation from maybe a virus that is running it's course. I should find out about the Celiac here shortly.
My stomach has been gurlging non-stop from top to bottom since October. When it started, I had discomfort in my upper abdomin (can't tell if it were my liver or not), and now it is mostly in my lower abdomin. The gurgling is like there is gas trying to get out either through the top or bottom. Sometimes I have gas after I hear the gurlging. Just recently I started having lower back pain, almost like pressure right above my gluteous on both sides. That seems to have subsided a bit and I think that was mostly from stress. At one point I felt my left lymph gland in my neck begin to swell, it was bad and I am not sure if it did because I kept trying to feel them and see if they were swelling. Maybe I just irritated it.
Now, I don't so much get the bloated feeling, but my stools are loose and almost a grainy texture. Somtimes they come out pencil-thin like, sometimes fibery/grainy looking, rarely do I have full blown diarrhea. Sometimes they come out pale looking. Today, they were pretty dark, but still loose.
I have lower abdominal discomfort around my pelvis area (can't tell if it is in my left kidney or not, it's almost right above my left hip bone or behind it). When I lay down at night, sometime my stomach hurts if I lay on either side. The gurgling seems to get worse at night, and it seems to wake me up like clockwork around 4am. Then I fall back asleep. I have lost weight because I am afraid to eat and feel like garbage (if it's Celiac). My appetite and sex drive are shot.
Based on my symptoms Doctor, what on Earth could I have? Could it be some sort of stomach bug that I caught from somebody? A form of Hepatitus or HIV? I don't fell it is Celiac because of the fact that this happened after exposure.
Doctor, I am so worried on multiple levels. The first is the guilt from my actions, the second is infecting my girlfriend and the third is it being something that I cannot do anything about... My head is in the clouds and I don't feel like I can function properly.
I just want to be normal (both physically and emotionally again).
Thank you in advance for you patience and help.
Anyone have any updates of their condition? i posted above a possible solution that may be the case. But i would love more input. Lets get through this !!
its hsv thats the cauese
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Who told you that?
Facing the same exact symptoms mentioned. only added symptom is penile discharge, which my doctor diagnosed as prostatitis. i also was exposed to HSV during this which has been non symptomatic other than a blister that appeared on my buttocks after the exposure and went away. Got tested and i have HSV. So far thats the only thing i know that can cause these symptoms? .... im still looking for other causes of course. I dont think its the end all be all. but its something to think about. I saw a study that said using herpes anti viral medicine has been shown to improve these symptoms! This is somewhat experimental though because it hasnt been peer reviewed and accepted. Google "Biliary and Gastrointestinal Manifestations of the Herpes Simplex Virus". I will keep you all updated as you do I! Hopefully we can help future people who come down with this.
To the both of you, I am in the same boat! Its like we have the same thing exact issues. I've also made my own diet overtime as well. Mostly chicken, lots of vegetable, fruit smoothies anything that has any health benefits, yogurt, nuts you name it. I stopped eating red meat all together as it makes it extremely difficult to get through my busy days without feeling like I'm going to **** myself. I've also been checked for every std and also had a ultrasound done of my stomach since I am post 4 yrs bladder reconstruction surgery from a bad vehicle accident. Anyway its strange because all of this began right after my ex and I broke up. I was on a high level of stress and I work 2 jobs in the last yr hardly ever have a day off. I suspected an std right off hand considering I left my ex because of the constant cheating. Still dealing with the issues of the gurgling, internal gas, but I don't seem to have much pain really at all. My next step is another Dr appt to really dig into this. If I find out anything I'll be sure to be back. Good luck to you both.
I was recently hospitalized with exactly all of the same symptoms. It was actually almost like reading my own medical record, scary. But anyway. They too could not find the answers for certain. I had perilously been tested for celiac several times about 4 years ago which all came back negative and the doctors had me doug all types of diets. First they said I was allergic to eggs, then it was wheat, then it was shellfish, then it was beef, then it was chicken, then dairy so on an so on basically they had no clue. I made the choice to make my own diet. I follow a very strict gluten free diet and try to stick with mainly chicken. I occasionally eat beef but rarity. No fish, no shellfish. Only brown rice. I don't use any oil when I cook. I buy everything fat-free. That diet worked up until a few weeks ago. I all of a sudden got bad lower abdominal pains and bloody stools with mucous. I was in the hospital for 5 days they tested me for every bacteria and parasite you can think of but they were all negative but the stool itself was positive for leukocytes and my hemoglobin was dropping. My platlets were low too. I had received one blood transfusion had a sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy and upper endoscopy. It showed thickening of abdominal walls due to inflammation as well as ulcers throughout every region of the large intestine. The basically sent me home with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis secondary to infection but they still don't know which kind. As far as hepatitis A that is a good suggestion from the other person that commented to yor post but I am vaccinated against hepatitis A because I am a nurse and I was stuck by a dirty needle a few years ago so I doubt it's that, well in my case anyway but it doesn't hurt to get tested anyway. But the hospital I was in told me to follow-up with my gastroenterologist in one week and I did that today and they basically told me nothing was wrong. I was furious!!!! I don't know what to do either. I think I'm going to go to adairy free diet as well as my other diet and see if that helps for now. My personal email is ***@**** if you wOuld like to keep In touch about any updates about your status and I will do the same about me. Let me know. Hope you're feeling better!!! At least a little because I know exactly how you feel and it would be nice to have someone to talk to about it.
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No concern for Hep or any std.
H pylori - maybe, but its certainly not something I am all that knowledgeable about, and wouldn't be able to even make a guess on.
Aj
H pylori - maybe, but its certainly not something I am all that knowledgeable about, and wouldn't be able to even make a guess on.
Aj
Hey Aj,
Thanks you for your comments.
I am sitting here right now, and my stomach is gurgling, my lower back on the right side around kidney area aches a bit.
This should be no concern for Hep or any STD in you opinion?
Have you ever heard of such a thing? What about h. pylori?
I know what I did what ignorant and wrong, I have learned from that. I am just trying to move on and find out what this is, hopefully take something to get rid of it and be normal again.
Thanks you for your comments.
I am sitting here right now, and my stomach is gurgling, my lower back on the right side around kidney area aches a bit.
This should be no concern for Hep or any STD in you opinion?
Have you ever heard of such a thing? What about h. pylori?
I know what I did what ignorant and wrong, I have learned from that. I am just trying to move on and find out what this is, hopefully take something to get rid of it and be normal again.
COMMUNITY LEADER
Your tests are saying you don't have an std. You also used condoms for anal, which is great, and unprotected oral isn't a risk for HIV or hep.
That said, you can get hepatitis A from contaminated foods, so that might be something you want to check out. A simple blood test will tell you if you have it or not.
I also wouldn't be so quick to rule out celiac. The timing of all of this might purely be coincidental, and stress can also wreak havoc on our gastro systems. You should research celiac, and see if improving your diet and avoiding some foods helps. It certainly won't hurt even if it turns out to be something else.
Aj
That said, you can get hepatitis A from contaminated foods, so that might be something you want to check out. A simple blood test will tell you if you have it or not.
I also wouldn't be so quick to rule out celiac. The timing of all of this might purely be coincidental, and stress can also wreak havoc on our gastro systems. You should research celiac, and see if improving your diet and avoiding some foods helps. It certainly won't hurt even if it turns out to be something else.
Aj
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