Can a yeast infection be painful in a male if untreated?

[rainbowbrite1]

I am asking this question on behalf of my boyfriend because I also need to know what's going on. I'll try to keep this simple. I have been seeing my boyfriend for 6 months and we've have been monogamous the entire time (at least on my end). We started off having sex with no condomn in the beginning and our sex life has been great! I get yeast infections semi frequently because of my high sugar level but a couple of months he told me he saw tiny red spots on the shaft of his penis. I just got over a yeast infection and told him that and said he should get it checked out. He didn't get checked out and here we are. He has now developed a lesion, skin colored and a few days later it hurts at touch. What is this? I have no lesions, no warts, no inflammation, no itching on, in or around my vagina. No symptoms at all. What could this possibly be? My boyfriend is really afraid and now I'm afraid as well

[rainbowbrite1]

Thank you. I've read all the information you've referred me to and I've forwarded it to my partner as well. Thanks for all the advice!

[auntiejessi]

HI there -

Sorry - I've been offline for a few days.

Obs are outbreaks, as in herpes recurrences.

There isn't a lot your doctor can do now, except give you some information.  The next time you have genital symptoms, even if you think its yeast, see your doctor and get a viral culture done.

Please keep me posted.

The aunt and the counselor need some education.  Genital herpes type 1 now accounts for 30-50% of all new genital herpes infections.  You and the guy should read the herpes information at www.ashastd.org.  

Good luck!

Aj

[rainbowbrite1]

What are obs?

He asked his aunt the doctor very late in this and I'm not sure how much information he gave her. Based on what he told her, she said that I had to have had HSV 2.  The doctor that initially diagnosed him told him on first look that he had syphilis without getting any tests back. The person that gave him his results as well as the counselor said that if heroes is on the genitals, it has to be HSV 2. When we went in today the counselor said that she had never seen HSV 1 on the genitals before.

You are absolutely correct about the red flags. He is still very emotional and goes in and out of feelings of anger, depression, disbelief and love all in one sitting. I put myself in his position and although I understand what he is feeling, I don't understand his reaction.

I am going to my gyn at the end of the month to get some insight from someone who may give a damn. The doctor that called me about my results gave them to me without any sort of follow up information. This ordeal has left me totally drained!

I'll keep you posted on what comes of my doctors visit at the end of this month.

[auntiejessi]

I do wonder if your yeast infections are in fact obs, and it might be a good idea to get a viral culture during your next one.

It would be unlikely for ghsv1 to recur that frequently, but a culture might be able to answer that for you.  Or you could try treating it with an antiviral and see if that helps.

So his aunt, the wonderful doctor, is the one that diagnosed and treated him for syphilis?  Interesting.  I would think there's a conflict of interest there, ya know?  I think we get red flags for a reason, and take those into careful consideration when making your decisions about this.  

Keep me posted, ok?

Aj

[rainbowbrite1]

AJ, we are on the same page about his reaction in crisis. Throughout this whole ordeal that was my major concern... almost as much as going through the diagnosis process. In my heart I knew that whatever I had wasn't serious but he was so quick to believe his aunt who doesn't know the whole story, a doctor with poor bedside manner who quickly diagnosed him as having syphilis without seeing the results to his cultures or blood work mixed in with an obvious underlying mistrust he's had for me all the while. Matters of the heart are complicated but whatever I choose to do from this point, I can never blame him because I now know who he truly is.

Should I also have medication on hand for an outbreak? My yeast infections, which may not all be yeast infections have become more frequent and I don't want to treat a yeast infection when it may in fact be an outbreak that I can't see. Thank you so much! You definitely made this process a bit more bearable with your expertise. I also downloaded the herpes handbook and reading it makes this seem like less of a problem than it's been blown up into.

[auntiejessi]

Its interesting that suddenly its a "we" thing.  I wouldn't blame you a bit if you decided that this side of your bf is a side you can't deal with.  Is this how he is always going to react in a crisis - nasty, accusatory, etc?

If you decide to stay with him, technically, neither one of you needs meds.  You shouldn't start getting outbreaks, and about 50% of those who have genital hsv1 will never get another one.  Of those that do, the average is 1 every other year.  I can't tell you what to do, but if I had ghsv1, I'd wait to see if I had obs before I decided to take meds.  That said, he should have some on hand in case he does get an ob.

Please keep me posted about this.  I don't know what your doctor is going to be able to tell you, though.  There is no real efficient way of determining where your hsv1 is without symptoms.

Hang in there,
Aj