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DOCTORS PLEASE HELP!! ORAL and Child SAFETY
Hi There
On Friday April 16th, I met a man online and engaged in a very regrettable experience. The only sexual contact we had involved me sucking on his testicles for approximately 2-3minutes in length. I did look at his testicles closely and did not notice any lesions of any kind. I did NOT move onto his penis at all.
However, 2 days later I noticed that I had a cluster of red spots on the roof of my mouth. These red spots did NOT hurt and did NOT turn into ulcers at all. There was no sore throat, no puss or crusting of any kind and no fever. These spots looked incredibly similar to what I believe broken blood vessels underneath the skin might look like. The red spots lasted approximately 9 days as they slowly seemed to lighten and lighten until they eventually disappeared entirely!! Could this have been ruptured blood vessels from sucking on this scrotum?
I have several questions:
First - Do you believe that this experience (sucking on the scrotum is a significant risk for acquiring herpes - both 1 & 2??
Second - Is it possible that I had a few blood vessels pop/rupture on the roof of my mouth by sucking on this man's scrotum? Could that explain the red spots that never turned into ulcers, etc?
Third - Does this experience warrant HSV testing?
Today (24 days following the encounter) I have woken to find a red spot on the inside of my right cheek. It is red and does look like there is a small ulceration within it. I know that there was no red spot there yesterday as I have been looking into my mouth on an almost daily basis. Could this be nothing more then a canker sore that has developed as a result of mental stress?
My greatest concern is the red-spots that developed following the sexual encounter itself. I have been told by others on this site that the red spots did not sound herpetic because they did not turn into ulcers, there was no fluid popping and there was no crusting. Would you agree with that?
Sincerely,
Harj
On Friday April 16th, I met a man online and engaged in a very regrettable experience. The only sexual contact we had involved me sucking on his testicles for approximately 2-3minutes in length. I did look at his testicles closely and did not notice any lesions of any kind. I did NOT move onto his penis at all.
However, 2 days later I noticed that I had a cluster of red spots on the roof of my mouth. These red spots did NOT hurt and did NOT turn into ulcers at all. There was no sore throat, no puss or crusting of any kind and no fever. These spots looked incredibly similar to what I believe broken blood vessels underneath the skin might look like. The red spots lasted approximately 9 days as they slowly seemed to lighten and lighten until they eventually disappeared entirely!! Could this have been ruptured blood vessels from sucking on this scrotum?
I have several questions:
First - Do you believe that this experience (sucking on the scrotum is a significant risk for acquiring herpes - both 1 & 2??
Second - Is it possible that I had a few blood vessels pop/rupture on the roof of my mouth by sucking on this man's scrotum? Could that explain the red spots that never turned into ulcers, etc?
Third - Does this experience warrant HSV testing?
Today (24 days following the encounter) I have woken to find a red spot on the inside of my right cheek. It is red and does look like there is a small ulceration within it. I know that there was no red spot there yesterday as I have been looking into my mouth on an almost daily basis. Could this be nothing more then a canker sore that has developed as a result of mental stress?
My greatest concern is the red-spots that developed following the sexual encounter itself. I have been told by others on this site that the red spots did not sound herpetic because they did not turn into ulcers, there was no fluid popping and there was no crusting. Would you agree with that?
Sincerely,
Harj
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No distant online expert can guarantee someone isn't infected with something. But if I were in your situation, I would continue unprotected sex with my wife with no worries. No STDs are ever transmitted to children or babies, assuming no sexual abuse, and are never transmitted to anybody by sharing eating utensils, bathrooms, etc. It just doesn't happen. Here is a thread that explains why; start reading with the follow-up comment on December 14: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/1119533
That's all for this thread. Please try to move on with your life.
That's all for this thread. Please try to move on with your life.
Thank you Doctor!
Terri has been wonderful in helping me work through this awful experience!! I just needed confirmation by an MD for my own mental health! Thank you for your quick response, I will try my very best to move on with my life now.
I do have one FINAL question - I have a wife and two young babies - both under 4 months - do you think I am safe to kiss my babies and be around them and also to kiss my wife?? Also, is it safe to share eating utensils, in the sense that we eat out of the same plate using the same fork, etc
I PROMISE, no more questions!!
Thats it for me!!!!!!
Thank you again,
Sincerely,
Harj
Terri has been wonderful in helping me work through this awful experience!! I just needed confirmation by an MD for my own mental health! Thank you for your quick response, I will try my very best to move on with my life now.
I do have one FINAL question - I have a wife and two young babies - both under 4 months - do you think I am safe to kiss my babies and be around them and also to kiss my wife?? Also, is it safe to share eating utensils, in the sense that we eat out of the same plate using the same fork, etc
I PROMISE, no more questions!!
Thats it for me!!!!!!
Thank you again,
Sincerely,
Harj
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I reviewed your prolonged thread on the herpes forum. I agree with all you were told by Terri. You describe an exposure that you obviously regret, but I doubt any of your symptoms are due to any infection from that event. Neither the original spots in your mouth or the recent one sound like herpes.
1) No, this doesn't sound like a "significant risk" exposure for herpes of either type.
2) I can't speculate on alternate explanations for the spots. But if they were painless red/purple spots and the oral sex was quite vigorous (i.e., sucking hard), your blood vessel explanation might make sense.
3) From a medical perspective, you don't need HSV testing and I recommend against it. Even if you had a positive result for either HSV-1 or 2, I would conclude you had an asymptomatic HSV infection plus another, still undiagnosed cause of the oral lesions.
4) A canker sore is more likely than herpes for the new lesion. Among other things, recurrent herpes lesions are on the outside of the mouth, not inside.
Unlike the herpes forum discussion, we're not going to get into a prolonged sequence of "yes but" or "what if" questions. If you have an HSV blood test, you may return to post the result and I will comment on it. Otherwise, I won't have anything more to say.
Regards-- HHH, MD
1) No, this doesn't sound like a "significant risk" exposure for herpes of either type.
2) I can't speculate on alternate explanations for the spots. But if they were painless red/purple spots and the oral sex was quite vigorous (i.e., sucking hard), your blood vessel explanation might make sense.
3) From a medical perspective, you don't need HSV testing and I recommend against it. Even if you had a positive result for either HSV-1 or 2, I would conclude you had an asymptomatic HSV infection plus another, still undiagnosed cause of the oral lesions.
4) A canker sore is more likely than herpes for the new lesion. Among other things, recurrent herpes lesions are on the outside of the mouth, not inside.
Unlike the herpes forum discussion, we're not going to get into a prolonged sequence of "yes but" or "what if" questions. If you have an HSV blood test, you may return to post the result and I will comment on it. Otherwise, I won't have anything more to say.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
