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Had tests and treatment but still Penis pain... STD?
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Had tests and treatment but still Penis pain... STD?
by somekindaguy, Feb 03, 2006 12:00AM
About 2 months ago i had sex with a girl. We had protected vaginal sex and then unprotected oral sex. During oral sex i inserted my fingers in her anus and vagina. When all this was done i put my penis in her unprotected for about 10-20 secs. and pulled out at which time i ejaculated. About 3 days later i felt a burning at the tip of my penis that gradually went all the way down the shaft of my penis. I felt like i had to go to the bathroom all the time and when i did little came out. It didn't burn when i went to the bathroom, actually it felt better when i did. i went to go see the doc and got all kinds of tests. I couldn't get any kind of blood work done because it wouldn't show anything due to the time. I got 2 courses of cipro, 5 200mg pills and 1 liquid bottle of ciproMAX. The test came back negative for UTIs, Chlamydia, and Gonorrhea. I told the girl and she also got tested and she said that all her test came back negative also. But she got blood work done. So this leads to my real question. What is the likelyhood that i have and STD? I was thinking that i have herpes. But there are no visibe bumps or redness or anything. The only thing that i still have is this pain in the tip of my penis. Can herpes be the cause of this or could it be something due to the bacteria from the anus?
Doctor's Answer
by H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D., Feb 03, 2006 12:00AM
, Feb 03, 2006 12:00AM
Your symptoms suggest the possibility you acquired gonorrhea, chlamydia, or nongonococcal urethritis (NGU). I can't tell from your question whether there was unprotected penile-anal exposure; if so, another possibility is a bacterial urinary tract infection. However, the tests you had would have reliably diagnosed all of these. And in case the tests missed something, the ciprofloxacin would have cleared it up; if you had one of those infections, you don't have it anymore.
Herpes rarely presents only with painful urination; almost all symptomatic cases would have obvious external gential lesions. so your persisting penile pain almost certainly isn't herpes.
Pain/discomfort often continues after an infection or other injury has healed by all objective criteria. For example, people often have continuing pain in an ankle long after a sprain has healed. Continuing penile discomfort doesn't necessarily mean an ongoing infection. I suggest sitting tight; the pain probably will gradually fade. But if it gets worse, or if it doesn't go away over a couple of weeks, follow up with your health care provider.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Herpes rarely presents only with painful urination; almost all symptomatic cases would have obvious external gential lesions. so your persisting penile pain almost certainly isn't herpes.
Pain/discomfort often continues after an infection or other injury has healed by all objective criteria. For example, people often have continuing pain in an ankle long after a sprain has healed. Continuing penile discomfort doesn't necessarily mean an ongoing infection. I suggest sitting tight; the pain probably will gradually fade. But if it gets worse, or if it doesn't go away over a couple of weeks, follow up with your health care provider.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
HHH, MD