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MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Bad luck to get gonorrhea on your very first sexual exposure, and by oral sex; and to not have any urethral (penile) discharge. But more likely than not the test was valid. And the treatment you received was reliable and effective.
I'm not sure what you mean by "irritation". If it's just redness, then almost certainly nothing abnormal is going on. If there is pain, that might be more significant. However, it is unusual for urethral pain and/or redness to be the only manifestation of herpes, and more important, you are right that herpes symptoms would be intermittent, not continuous. You can put herpes out of your mind as a possile cause.
But what is causing your symptoms is just a guessing game. To answer your specific questions:
1) Gonorrhea alone would not cause the persisting symptoms you describe.
2) No, there is no need for HIV testing beyond 83 days. (Odds your partner had HIV when he says he doesn't, maybe 10% tops. Odds you caught it through a single episode of fellatio, if he was infected, maybe 1 in 10,000, tops. Odds of a negative HIV test at 83 days, if you are infected, no more than 1 in 100. Multiply those figures to get the odds you have HIV that would be detected by another test: 0.1 x 0.00001 x 0.01 = 0.00000001. That's one chance in 10 million. In other words, zero.) See numerous other threads about "time to positive HIV test" for further information.
3) Anxiety (magnifying otherwise normal body sensations) may be the best bet. In any case, you can be confident you have nothing that will harm you or a future sex partner.
4) Doxycycline would have prevented incubating syphilis, although cipro has no effect. Anyway, syphilis isn't a likely cause of 2+ months of just urethral redness or "irritation".
Bottom line: Follow up with your health care provider if your symptoms persist. My prediction is that they will just fade with time.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
I'm not sure what you mean by "irritation". If it's just redness, then almost certainly nothing abnormal is going on. If there is pain, that might be more significant. However, it is unusual for urethral pain and/or redness to be the only manifestation of herpes, and more important, you are right that herpes symptoms would be intermittent, not continuous. You can put herpes out of your mind as a possile cause.
But what is causing your symptoms is just a guessing game. To answer your specific questions:
1) Gonorrhea alone would not cause the persisting symptoms you describe.
2) No, there is no need for HIV testing beyond 83 days. (Odds your partner had HIV when he says he doesn't, maybe 10% tops. Odds you caught it through a single episode of fellatio, if he was infected, maybe 1 in 10,000, tops. Odds of a negative HIV test at 83 days, if you are infected, no more than 1 in 100. Multiply those figures to get the odds you have HIV that would be detected by another test: 0.1 x 0.00001 x 0.01 = 0.00000001. That's one chance in 10 million. In other words, zero.) See numerous other threads about "time to positive HIV test" for further information.
3) Anxiety (magnifying otherwise normal body sensations) may be the best bet. In any case, you can be confident you have nothing that will harm you or a future sex partner.
4) Doxycycline would have prevented incubating syphilis, although cipro has no effect. Anyway, syphilis isn't a likely cause of 2+ months of just urethral redness or "irritation".
Bottom line: Follow up with your health care provider if your symptoms persist. My prediction is that they will just fade with time.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
my boyfriend has a small penis.he is 23 n by smal i mean small.no condom fits him.i dont feel him during penetration and we dont use a condom anymo cos the semen spilled out twice. Please help,our sex life is dying
Sorry not a gonorrhea question, HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I never followed up with a response on 4/8/2006. I feel I and Alfombra 4/9/2006 deserve a response to events that have transpired to alfrombra in the last few days and myself due to your unequivocal idea that she positively didnt have HSV! She does by your standards and I am hoping that out of professional integrity and everyone trying to understand HSV that you comment and explain it to us!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your input if it happens!!!!!
I never followed up with a response on 4/8/2006. I feel I and Alfombra 4/9/2006 deserve a response to events that have transpired to alfrombra in the last few days and myself due to your unequivocal idea that she positively didnt have HSV! She does by your standards and I am hoping that out of professional integrity and everyone trying to understand HSV that you comment and explain it to us!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for your input if it happens!!!!!
You need to post this in a new thread instead of hijacking someone else's please.
SORRY! My anxiety level is getting to me! Alfombra clarified something to me and made my last response not valid!
Again sorry and thanks for the valuable information!!
Again sorry and thanks for the valuable information!!
Hello again,
Thank you for your responses. Yeah, when I say
Thank you for your responses. Yeah, when I say
You are reading content posted in the STDs Forum
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.
