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The story and concern of the progress of my STD treatment

During the month of July until now, I have had sex with 3 women. Was using protection during intercourse on all accounts except for oral. The first encounter I can rule out because symptoms were not immediate afterwards. A week later from the first encounter, I had sex with the other 2 women. A day or 2 after, I had noticed an itchiness in my urethra that would not go away with a tingling in while I would urinate. I would squeeze and rub the shaft to calm the icthing down, but didn't know I was only irritating the problem. Then as days progressed the burning became very painful to a point where my urine flow sprayed everywhere like there was a blockage. Then came the blood. This was About 10 days ago as I was diagnosed with Syphilis by my GP after he had observed a whitish chancre on the tip of my penis. He had me take 2 shots of 2.4mil penecillin that same very day. Then suddenly the next day after waking up, I went to the bathroom to urinate but painfully couldn't. My urethra was completely blocked. Went to the ER on a full bladder and told the doctor my complete story (I forgot to mention the partial blockage to my GP the day before). I was placed with a foley catheter to rid the urine from my system and stayed with it until monday where I would see the urologist specialist. When they placed the catheter in me, there was a point where a sharp pain hit me where I assumed the blockage was. The blockage was thought to be a clot that wouldn't pass. When monday came, the catheter was removed and had an inspection of my urethra and bladder via camera. Only irritation was of a concern and will be able to pass the smaller clots/scabs. The specialist put me on Doxycycline 2x a day for 7 days to battle the chlamydia and gonorrhea.

Fast forward to today, I am feeling much better especially when urinating though I can still feel some burning here and there. I haven't had intercourse since then of course and have considered masturbating but could not due to erection pain which is one of my concerns and also the thought of reinfecting myself with the 3 stds I was diagnosed with.

Sorry for the whole story and thank you for reading so far but here are my concerns and questions that I have:

1. The chancre that was once prominent with its white rim is now but a tinyish scar. Once in a while I can see a tiny white immoveable spec that I assume is the chancre still trying to grow. It is now very small compared to before treatment and am concerned to when this chancre will completely disappear? If I were to accidentally touch it, and then touch my urethra (have done this on accident with either an alcohol wipe or tissue paper to inspect and sterilize the area) will I reinfect myself with Syphilis?

2. Will the pain/soreness in my penis go away and how long? I can't get a proper full erection without pain. Also when flaccid, squeezing my penis brings some pain/soreness as well but not that much.

3. Should I abstain from masturbation until all symptoms disappear? Would the semen cause more irritation and possibly reinfect me with what I already have and am in treatment for?
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Hi, first of all it would not appear you contracted  syphilis from these affairs at all as only testing would confirm this. The window period when the sore appeared was to soon and chancrs are not white and since you had protected vaginal only the oral would have been the place but if none of you partners had any lip sores and you did not have a open cut on you penis head for the germs to enter you could not contract it anyway. Be that as it may you still need testing to confirm this.
Not sure what the blood and blocked is from but getting any urethra itching from oral sex would only be from gono but thats low risk and you would also have a white puss discharge not just urethra itching or painful urination.
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