Tingling sensation even after meds ..possible causes

[mb1984]

I previously before was using a cream to deal with a thrush flare up i had gotten from a random sex partner(this encounter was mid to late september .around Mid october i had a encounter with my ex Had unprotected sex with her  if i had sex with her say on the 11th ... the 14th i remember masturbating (however normal masturbation would be to grip around the head/ mid shaft and stroke) however for reasons i cant fathom now i was grippin from the base ..guess i was hoping for a more intense experience The following week symptoms started having symptoms discharge tingling in urethra slight sting when peeing. went to clinic was giving medicine for chlamydia and ghonorea urine taken .symptoms stopped as well as the thrush cleared up.spoke to ex she went and got treated also. had sex again in mid to late november with ex unprotected again however one day later i got that feeling of discharge coming from penis. later in night felt it again .squeezed on penis and something came out looking similar to snot like gelatin(best as i can describe it) went back to clinic was giving medicine again along with med for tric urine sample from previous visit was negative for chlamydia or ghnonorea.symptoms slightly eased.sex again with ex condom broke back to clinic for second dose of all three medicines.while during the waiting week after taking these again. head of penis got tender burned when water ran over it noticed small cuts thinking might come from rubbing too hard with wash rag. welt developed near opening of urethra scabbed ova after a few days .notice a few more small scabs on other side of head. after the waiting week was over tingling subsided however i do still feel it along with feeling of discharge occasionally. Does this sound like herpes or something else . note that the the third time i had sex with her was in mid december. the week that i got the second shot of all three medicines ended the thrusday before new years . if you need more info just ask

[Edward W Hook, MD]

1.  without external involvment, thrush would not be a concern and even if there was candida (thrush) infection of the penis, unless it was very extensive and involved the head of the penis, it would not even be a consideration.

2.  2.  Local trauma is always a consideration.  If this were the case, it would improve or at least show signs of improvement over a few days, as long as you could keep from examining yourself too much.

3.  As I said before trich is really not much of a consideration.  Resistant trich is a problem sometimes for women but not for men.  

Nothing more to add.  I really do not think this is an STS.  EWH

[mb1984]

Sorry about the run on sentences i was trying to get as much info as possible while staying within the character limit.

I was thinking the same thing that i don't think its herpes( i will get tested though to calm my fears) ...the three things that i am thinking about is thrush or maybe from the masturbation i might have damaged something or if its tric then it needs a stronger dosage.

(1) With the thrush is it possible to get in the urethra and cause irritation similar to what i have been experiencing. I was treating myself with a cream i got from the clinic to control the outbreak i had when i had sex with the ex.

(2) With the kind of masturbation i described (where i was gripping from the base)   could that cause a reaction similar to what i'm experiencing if i irritated a nerve or something down there. Reason i ask this is between the time i had sex with my ex and the first symptom occurred the only other thing i did in between that time was masturbation. So i am wondering if that might have damaged/irritated something down there.

(3)  Since it seems that every time i take that medicine for Tric, Ghonorea and chlamydia and the symptoms get better. Is there such a thing as a persistent Tric infection. Where it might take one or more treatments to get rid of it ..( never got tested for tric just going off the results i get from taking the medicines)

If your rule out the above questions. Do you have any other culprits you think might be causing this aside from what was stated in your initial answer ?

[Edward W Hook, MD]

No, this does not sound like herpes. That your symptoms start so reliably and so soon after exposure make it very unlikely that this is an STD.  It might be a reaction to something you encounter during sex- latex from the condom, a lubricant, some sort of vaginal hygiene product or it might simply be a reflection of your anxiety.  STDs do not typically start a day or even two days after sex but take about 3 or more days to become symptomatic.  In my opinion, whoever is treating you "just in case" is not doing you a favor as it just reinforces the idea that you should be treated when there is no evidence that this is the case.  This sort of treatment sets you up for drug reactions, fungal infections and other problems which will only complicate assessment of what is going on.  

Similarly, aggressive self examination such as you describe will produce (literally squeeze) normal secretions from your penis from time to time.  

If you have further questions, please use punctuation and normal sentence structure so that your question can be read.  As written above it all runs together.  EWH