Thank you so much for the advice and information Dr. Hook. You've definitely calmed my nerves.
Thanks for the clarification. While having had vaginal sex does somewhat increase your risk for infection, the risk remains low and he nature of your symptoms, the negative tests, and the therapy you received all inidcate that you did not acquire an STI from the exposure you describe.
As for ureaplasma, its role as an STI is contraversial at best. It is well known that Ureaplasmas are normally present in the genital tract and thus if you were to test (yes, urine can be tested for ureaplasma but I see no reason for you to do so), without signs of inflammation (white blood cells), treatment would not be recommended.
As I said in my orinal reply, in persons with STIs, symptoms do not come and go. EWH
I apologize Dr. Hook for the confusion but I also meant I had vaginal sex at the time of the oral as well. Thank you again for the help and advise.
Does a urine test show Ureaplasma? I'm just trying to understand symtopms, tests, and treatments. Do symptoms usually come and go with any STD or STI?
Welcome to our Forum. I'll be happy to comment. I think you can rest assured that you did not acquire an STI from your receipt of oral sex and that your current symptoms are not due to an infection acquired this way. Receipt of oral sex is an inefficient way to acquire STI and the only STIs acquired with any meaningful frequency through oral sex are NGU, gonorrhea and perhaps herpes. Your symptoms do not fit any of these. Your negative tests and the absence of inflammation, (white blood cells in your urine) are strong evidence that you were not infected. Had you been infected, WBCs (which by definition are present in persons with NGU) would have been detected and a test would have been positive. Further, your recent antibiotics would have cured any STI had you gotten one. finally, the fact that your symptoms come and go is likewise incompatible with STI.
Rather, my guess is that your intermittent symptoms may be due to the fact that when you look for symptoms, you are more likely to notice normal sensations which we typically do not notice when we have other things to distract us.
At this time, there is no reason to be concerned that you acquired an STI from the exposure that you describe, no reason for further testing and no reason for further antibiotics for this problems. I hope that these comments are helpful to you,. EWH