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discolored, leathery patches of skin on scrotum -pictures-
Hi, I have patches of discolored skin on my scrotum. I'm concerned that it could be herpes or genital warts in its early stages. It doesn't itch, painless and no tingling. I have never engaged in sexual intercourse without a condom but I know HSV and HPV are transmitted through skin to skin contact and I'm afraid I have caught something. The day I noticed it was when I had a sore throat and a slight fever but I had a night of heavy drinking and smoking and live in cold weather. Is the sore throat caused by the night of heavy drinking and smoking or because of this rash/std?
Thank you all for your time.
http://imgur.com/a/bQCJj - here are the pictures
Thank you all for your time.
http://imgur.com/a/bQCJj - here are the pictures
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
No, I have not looked at your photos and will not, for the reasons stated above. However, your more detailed description of the skin problem convinces me even more that it's not an STD. It doesn't sound at all like syphilis; and it is true that most syphilis is recognized in the primary stage by a chancre, i.e. an open sore at the exposed site.
So I stand by my original advice. If the skin problem continues, get professionally examined. It is a pointless waste of time to try to figure this out online, either on this forum or anywhere else. That will never give a definitive answer.
Feel free to return with another follow-up comment after you have seen a doctor and report what he or she says. But since speculation will get you nowhere, I won't have any further comments or advice until then.
So I stand by my original advice. If the skin problem continues, get professionally examined. It is a pointless waste of time to try to figure this out online, either on this forum or anywhere else. That will never give a definitive answer.
Feel free to return with another follow-up comment after you have seen a doctor and report what he or she says. But since speculation will get you nowhere, I won't have any further comments or advice until then.
Thank you your response Doctor.
I'm not sure if you viewed the pictures. I understand if you didn't so I would like to describe it further. The first patch appeared 2 weeks before the larger patch. It looked like a patch of stretched out skin then the larger patch became really noticeable after my sore throat/fever. When the skin contracts is when its really noticeably lighter. The patches are soft to the touch and just feels like loose skin compared to the normal skin of my scrotum. Other than it being discolored and different texture than the rest of my scrotum I just cant help but feel that the sore throat/fever could be anything related to it? also do all syphilis develop ulcers/"chancre" because I have never had any of that.
Thank you for your time.
I'm not sure if you viewed the pictures. I understand if you didn't so I would like to describe it further. The first patch appeared 2 weeks before the larger patch. It looked like a patch of stretched out skin then the larger patch became really noticeable after my sore throat/fever. When the skin contracts is when its really noticeably lighter. The patches are soft to the touch and just feels like loose skin compared to the normal skin of my scrotum. Other than it being discolored and different texture than the rest of my scrotum I just cant help but feel that the sore throat/fever could be anything related to it? also do all syphilis develop ulcers/"chancre" because I have never had any of that.
Thank you for your time.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum. However, we don't examine posted clinical photographs on this forum. We aren't dermatologists -- and in our view, looking at images and trying to say the cause comes too close, in our opinion, to practicing medicine from afar. The purpose of this forum is to provide guidance, not make any particular diagnosis.
However, I can still reassure you that neither herpes nor HPV can cause skin discoloration or "leathery" patches of the skin of the scrotum or anywhere else. The large majority of genital skin abnormalities are not STDs. Some conditions are peculiar to the genitals, but most genital rashes are simply the many causes of skin rash anywhere on the body. The only STD that conceivably could be responsible is syphilis, but that also seems very unlikely.
If this problem clears up, which I expect it will do, I would just let it go. If it persists, you should seek professional attention, perhaps from a dermatologist. Whatever is going on, you really shouldn't be concerned about HPV, herpes, or any other STD.
Best regards-- HHH, MD
However, I can still reassure you that neither herpes nor HPV can cause skin discoloration or "leathery" patches of the skin of the scrotum or anywhere else. The large majority of genital skin abnormalities are not STDs. Some conditions are peculiar to the genitals, but most genital rashes are simply the many causes of skin rash anywhere on the body. The only STD that conceivably could be responsible is syphilis, but that also seems very unlikely.
If this problem clears up, which I expect it will do, I would just let it go. If it persists, you should seek professional attention, perhaps from a dermatologist. Whatever is going on, you really shouldn't be concerned about HPV, herpes, or any other STD.
Best regards-- HHH, MD
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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.
