No idea whats wrong with me...bug bite? std? list can go on

[Joe123]

ok so 1 month ago i had unproctected sex and there were fluid exchanges...it was a one night stand type of thing (stupid I know) 4 days later I noticed 4 red bumps (look like bites) around my waist...2 on my ankle...and 2 more on each side of my upper body...they were really itchy...then they stopped and started to fade away but u can still see them if u look hard u see a color disfigureaction...Then a week later i started getting sore joints which I still have (1 month later)..sometimes i get pain in the groin at one point I had a pain under my armpit also but it went away in a couple days...So im wondering if its and STD (which it could be very likely hopefully not hiV : ( )...or somehow i caught some bug bite(s) that is doing this to me...

(the girl was tested for chlaymidia and Gonhorrea she was neg)

I know its very hard(impossible at times) to diagnosis this....I just cant figure out what the red bumps would be if it was an STD..cause the bumps looks like a mosquito bite and it bleeds just a little bit then it will crust over and almost disappear...or am i just over worrying

-- I posted before but it was on the wrong forum...figure I would get this out to more people on this forum and maybe someone had the same symptoms

thanks - joe

[uhohuhoh87]

Um. So last Thursday I woke up and noticed itching under my pubic hair (24 yr old female)... My boyfriend is in America and I haven't seen him for 5 months. We have never used protection... The last time I had sex was in june (with protection).... I have always been discerning about my choice of sexual partners but 2 years ago was severely depressed and had 2 one night stands... Long and the short of it is I had let my pubic hair go unattended for the last couple of months as I had no reason to keep it groomed, I have never noticed anything untoward before, never even had a coldsore but when I woke ip that day I scratched 'down there' through my pajamas as I just thought it was that morning scratch ritual, when I went to the bathroom I noticed where I had scratched was bleeding.... Panicking, I jumped straight into the shower and shaved myself, which revealed what LOOKED like razor burn, and along my 'lips' what looked like mosquito bites. There has been no pain, no pus, just itching and the ones at the top of my pubis have scabbed over. There are also a couple between my buttocks. The itching is dissipating, and now some of the unscabbed ones are getting a little white head, and looking like soap spots (where you get a soap buildup under the skin and it can be dealt with by squeezing it out). I have done just that with those ones, but there is still some itching.... Basically, out of everyone I know I'm the most prudish and have been the most careful about my sexual health, so I'm just hoping that it's not an STD, but it's got to the point where I'm scared to go to the bathroom and look.

I would also like to point out that up to the point of noticing this, I had been wearing a new  synthetic mix thong for 2 days, and I work in a restaurant, very long hours, always black 'suit'
pants.... Sorry to hijack your question but these folks seem informative!!!!!!! :)))) good luck with everything!

[JLH2269]

Hey Joe I seem 2 have the same sort of thing and dono what it is worst part is I know i had a flea bite say on wed and i seen a flea, so then I got my cat a flea collar etc tha thurs nite fri morn I got drunk, went 2 a party me and my buddy picked up 2 gurls im pretty sure i used protection but I cant remeber if i did the whole time 4 when I woke up the condom was unfortantly on the floor and I know i didnt get off, so im not sure if i wore it the whole time or not, i know the gurls been tested and says shes clean , Fri nite I ended up sleeping with the ex I deff wore protection the whole time then early sat morn i wake up with 2 more of the flea like bites and i start to wonder, for my friends where i stayed has pets but thier usually not in the house, then I Got drunk and partyed once again Sat nite and ended up haveing another Encounter with another gurl I know and have been with b4 and I Used Protection tha nite but Not the Next Morn and She has No signs of anything after our encounter, but yet every day or 2 i seem to be gettin a spot like a bite and thier itchy sum what, i have one on my bicep and armpit 2 on my ribs 2 on my rist and 3 on my big toe yet i have no idea why and like u said they go away but yet can still faintly been seen any ideas anyone???

[destinyrose]

ok so i got this jus bump it looks like big bug bite and happened over night and then i got this other bump and it was jus like a zit and both around on the lips of my genital and idk wat to think i been with the same guy for 6 months a preg and im scared it might be somethin like he had cheated on me

[cheery]

This sounds a lot like it to me:

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/shingles/shingles.htm

take care!

[Joe123]

nope not in the military

ya i have no idea what it is..like some symptons freak me out like sore throat (but nothin major fades in like 5 mins)...sore joints...the bumps are itchy then they pretty much fade but u can still fainly see them under my skin...i read soo many forums and soo many things on all diseases...i should just go tested...just afraid of HiV

[oceans3]

well...that takes care of that then doesnt it! LOL!
i don't know what else they could be. honestly, it doesnt sound all that serious if they have sustained their appearance and are fading. its possible you could have ate something that caused an allergic reaction. were you the one who is in the military and posted some photos of the bumps?

[Joe123]

I had sex inside in my room

I sweat a lot but i never got this reaction before..and its been for a month straight

same soap ... same cologne for me

I have 2 dogs but I highly doubt i would be the only one in the house with flea bites (2 others in house)

The weird thing about the bites/bumps...is that they fade but not completely...u can still see a tint of color like they either scar over or just dont fade completely

Thanks for the suggestions

[oceans3]

well, you are right, it could be a lot of things but it doesnt sound like an std as you wouldnt have them in other areas other than genitals. however, use condoms next time so you dont cause yourself anymore anguish. sounds like you are doing a number on yourself and bringing on other symptoms like the muscle aches. may i ask where you had the sex? could they be flea bites? if you were in a home that has animals there is a possibility of fleas.
what about a rash from soaps? detergents? either your own OR perfume, lotion the girl you had sex was wearing.
do you perspire a lot? what about a heat rash?
i mean, i am sure you know what mosquito bites look like. so you should be able to determine if they are from mosquitos/not. i mean, were you outside where there were lots?
as you know, no one here can tell you what they are but if they dont go away soon, have a dermatologist take a look.