Hi,
27 year old male, had unprotected vaginal sex 20 days ago. Around day 14, began to have a clear/whitish discharge from penis throughout day. By end of day could see stains on boxers. Discharge had unpleasant odor. Discharge continued for a total of about two and half days. During this time, experienced what I perceived to be an increase in urination, at times sensitivity/burning in tip of penis and in urethra after urination or when walking around, some patches of redness around the tip and on the head of the penis. Woke up in middle of night with cold sweats but no sustained fever.
After 2 and a half days, discharge appeared to subside on its own, no further discharge (that i noticed) after this. Other symptoms also appeared to improve/less noticeable but not completely gone.
Even though discharhe stopped, got STD testing for chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, syphilis. At time of testing, was prescribed a one dose, 1 gram of Zpack. Prescription appears to be working although discharge had stopped prior to taking it.
Subsequently, all my STD tests came back negative. Here are my questions:
1) Given that STD testing was negative, is there some concern that this discharge could be related to first exposure to genital herpes? There seems to be contradictory information everywhere whether penile discharge could be related to a herpes infection. Would it be uncommon to have discharge without sores or be so shortlived? Is a blood test necessary?
2) Is it uncommon for discharge to clear up on its own after only roughly 2 and a half days? Any idea what this indicates?
3) Lastly, what should be my next step? Since all tests were negative, still have no answer as to what caused this. Since discharge appears to have subsided on own prior to medication, no real assurance that issue is resolved. Is it worth seeking out a urologist? Or is there not much they will be able to do now that I took the medication? Any idea on the discharge?
Thanks so much for your help.