Is this a sign of Herpes?

[Xstrandman]

   On February 27th I had unprotected sex with a woman. Roughly two weeks after the encounter, and 3 days after freshly trimming my pubic region, I started to feel irritated. This irritation felt better when I was naked or when I spread my legs apart which allowed for minimal contact with clothing. The feeling would come and go and was more annoying than an intensive burn. So far I have no other obvious symptoms. It would be relieved with lotion, antihistamines, benadryl gel and caladryl oil. It also felt better when I was naked or if it was bothering me while standing at work I could simply sit down, remove my pants and then the feeling would go away. It started in the genital region before I noticed the feeling in my forearms and on my inner quad above the knee.On a few occasions I feel the irritation in all of those areas at once.I did notice that my mother changed laundry detergents so I thought maybe I was having a reaction to the fresh shave and laundry detergent. I noticed that jeans, boxers and black sweater usually provoked the irritating feeling in all listed spots. Upon washing my clothes in hot/cold water, w/o detergent, I was irritation free for 4 days. But then it started again while working. It seems friction, pressure and moisture play a vital role in the length and degree of irritation.
   I am very conflicted. Some experts, like Dr. HHH on this forum, say that "No STDs alone cause skin irritation and burning and that sores and ulcers only cause irritation and burning." But I also read people's testimonies that they have tested positive for HSV2 and have never had sores but do get the burning/irritation feeling in the genital region.
   Should I get tested at 6 or 7 weeks to get an idea if I'm positive and then again at 12 weeks? I don't have a GP but I am going to make an appointment with one just to cover all of my options. I know my story is long with a lot of details, but what is an expert opinion on the likelihood of me contracting HSV2?

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

OK

[Xstrandman]

Yeah, that is good. I guess I'm just tired of having these weird feelings on my skin without really knowing what's going on. It's been bothering me for 3 weeks now and I'm ready for it to go away. I hope the cream treatment works. So far the irritation has decreased a lot but I itch on my forearms and above my knees more frequent - thank god for cortisone! Scrotum still looks irritated and pissed off. I'm throwing out all my boxers and buying new ones and I'm also going to re-wash all my dark clothes a few times in hot/cold water and with dye/perfume free detergent in case it is in fact an allergy to something in my mom's detergent. Will keep you posted...

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

Well, he certainly did cover all the bases, and I think that's fine.  You may not have liked him, but he addressed possible fungal infection, skin dryness as a source of irritation and inflammation with cortisone.  At least he tested for HSV, that's good, right?

Terri

[Xstrandman]

Well, the GP I saw today barely addressed anything. He told me to take a few creams: Cetaphil for dryness, Cortizone for itching and Lotrimin AF for the burning. He basically said "it could be a number of things so lets cover all the bases." He said the majority of the other things I was experiencing were due to anxiety and that we "will cover the physical stuff first before addressing anything else." I didn't like him. Tested for HSV and HIV and will get results back in a few days, but after a visual inspection he didn't give any indication of HSV or anything too obvious. I really hope this cream-attack works because this irritation is getting old.

[Terri Warren, RN, Adult Nurse Practitioner]

These sensations are very non-specific, and I don't think we can make anything of them in particular.  Testing will hopefully provide the information you need because based on your symptoms, I don't think we can determine anything.

Terri

[Xstrandman]

   I left out a few things due to character limit. Roughly 3-4 days after the incident I noticed weird sensations in my penis/urethra. That same weekend I had a weird pressure on my bladder that came when I was driving or when there was pressure applied. This last 2 days. It went away before coming back the next weekend when I was driving for over 3 hours. Again, it lasted 2 days. I got tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea and also received a urethral swab. All results were negative. Saw an urologist the following week and he said I was having spasms caused by anxiety/stress and that's why the bladder feeling only happened when I was sitting and why my urethra was tingling. I haven't had bladder issues or tingling since. Around the same time of my urology apt. (as well as with the feeling in my genital area described above) I would get quick, short chills that would happen randomly for about 4 days, but I haven't had any since. The week after that I would get weird feelings in my stomach that weren't really nausea, but felt like tickling and I would also get clammy hands at random times. I've also experienced a sharp pain in my abdomen on the left side and right above my bladder and right above my bellybutton. The pain was brief and hasn't happened again. Please note I had a major GI surgery over a year ago. The next weird thing I noticed was a feeling in my left butt cheek that felt like a nerve flare. I would feel something before it abruptly became more intense, for a split second, and then would go away. As of Thursday last week I have noticed a change in my lymph node on the right side below my jawline and this was accompanied by a stuffy/runny nose. The tenderness of the node is gone but it still feels larger than normal.
   As you can see, it seems as if there is one little thing after the other and I can't help but correlate these things with my encounter. I am having a hard time because I keep searching for answers. Part of me thinks it's herpes, but my symptoms are not consistent in occurrence.Thoughts about these weird feelings that I've noticed?