Is this herpes?

[raven123]

Hello.  This is my first post here.  I am a 27 year old male.  About 5 weeks ago, I received unprotected oral sex from a woman (vaginally, it was protected).  About 2 weeks ago, I noticed I was having some stange feelings towards the tip of my penis.  At first, it was just a tingling feeling, so I let it go and thought nothing of it.  Then, a few days later after having a bunch of water (and peeing a lot), it turned into a pain in the head of my penis.  The strange thing is, it comes and goes.  It's not a constant tingling or a constant pain.  For example, I can feel it a bit when I wake up in the morning, then I can go all morning without any discomfort, then mid-afternoon, it will come back.  Usually, this will happen when I'm sitting down and putting pressure on my lower regions.  I don't know why it always happens in the afternoons though (I work outside, so maybe the heat has something to do with it?)  I also don't pee nearly as strong as I used to (like something is blocking the flow).    It never hurts/tingles after a hot bath/shower.  If I touch/massage it at any given point during the day, usually I can't feel anything unusual.  It feels completely normal.

Anyways, I saw a urologist about it and had a STD test done.  Everything came back negative, however, I'm sure they didn't do a HSV test (which would probably come back negative anyway since it's only been 5 weeks).  He took some x-rays and a sonogram to see what was going on.  He did find that my urine was turbid (had particles in it), and that I had some calcium nodules (not sure if that's the correct medical term).  He told me that the stinging pain in my penis was due to the fact that my body isn't used to feeling pain in the prostate, so that's why my penis hurt instead.  He told me he expected a stone, so he gave me some anti-biotics to relieve the symptoms, but now, 5 days later, I'm still feeling these feelings in my penis.  I go back to see him on Monday, but I'm really worried that I may have an STD (herpes), so I decided I would come on here and ask you while I wait for my appointment.

Is there some strand or herpes that causes this symptom?  I have absolutely no visible symptoms and this has been going on for at least 2 weeks now.  Other than the fact that he found some indication that I MAY have a stone, I don't have the other typical symptoms of an enlarged prostate (like needing to pee every 5 minutes, and abdominal pain).  I do, however, have some back pain and I itch 'down there' a bit more than usual.  I felt a little better today at first, but then I did a little 'inspection'.  I started rubbing on my penis up and down to see if I would feel anything strange.  After some rubbing, I felt the slight tingle on the left side just behind the head (originally where I felt it 2 weeks ago).

Has anyone else had these symptoms?  Please give me some input/advice.  I have not eaten a solid meal in over a week now because of the feelings in my penis; it really bothers me a lot.  It's very off-putting and I lose my appetite, especially when I feel that I may have herpes.  If this is herpes, how long will it take for the tingling sensation and pain (that comes and goes throughout the day) to go away?  I have read that lysine and zinc are good non-prescribed medications; I was actually thinking about taking it to see if it makes it go away.

Please help.  I really hope that it is not herpes, but if it is, I at least need this tingling/pain to go away.  I really can't take it anymore.

Thanks to all of you for being here.  Please keep me in your prayers, and you will also be in mine.

Raven

[Lerxst]

I'm a 40 yr old male.
I'm having symptoms very similar to these. A small ball, about the size of a pee, in the shaft of my penis. It hurts more when sitting. It almost feels like the pain is radiating up to the tip of my penis. I also have inflamation in my euruthra. I also have inflamation where the head and shaft meet.
I'm having tingling in my arms and legs, as well.
It comes and goes but its getting worse. I had a cystoscopy about 16 months ago and everything came back negative. This has been an on and off again problem. I've also experienced a few painful orgasms. It felt like the sperm couldnt get thru my eurethra.
When I had my yearly physical done, about 3 months ago, my Doctor sent out for a Lyme test and it came back positive. I was on Doxycycline for 30 days. I finished the dose about 3 weeks ago. Since then, the pain has increased and its becoming more constant. Everything else in my bloodwork came back fine, including HIV screen.
I have an appointment to see my Urologist later this week and I'm nervous as hell. I was worried about penile cancer?
Can anyone help? Thank you-C

[raven123]

Hey, Jackson.  Thanks for posting and sorry you're having to deal with symptoms.  I actually totally forgot that I started this thread until my email showed me that you posted in it.

As far as the symptoms I have listed above, I have no more tingling/burning sensation in my penis glans, and I'm urinating just fine now.  The only thing that still exists from the symptoms I posted above is the fungal infection.

I went in and retested all STD's and HIV for my conclusive results.  Herpes came back negative.  The only thing they found was a Hepatitis B surface antigen, so I've been spending most of my time in the Hepatitis B forum.

I've had other symptoms since I started this thread, including fungal infection in genital area/anus, bacterial infection in mouth, muscle twitching, swollen lymph nodes in groin and armpits).  I've gotten some good feedback from the guys over in the Hep forum.  Basically all my symptoms are identical to dysbiosis (when the body is not able to maintain its natural flora), commonly caused by a gastrointestinal infection.

When I first tested for the hep b surface antigen, they couldn't find any antibodies for it and my liver function tests were completely normal, which really stumped my doctors.  I also had a viral load of 17,000,000.  So, just recently I went back in to take the surface antigen test again (roughly 6 months after exposure), and it came back positive again.  I am waiting on my next doctor's appt to perform a complete hep b profile again (antibody test, viral load test, liver function test, ect...).

Hep B is a gastrointestinal infection.  My doctors say that hep b would not cause these symptoms; some members in the hep b community here say it can.  Is Hep B causing my symptoms??  Who knows.......just gotta wait to see my doctor again.

If you have any of the symptoms I've listed in this post, you can follow my thread over in the Hep B forum since that's where I'm spending all my time.

P.S.  If you have the symptoms I listed, they are not due to herpes so just get that out of your mind.  Herpes can also be asymptomatic, so if you're worried about it, just wait about 12 weeks and get tested for it.  If it comes back negative, forget about herpes and move on.

Best wishes and prayers you will get better.

[raven123]

Any comment Grace

[raven123]

Update Grace:  I managed to see my dermatologist today.  Basically, all that came of that appt was her prescribing me a different anti-fungal cream since the one I was using wasn't working.  My scrape/swab results taken from my scrotum did show a fungal presence, but I kind of figured they would since I'm on so many anti-biotics.  I reminded her that the itching was there before I started any meds, and she said that I initially had a fungal infection, but now it's worse due to the anti-biotics.

I had her feel the 'bump' behind the glans of my penis.  At first, she said it was normal.  I finally convinced her that I know what my 'normal' penis feels like, and the bump was new.  She told me that I could possibly have an inflamed vessel due to the gonnahrea infection.  I asked if it could be an internal wart, and she disagreed.  I came home and felt it again and, like I said in the post above this, it in fact does not feel like a round ball.  The tip of it does.  It's hard and distinctly round, but then it seems as though it flows into a tubular shape and goes back into the base of the penis.  The end of it (the round part) is the only abnormality about it.  Do you think this is a swollen vessel due to the infection?  I wasn't buying it, but I've almost ruled out wart.

What do you think it could be?  Whatever it is, it's hard and round at the end, tingles when provoked, and is causing me to have a weak urine stream.....

So, what do you think Grace?
Wart?
Swollen vessel?
Something else?

Please help me out here Grace.  I'm really starting to lose it.  I really do appreciate you taking your time to help me with all of this.  Your health is in my prayers.  God bless you.

[raven123]

Thanks grace.  Your words are comforting.  I have an appt with my dermatologist tomorrow, and I'll let u know how it goes.

I did some more feeling around last night, and I've noticed that whenever I'm erect I can feel a 'bony-like' structure at the end of my penis.....I'm assuming that this is some kind of tube that makes the penis erect??  Anyways, it's always been there, even before I've had symptoms.  I can feel it when pushing in on the head towards my abdomen.  It stops immediately behind the glans.  Anyways, while I was feeling around for this 'ball' I realized that it's possible for this ball to be connected to this bony structure.  On the night of my sexual encounter, while the intercourse was rough, I had to stop suddenly because she was extremely 'tight'.  I think it was mostly due to the angle of penetration.  It just felt like I ran my penis into a wall.  So, I changed position, and it was alright from there; didn't feel any pain or tingling after that.

Do you think that I couldve had some trauma to this bone-like structure?  If so, how did I only realize it after 3 weeks?

I hope I'm explaining myself clearly.  Is there a bone or cartilage inside the penis that resembles what I'm talking about?  Could it have been traumatized during the penetration?  The only good news I have is that I've hardly had any tingling/stinging in nearly a week, but the 'bump' is still there.

[gracefromHHP]

I don't think this is std related at all. continuing to follow up with the urologist for your symptoms is a good idea.