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Not sure if its insect bites or herpes
I'd asked this in the community forum, but thought I'd ask an expert as well.
Anyway, about 3 days ago I felt some itching around my scrotum area and the next day I discovered 3 bumps (two on my scrotum, one on my foreskin) that very closely resemble bug bites. They don't look like blisters, nor are they clumped together. 2 days later the itching is pretty much gone, and the bumps are starting to go away.
A bit about my background:
1. The last time I had any sexual activity was about a year ago, and that was only oral. As far as vaginal intercourse goes, that was almost two and a half years ago. In total I've had vaginal intercourse only 7 times in my life (I'm 23). I've had unprotected sex with only one person, but I think she may be low-risk because she was a bi-sexual woman who'd just gotten out of a long-term monogamous relationship, and according to her I was her first male partner (yeah its a long story).
2. I'm temporarily living in a converted garage (moved in about a year ago). The space is clean, but theres a problem of bugs. My room has been attacked by ants, mosquitos, crickets, and spiders. I literally see a spider each day. And I have this bad habit of leaving my clothes strewn around my room, so perhaps a bug had latched onto my clothing.
If memory serves me correct, I've had one prior incident with finding an itchy bump on my genital (since moving into the garage). But it went over so quick, and resembled a bug bite so much, that I probably never considered it. This current incident is worst than the prior incident. I believe that prior incidents (at least the first one) are supposed to be more severe?
Anyway, I understand that nothing can replace an actual test from the lab, but I wanted to get your input on it. Thanks.
Anyway, about 3 days ago I felt some itching around my scrotum area and the next day I discovered 3 bumps (two on my scrotum, one on my foreskin) that very closely resemble bug bites. They don't look like blisters, nor are they clumped together. 2 days later the itching is pretty much gone, and the bumps are starting to go away.
A bit about my background:
1. The last time I had any sexual activity was about a year ago, and that was only oral. As far as vaginal intercourse goes, that was almost two and a half years ago. In total I've had vaginal intercourse only 7 times in my life (I'm 23). I've had unprotected sex with only one person, but I think she may be low-risk because she was a bi-sexual woman who'd just gotten out of a long-term monogamous relationship, and according to her I was her first male partner (yeah its a long story).
2. I'm temporarily living in a converted garage (moved in about a year ago). The space is clean, but theres a problem of bugs. My room has been attacked by ants, mosquitos, crickets, and spiders. I literally see a spider each day. And I have this bad habit of leaving my clothes strewn around my room, so perhaps a bug had latched onto my clothing.
If memory serves me correct, I've had one prior incident with finding an itchy bump on my genital (since moving into the garage). But it went over so quick, and resembled a bug bite so much, that I probably never considered it. This current incident is worst than the prior incident. I believe that prior incidents (at least the first one) are supposed to be more severe?
Anyway, I understand that nothing can replace an actual test from the lab, but I wanted to get your input on it. Thanks.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
You could certainly be dealing with something as casual as bug bites from your home - certainly sounds like there have been enough of them! However, you are describing something that you've noticed more than once and that always rings a little tiny bell in my head. I guess is you were my patient and walked in the door for a clinic visit with these symptoms, and for some reason, I was unable to exam you and just had to go by your description, I would order a herpes Igg antibody test, just to be certain we weren't talking about a mild case of herpes. this is also your concern since you posted here. You can do the test online pretty easily, and not too expensively. Never order the IgM. then the post the numeric results for me to see, so we can decided, if they are positive, if you need any further confirmatory testing. that is my advice.
terri
terri
Sorry to keep adding. But I also wanted to mention that the unprotected sex happened well over 5 years ago.
And just to add to the information, I've gotten mosquito bites since moving in, and a couple times I got bites on my legs that seemed like flea bites.
You are reading content posted in the Herpes Forum
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.
