burning inside tip of penis

[mirvus]

a little over a month ago, i had unprotected sex with a female who approximately 2 weeks later was diagnosed as having HSV2.  i still haven't presented with any of the obvious symptoms such as bumps or warts on my penis, but i've experienced an on-again off-again burning sensation just inside of the tip of my penis.  most of the time i would say it's simply irritating, though for a day or two about a week ago it did move up to what i would call painful.  i went to the doctor on the second "painful" day and he ran blood tests for herpes, chlamydia and gonorrhea, all of which came back negative, and he also did a urine analysis, which came back clean.  after seeing my doctor, over the holiday weekend, i pulled the tip of my penis apart and looked in (it hadn't occurred to me to do this prior for some reason) and saw what looked like might've been a cold sore type wound about 1/4 of an inch inside.  i couldn't really get a very good look at it, but it appeared grayish.  the area immediately around it didn't appear to be any more red than the nearby skin.  i had actually assumed it had healed up and was going away because over the past weekend, it didn't bother me at all, but then suddenly today the burning sensation has come back again (to irritating level, not painful).  i haven't had any sexual activity since october 30, which was when i slept with the girl that turned out to have herpes.

i realize that a blood test for herpes can come back with a false negative if done too soon.  my blood test was done approximately 4 1/2 weeks after the exposure, but am i wrong in thinking that, since i had this sore (assuming it is herpes) for a full week prior to testing, wouldn't i have developed antibodies by then?  also, why would the burning go away for upwards of 3 days and then return?  any thoughts/suggestions are welcome and appreciated.  thanks.

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[larry123456]

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[larry123456]

I have a feeling this is HSV1.  So many people with positive swabs that never show positive blood.

[Ryan1199]

Let me know how you got on as it's been a few months now and i've been reading a lot of the comments. This page is great to lower the anxiety on the situation. I'm about to get test results from urine/blood as 6 weeks ago i had unprotected sex / oral with a sex worker and the inside of my penis started off being quite tingly, but now getting a little bit on the irritating side. I had panic attacks etc from the anxiety so i'm certain a lot of my symptoms are phsycological however my penis feels slightly more sticky than usual and redness on the tip of the penis area. Urinating is not too sore, it's actually a bit of a relief. I notice the irritation when i'm in bed and i haven't felt like masterbating or having sex since that day as it's completely changed my priorities!! Slight itchs in the groin area however i don't think that is part of the real symptoms. If anyone is looking over this and is suffering from the same type symptoms, please give me a reply and tell me your story. Also like to add, will have another test in 4 months time as the hep virus does not show up till that period of time!

[Cray222]

For over 5 months, I have been suffering with a stinging sensation at the tip of my penis. It started in October of 2011, 2 days  after I had oral sex performed on me. I immediately went to the STD Clinic and got tested for Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomonas, herpes. hiv and hepatitis C. The tests came back negative. I took the tests again in December and they all came back negative. I was given antibiotics such as Azithromycin and  Cipro but since I tested negative for the before-mentioned STD's, they did not stop the stinging. The STD doctor said that I should see a urologist because the infection could be due to E. Coli. So my  urologist gave me Bactrim because I did perform anal sex on my partner in the past which may have caused an urinary infection. Well I took this antibiotic for 2 weeks and still the stinging did not stop. My urine tested negative for bacteria. I felt so hopeless until I started reading more about NGU, Nongonococcal Urethritis caused by the HSV or HPV virus. A light bulb suddenly came on. It could be a virus causing the stinging in my penis.

I was given a cream called Aldara (Imiquimod) cream. After applying the cream over the tip of my penis for two nights, the stinging eased and then stopped.  I am hoping that the stinging will not start again but if it does I will just apply the cream again. It appears that this is the only medication that stops the warm stinging sensations. The antibiotics that I tried before did not work on this virus.

Hopefully you guys that have this stinging symptom will check with your doctor about the possibility that HSV or HPV virus may be the cause of the  penis stinging.        I will keep you abreast of any changes.          

[jts40]

Yes. I've never had any blisters or rashes either. I looked up more information on prostatitis and the majority of my symptoms fill well with that diagnosis. Were you ever tested for hsv? Look up CPPS on Wikipedia and see if it fits you. Let me know.