important question

[cbenj]

Why are there SOO many people on this board that have constant symptoms of something yet they don't get the obvious lesions that crust over and heal but they have the painful skin and nerve pain that NEVER goes away and nobody can help them. No doctor no specialist nothing they all treat you like its nothing and don't care about how much pain you're in or if you tell them "this looks different and its not going away, it didn't look like this before". Is everyone on here a hypochondriac fearing std's making symptoms up themselves? Lol like honestly is It bc people obsess and get scared after they make a mistake and regret it which causes weird stuff to manifest on your body? Cause I've honestly never examined my penis until I made a mistake and that's all I do now is think about it ALL day long wondering why I'm in pain and why my skin looks different, almost raw and sticky feeling like I could press the skin together and it would stick. I just don't get it at all makes no sense never heard of anyone going through this ever until I went on this website. Most depressing thing that can happen to a person.

[AzaleaSea]

Hmm, why? Because if you are anything like me, you googled "tingling", "burning" "itching" and/or other trigger words.
And the first thing that came up was Herpes. And after that, it wasn't just Herpes, it was "Incurable" and "Herpes". And not only that, but the more you searched, the more you came across symptoms and statistics and some very (VERY) upset people. You can almost feel the anger and fear coming through the page.
Anxiety is powerful. I have a long, long history of anxiety but this is the first time it's been about health issues (strange huh?). Naturally, it had to be herpes.
Anxiety has driven people to emergency rooms and a whole host of other things. And anxiety can cause some preeeetty weird things in the body too. I'm convinced that it can actually cause serious health issues in and of itself (high adrenalin levels for extended periods of time.)
You're not alone right now though, I'm also convinced that I have herpes.
Go figure. Even my logic is failing me.
As my sister pointed out "you can't catch diseases over the internet, ya know."
No, no you cant, but you can cause similar sensations in the body to said disease. The mind is a powerful, powerful thing. Placebos are very good examples of this.
(and yes, I still think I have herpes.)

[cbenj]

Had a catscan done yesterday ill post what the results came back as in here.

[cbenj]

Okay just not having a diagnosis freaks u out makes u think the worst atleast me anyways. Symptoms of hiv seem really vague so my fault I know it doesn't have to do with down there really.

[gracefromHHP]

nothing you've mentioned sounds like hiv related symptoms either.

[cbenj]

I never really said I had hiv I was just wondering does hiv have this effect on a person like are my symptoms similar to what It does is what I was asking

[gracefromHHP]

we are limited to how we can help you online. you are being followed by trained medical providers. continue to follow up with them. no reason to think you have hiv.