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small pipple-like bump and burning w/ urination
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I am a 24 year old male. I have had unprotected sex with approximately 20 women in the past 5 years and unprotected oral with a few more. Just over 2 years ago I was diagnosed with scabies, which was treated and taken care of. Very shortly after this, after a one night stand, I noticed a dull burning during urination and a small pimple on the head of the penis, along with some itching. The "pimple" went away eventually and the burning did as well (or I stopped noticing it.)
A month or so later, I met a girl who has been a regular sexual partner over the past two years, with sex multiple times daily for a year and then weekly to bi-weekly for the past year. About 6 months into the relationship with her I got a similar pimple to the one before. Then I got increasingly more. They were not painful and appeared to have a whitehead, which I could pop, though it was painful to do so. When they didn't go away I went to a doctor. She told me that they were not herpes or genital warts and were nothing, just "one of those things", just part of my skin (pimples, clogged pores,etc.) Nevertheless, to ease my mind I had her perform blood and urine STD tests for :AIDS, herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, etc. They came up negative except for "trace amounts" of chlamydia. For this I was perscribed a one time dose of an antibiotic. It made me vomit, but I noticed I was uriniating with no discomfort, and realized that I had, indeed, been ignoring a slight burning before. After this test I have had sex with three women in addition to my partner and have not been tested, to date, since that test.
Meanwhile, the small "pimples" would sometimes clear up, sometimes get worse, but nothing was being resolved and after a few months I went to a dermatologist. She diagnosed me with molluscum contagiosum. She said the treatment was to burn them off and it was a purely cosmetic issue. After a two (painful) sessions I was slammed with a massive bill and decided I could not go. Through a homemade remedy of some popping and acne scrubs, I managed to clear most of them up about 9 months ago.
Now, about a month ago, after vaginal and anal sex with this long-term partner I noticed another pimple at the base of my penis. I didn't think much of it, as I naturally assumed it was the molluscum. But, last weekend, things became more serious. Over the span of 2 days, we had unprotected anal sex about 5 times. We had no vaginal sex, though my penis did partially enter her vagina at one point. She performed oral on me, but I don't believe I performed oral on her (though I may have breifly.)
Anyways, she complained after the first night that her vagina was itchy and had been for a few days. She also said, when I used a sex toy on her vaginally, that her vagina hurt, that it stung as if cut by a razor. She had made this complaint sporadically over the course of our ENTIRE relationship, even in the beginning, but it always went away and we never thought too much of it. She thought she may have cut her labia while shaving or something.
This time though, the itching was present, and it was also accompanied by a cottage cheese type discharge that came out on the sex toy (not an excessive amount) as well as a foul odor. Naturally we assumed a yeast infection and she took monistat 1 day. This put her in extreme pain. The "cuts" hurt her and stung a great deal when urinating. She also had pain in her rectum. The monistat info said it could make it bad at first and then better within 3 days. She was worried though and went to a clinic. The doctor said it looked like herpes, and it probably was. She gave her acyclovir and a cream for the pain. The 3rd day after the monistat and 2nd day after the herpes treatment her symptoms were mostly gone. She is extremely distraught and depressed to the degree that I am worried about her mental well being and if she could be a danger to herself. She got a blood and culture test and we are waiting on the results (should be there this wed.)
I had no symptoms and didn't think that she could have herpes. I had been tested a year ago and was clean, and also, she claims that she has had no sexual partners since we began our sexual relationship, but I don't know this to be true for a fact. She also told me, when we started, that she had tested clean prior to our relationship. She now admits that she had unprotected sex with one partner in between the testing and our starting.
Regardless, she had always had these "cut" like sympoms that are supposedly the herpes sores. I assume I would have contracted in by the time I had my test. We had had sex hundreds of times, all unprotected by then.
Yesterday (Thurs.- and we had the sex sat and sun.), though, I noticed a small red spot on my shaft it was slightly raised, again, like a pimple but red and slightly tender. I masturbate daily and have continued to do so. This pimple has not caused me pain during this, though I keep thinking I feel a quick sharp pain coming from this spot every once in awhile. Now it appears a little raw and may have a soft scab, but I have gotten similar things from masurbation before. I can't tell if the pains are my imagination though. I also, most notably, have felt a burning during urination as well as a dull pain in what seems to be my urethra when I'm just sitting around. It is strongest at the head of my penis. This pain is off and on and extends to my testicles a bit and my anus. I am quite worried and keep thinking about things and trying to see and feel things so I'm not sure if any of this is mental, especially because the pain is dull, but I think it is truly there obviously.
My questions are this
a.) Do I likely have Herpes?
b.) Could my partner have had it all this time, and I did not contract it?
c.) If it is not herpes, what could this be?
d.) Could it be herpes for me and not for her and vice versa.
e.) Is there any other information you would like to share with me, or input you would like to offer regarding this situation in general?
I am a 24 year old male. I have had unprotected sex with approximately 20 women in the past 5 years and unprotected oral with a few more. Just over 2 years ago I was diagnosed with scabies, which was treated and taken care of. Very shortly after this, after a one night stand, I noticed a dull burning during urination and a small pimple on the head of the penis, along with some itching. The "pimple" went away eventually and the burning did as well (or I stopped noticing it.)
A month or so later, I met a girl who has been a regular sexual partner over the past two years, with sex multiple times daily for a year and then weekly to bi-weekly for the past year. About 6 months into the relationship with her I got a similar pimple to the one before. Then I got increasingly more. They were not painful and appeared to have a whitehead, which I could pop, though it was painful to do so. When they didn't go away I went to a doctor. She told me that they were not herpes or genital warts and were nothing, just "one of those things", just part of my skin (pimples, clogged pores,etc.) Nevertheless, to ease my mind I had her perform blood and urine STD tests for :AIDS, herpes, chlamydia, gonorrhea, etc. They came up negative except for "trace amounts" of chlamydia. For this I was perscribed a one time dose of an antibiotic. It made me vomit, but I noticed I was uriniating with no discomfort, and realized that I had, indeed, been ignoring a slight burning before. After this test I have had sex with three women in addition to my partner and have not been tested, to date, since that test.
Meanwhile, the small "pimples" would sometimes clear up, sometimes get worse, but nothing was being resolved and after a few months I went to a dermatologist. She diagnosed me with molluscum contagiosum. She said the treatment was to burn them off and it was a purely cosmetic issue. After a two (painful) sessions I was slammed with a massive bill and decided I could not go. Through a homemade remedy of some popping and acne scrubs, I managed to clear most of them up about 9 months ago.
Now, about a month ago, after vaginal and anal sex with this long-term partner I noticed another pimple at the base of my penis. I didn't think much of it, as I naturally assumed it was the molluscum. But, last weekend, things became more serious. Over the span of 2 days, we had unprotected anal sex about 5 times. We had no vaginal sex, though my penis did partially enter her vagina at one point. She performed oral on me, but I don't believe I performed oral on her (though I may have breifly.)
Anyways, she complained after the first night that her vagina was itchy and had been for a few days. She also said, when I used a sex toy on her vaginally, that her vagina hurt, that it stung as if cut by a razor. She had made this complaint sporadically over the course of our ENTIRE relationship, even in the beginning, but it always went away and we never thought too much of it. She thought she may have cut her labia while shaving or something.
This time though, the itching was present, and it was also accompanied by a cottage cheese type discharge that came out on the sex toy (not an excessive amount) as well as a foul odor. Naturally we assumed a yeast infection and she took monistat 1 day. This put her in extreme pain. The "cuts" hurt her and stung a great deal when urinating. She also had pain in her rectum. The monistat info said it could make it bad at first and then better within 3 days. She was worried though and went to a clinic. The doctor said it looked like herpes, and it probably was. She gave her acyclovir and a cream for the pain. The 3rd day after the monistat and 2nd day after the herpes treatment her symptoms were mostly gone. She is extremely distraught and depressed to the degree that I am worried about her mental well being and if she could be a danger to herself. She got a blood and culture test and we are waiting on the results (should be there this wed.)
I had no symptoms and didn't think that she could have herpes. I had been tested a year ago and was clean, and also, she claims that she has had no sexual partners since we began our sexual relationship, but I don't know this to be true for a fact. She also told me, when we started, that she had tested clean prior to our relationship. She now admits that she had unprotected sex with one partner in between the testing and our starting.
Regardless, she had always had these "cut" like sympoms that are supposedly the herpes sores. I assume I would have contracted in by the time I had my test. We had had sex hundreds of times, all unprotected by then.
Yesterday (Thurs.- and we had the sex sat and sun.), though, I noticed a small red spot on my shaft it was slightly raised, again, like a pimple but red and slightly tender. I masturbate daily and have continued to do so. This pimple has not caused me pain during this, though I keep thinking I feel a quick sharp pain coming from this spot every once in awhile. Now it appears a little raw and may have a soft scab, but I have gotten similar things from masurbation before. I can't tell if the pains are my imagination though. I also, most notably, have felt a burning during urination as well as a dull pain in what seems to be my urethra when I'm just sitting around. It is strongest at the head of my penis. This pain is off and on and extends to my testicles a bit and my anus. I am quite worried and keep thinking about things and trying to see and feel things so I'm not sure if any of this is mental, especially because the pain is dull, but I think it is truly there obviously.
My questions are this
a.) Do I likely have Herpes?
b.) Could my partner have had it all this time, and I did not contract it?
c.) If it is not herpes, what could this be?
d.) Could it be herpes for me and not for her and vice versa.
e.) Is there any other information you would like to share with me, or input you would like to offer regarding this situation in general?
since you've had other partners, I'd repeat your herpes igg blood test just to err on the side of caution.
once your partner has her blood test and culture test results back, you may have better answers so I can better answer your questions about all of this.
grace
once your partner has her blood test and culture test results back, you may have better answers so I can better answer your questions about all of this.
grace
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