I would guess just irritation. If you hurt your urethra, it can take a few weeks to return to normal. If the doctor says don't worry, probably no reason to worry.
put the lil guy away!!!! Good grief, you are poking and prodding him and making it worse!!! time for a new hobby :)
That's what Im thinking but it's crazy that my symptoms (burning while urinating, constant urge to urinate, swollen/red meatus, etc). I'm not sure if it's not helping when I check it constantly, particularly spread the meatus slightly to look inside. In doing this, I've also noticed the left "lip" of the meatus, just inside the uretha is a slightly irritated/raised portion, flesh colored (if it is normal for the color to be slightly reddish/purplish inside)...
This is concerning me. I contacted my doctor that ran the tests and was told that she thinks it's irritation. However, when I initially saw her Wednesday, she only physically examined the outside but I'm not sure if it became more inflamed from the neosporin, aquafor and now the A&D ointment that I've been applying vigorously. Now, before I was told not too, I did apply these ointments as close as on the "lips" of the uretha and maybe that as my penis rubbed against my underwear, it could've spread it inside and caused more irritation?
I don't know the best solution for this. I feel hopeless. Is it best to leave it alone for a few MORE days and see? I'm completely lost.
you won't contract any std from a public toilet.
you also aren't going to contract anything from a public toilet that results in symptoms starting that soon. A chemical in the water in the toilet or the soap you use to clean with needlessly is the cause, not anything that needs treated with antibiotics or any testing from.
neosporin is very irritating to most folks sensitive genital skin. you will be much better off using the aquaphor instead. Don't massage it into the urethra either, just the head of the penis away from the urethral opening.
grace
But this happened nearly 4 days ago...and it still burns. Doctor advised, as predicted, that gonorrhea and chlamydia tests came back negative. She thinks it was just irritated possible from either the hand soap (from the bathroom) or from when I wiped it with a restroom paper towel, maybe it damaged the inside and dried it up.
The meatus looks slightly swollen and red around the meatus...I tried neosporin but only for a day so not long enough. My doctor recommended A&D ointment to try as it scientifically should work better. I've been using Aquaphor for the past day and a half.
Still burns at tip when urinating.
1) No it has nothing to do with a STD, you had no risk
2) Ask a Dr, I can't answer that
3) You have no reason to be on cipro because you can not get anything from what happened.
4) Yeah the soap probably did
If symptoms started when you touched the toilet then it is all in your head, it started when you wiped then it is from the soap.
Also, symptoms include frequent urination and constant urge to use the bathroom in addition to the symptoms mentioned in the original post. The contact with the toilet was made early Tuesday morning when the symptoms arose almost immediately.