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Blisters on feet
Hello, and thank you very much in advance for taking a look.
I had unprotected sex with a woman this past Saturday night. Like everyone else in this situation I immediately began stressing out, regretting the stupidity of the decision.
Monday night into Tuesday morning, I felt an itch down by my foot, which I assumed to be a bug bite of some sort and had scratched. By Tuesday evening I noticed that I had formed itchy blisters along the inside of both feet, more on the right than the left. There were also some small ones forming on the toes. All are very itchy. I looked around on the internet, finding things such as dyshidrotic eczema, but also read that blisters like these could be symptomatic of syphilis.
I saw my primary physician on Wednesday and explained the situation and my concern given the timing. I had been wearing flip flips for several days up to that point, and he insisted that as long as the sores were not on the genitals, I had probably walked through poison ivy and prescribed me a topical steroid. Last night, a very small cluster of tiny, non-itchy white bumps popped up between my right thumb and forefinger, but have almost entirely receded as of this morning.
I'm still planning on being tested, but is my physician's assessment accurate given the time window and location? Is it possible that the small bumps on the hand could be nerve related from stressing so much?
I'll try to include a picture of the blisters, the bright red one is the one I made the mistake of scratching too hard.
[img]http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6051/blisters.jpg[/img]
Again, thank you for any insight you can offer.
I had unprotected sex with a woman this past Saturday night. Like everyone else in this situation I immediately began stressing out, regretting the stupidity of the decision.
Monday night into Tuesday morning, I felt an itch down by my foot, which I assumed to be a bug bite of some sort and had scratched. By Tuesday evening I noticed that I had formed itchy blisters along the inside of both feet, more on the right than the left. There were also some small ones forming on the toes. All are very itchy. I looked around on the internet, finding things such as dyshidrotic eczema, but also read that blisters like these could be symptomatic of syphilis.
I saw my primary physician on Wednesday and explained the situation and my concern given the timing. I had been wearing flip flips for several days up to that point, and he insisted that as long as the sores were not on the genitals, I had probably walked through poison ivy and prescribed me a topical steroid. Last night, a very small cluster of tiny, non-itchy white bumps popped up between my right thumb and forefinger, but have almost entirely receded as of this morning.
I'm still planning on being tested, but is my physician's assessment accurate given the time window and location? Is it possible that the small bumps on the hand could be nerve related from stressing so much?
I'll try to include a picture of the blisters, the bright red one is the one I made the mistake of scratching too hard.
[img]http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/6051/blisters.jpg[/img]
Again, thank you for any insight you can offer.
sorry we dont look at pictures,
Unless she had sex with your foot this is not syphillis. Syphillis is rare in the US, but if you did get syphillis it would occur at the point of infection ie your penis... this doesn't sound like an STD... however if your encounter was unprotected you do need a full STD panel.
Calm down, that is the first thing you need to do. Think to yourself how you're stressing out and what your stressing out over. Then go see a dermatologist about your skin issue. there is also a dermatologist forum.
Unless she had sex with your foot this is not syphillis. Syphillis is rare in the US, but if you did get syphillis it would occur at the point of infection ie your penis... this doesn't sound like an STD... however if your encounter was unprotected you do need a full STD panel.
Calm down, that is the first thing you need to do. Think to yourself how you're stressing out and what your stressing out over. Then go see a dermatologist about your skin issue. there is also a dermatologist forum.
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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.
