STD Symptoms?

[calraider]

I was with a couple that said they were clean. I masturbated the woman, entered her for a few minutes with a condom. The man performed an intensive rimming session on me and rubbed the his penis (without condom) on my groin. They both performed oral on me with a condom. However they did deep throat lower than the condom. Two days after event had some burning on both sides of my groin has lasted for last almost 3 months.  Five days after I did have a very light case of the flu. I also developed what appeared to be thrush and an eye infection that went away before being seen. I have noticed numerous red stretch marks about 4 in long exactly at the site of the burning on both sides of my groin. On the fourth day I had also developed a pain in both buttocks that seemed to be a kind of dull pain that ran horizontally across both cheeks and has been ongoing for almost three months - the pain has now radiated down to spots in my legs and behind the knees. This pain gets worse when sitting. Three weeks after the burning in the right side of the groin I broke out into what looked like a yeast infection and did not seem to be anything like a herpes rash - never an OB. The rash was on one side of the groin and onto the scrotum as well. The rash went away after a few days of lotrmin lotion. The rash was pretty much healed when the doctors looked at it and he thought it was jock itch.  I still have a groin pain on the right side that seems more like a groin pull. I also have had a itching anus off and on for a few weeks - if this was a fungal infection I think that is possible. I have had no other breakouts or anything that might suggest herpes and have been confused with the pain issue.  Tested at 2 weeks results: HSV-1 aB IgG <0.90 Neg HSV-2 aB IgG <0.90 Neg I have asked this question in the free forum but would also like a second opinion. Can herpes pain last this long? Do I need to get a second test? I am in desperate need of some help on whether this seems to be herpes.

[calraider]

Thanks again for your response. I did take the full test at two weeks that included everything you recommend and the complete series of test was either negative, not detected or non reactive. I know it was early but the groin burning made me very nervous. I was worried about the Herpes thing as I have read numerous postings on websites that say most of all the symptoms I have have been a results of their HSV 1/2 infection. Leg burning pain and buttocks pain even without an O/B. So I guess I can disregard the STD thing and look into some other type of nerve issue - with my physician. I thought maybe a positive HSV could be a nerve issue on a large nerve causing the groin buttocks leg pain - but I guess I was stretching to correlate those issues with Herpes. Thanks again for your help and have a happy holidays.

[H. Hunter Handsfield, M.D.]

Welcome -- but unfortunately you posted this in the wrong forum.  Questions about specific STDs other than HIV/AIDS belong in the STD forum.

There is nothing in your symptoms that suggests herpes; I'm sure that is not the cause.  If you search the STD forum for "herpes symptoms" you can find a large number of discussions that should help you understand why I am not suspicious of herpes.  I'm equally certain your symptom are not due to any other STD either.  Most likely you caught nothing during your threesome 3 months ago -- unless maybe a garden variety respiratory infection, which would explain the "light case of the flu" and eye irritation.  Herpes and fungal infections like jock itch usually look very different from one another, so your doctor's diagnosis probably is accurate -- which is confirmed by the improvement on Lotrimin cream, which has no effect at all on herpes.

I'm not sure what you mean by "thrush", which is a common term for yeast infections -- but is often used by medically untrained persons to mean a coated tongue or white spots in the mouth or throat.  Most such symptoms are not due to yeast infections and are not properly called thrush.  In any case, that's not an STD -- although such symptoms often accompany any viral infection, changes in nutrition, and other nonspecific causes.

Going back to herpes, the negative blood test results show that you were not infected with HSV-1 or HSV-2, as of several weeks earlier.  But 2 weeks after exposure is too soon; it usually takes 3-6 weeks and sometimes 3-4 months for the HSV blood tests to become positive.   So if you want even further reassurance you didn't catch HSV, you could have another blood test now, since 3 months have passed since the sexual exposure you are concerned about.  But be clear:  even if a test becomes positive, it will not explain your symptoms.  If positive, I would conclude you had asymptomatic herpes plus some other explanation for your symptoms.

Finally, you don't mention tests for other STDs.  It would be smart to be tested for syphilis, HIV, gonorrhea, and chlamydia.  The likelihood of any of these is very low given the nature of the exposure.  But you obviously were involved with a risky couple and always better safe than sorry.

So you're going to need to continue to work with your personal physician or clinic if your symptoms persist or you otherwise remain concerned.  But you can forget STDs as a cause.  Feel free to return with a follow-up question if and when you have a repeat HSV blood test or other STD tests.

Good luck--  HHH, MD