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You can get syphillis even while wearing a condom?

I had protected sex. Waiting to test out at the 3month mark. I had 3 boil like bumps appear on 3 separate occasions.

Here goes. Around May 30th I saw 1 csw in Los Angeles. A couple days after I developed a boil like bump on the side of my penis towards the base. Then A wk later I see another csw in LA after that went down. I figured it was just a hair bump. So after this encounter I notice another bump on the opposite side. I had switched soaps and had also put rubbing alcohol down there. SO I figured I did something to irritate the skin down there. Plus the 2 CSW are well known and nobody else has complained about either of them. So a couple of wks later towards the 4th of July wkend I develop another boil like bump under the penis towards the base. I put alcohol on it. And kept messing with it. 1 morning I woke up and it had burst. Ever since I've been thinking about syphillis.

These 2 CSWs are still working and claim they're clean. I wore a condom for both,
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1318465 tn?1614894302
yep, chances are low for syphilis from you exposures.   Have the bump looked at though if you've never seen them.  
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according to doctor HHH, is unlikely you get Syphilis in the USA, it's rare. and you used condom all the time. and I assume you are safe.

But if you are on paranoia mode and the symtomps develop you better meet a doctor.

Good Luck...
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