im a mid-20's male whos generally been of great health, faithfully married. about 2 months ago i started experiencing some weird symptoms. they all occurred about a week apart from one another and they have all persisted:
- lump on inside of lower lip where the rough part of the lip meets the fleshy part of inner lower lip. no real pain tho a feeling of inflammation once or twice, particularly after being touched or examined
- meatus irritation, change in appearance of meatus, general puffiness, red/pink in color. discomfort is present some days, and not so much on others.
- pain in bottom of tailbone and area below, extending down into upper thighs and forward into scrotum area. ive also noticed a moisture/leakage on certain days that has been yellowish in color. embarssingly, i thought it might be excess feces from not wiping thoroughly, but ive since cleaned as best i could back there and still noticed it even on days when i dont make a BM
again this all started with the first symptom about 2 months ago. ive since seen
an urgent care dr (prescribed benzocaine for the lip, was not at all worried of it being an STD or herpes)
dentist (dentist and hygenist both examined lump, surmised mucocele and said nothing to worry about.)
family PA (said the penis irritation was probably yeast infection prescribed nystatin and surmised the lump might be a cold sore at best prescribed valtrex, both for a week script. also prescribed amoxicillan for a throat irritation i was having. did not visibly notice anything wrong in anus area, tho pain persisted)
family PA second time (after first scripts did not yield results, ordered urine test....results for chlamydia and bacteria in urinanalysis came back negative. referred me to urologist just on the side of caution, surmised that the back pain and issues were sciatica, tho seemed reluctant with that diagnosis)
urologist (examined penis, scrotum, and thoroughly looked over meatus...said slight irritation existed and prescribed a topical steroid betamethasone diproprionate for 2 wks time twice daily...i am currently starting my 2nd week)
none of these have made me feel any better. i still have residual, phantom pain in the area between the tailbone and high thighs, i still have a visibly irritated meatus and i still have a lump on my lip. i dont know what the correlation between any of these might be, but at this point i feel like im just throwing money away for people to nod their head and say im fine. i called my PA to see if theyd order bloodwork but they ask that i give the 2wk topical the full 2wks before moving forward on anything else.
all of the people ive seen have assured me that whatever it is im dealing with is not contagious, not spreadable and really nothing to worry about. im not so quick to believe that tho, wondering how they could know that if they dont know what it is? it should also be noted that, since all symptoms occured, i have had unprotected oral and vaginal sex with my wife, who has shown no symtoms of anything at this point. oral occurred about 2wks ago, vaginal roughly 1.
ive been faithful to my wife for many years and only had one sexual partner before her, which was over 8 years ago. im reluctant to say ive got an STD because ive not been sexually active with anyone else for almost the last decade but at this point my symptoms arent pointing me in any other direction.
appreciate any thoughts or feedback whatsoever!