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Hello Doctor,
I plan on getting tested but I would like your advice.
Just over two weeks ago I received oral sex from a sex worker. About a week ago I noticed that the area just around the opening of the urethra was red but I had no other symptoms. And then starting two days ago I began to experience a slight burning sensation when I first begin to pee, but it usually subsides after I start. It's most noticeable during my first pee of the day.
I have not detected any puss yet and I have been on the lookout for that.
Can you please comment on the possible conditions this could be. Obviously I am most concerned about STIs.
Thank you.
I plan on getting tested but I would like your advice.
Just over two weeks ago I received oral sex from a sex worker. About a week ago I noticed that the area just around the opening of the urethra was red but I had no other symptoms. And then starting two days ago I began to experience a slight burning sensation when I first begin to pee, but it usually subsides after I start. It's most noticeable during my first pee of the day.
I have not detected any puss yet and I have been on the lookout for that.
Can you please comment on the possible conditions this could be. Obviously I am most concerned about STIs.
Thank you.
Thank you for the feedback. I haven't gone for a test yet but after two days of unsweetened cranberry juice overload my symptoms have begun to subside.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome back to our Forum. I'll be glad to address your question.
Receipt of oral sex is an inefficient way to transmit STDs. Of the bacterial STDs only gonorrhea and nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) are transmitted through oral sex; chlamydia is not and without an obvious sore or lesion on your partner’s mouth, the chances of syphilis and herpes is likewise tiny. If you had gotten gonorrhea or NGU you would have most likely developed symptoms of urethritis (penile infection). The mild symptoms you have experienced could be due to NGU (the symptoms of gonorrhea are typically more obvious) and testing is a reasonable thing to do. If the tests I suggest are negative, you need not worry further. Your tests should include tests for gonorrhea and NGU. These tests can be performed either on a swab taken from your penis or on a urine specimen collected just as you begin to urinate. The tests perform best if you have not urinated for at least an hour before the test is collected. The best place for this sort of testing is your local STD Clinic. If you have an infection it will be easily treated.
Try not to worry. Even if your partner had an STD (any STD and it is likely she did not), most exposures do not lead to infection. when you visit your local STD clinic I predict that the tests will be negative.
Hope these comments are helpful. EWH
Receipt of oral sex is an inefficient way to transmit STDs. Of the bacterial STDs only gonorrhea and nongonococcal urethritis (NGU) are transmitted through oral sex; chlamydia is not and without an obvious sore or lesion on your partner’s mouth, the chances of syphilis and herpes is likewise tiny. If you had gotten gonorrhea or NGU you would have most likely developed symptoms of urethritis (penile infection). The mild symptoms you have experienced could be due to NGU (the symptoms of gonorrhea are typically more obvious) and testing is a reasonable thing to do. If the tests I suggest are negative, you need not worry further. Your tests should include tests for gonorrhea and NGU. These tests can be performed either on a swab taken from your penis or on a urine specimen collected just as you begin to urinate. The tests perform best if you have not urinated for at least an hour before the test is collected. The best place for this sort of testing is your local STD Clinic. If you have an infection it will be easily treated.
Try not to worry. Even if your partner had an STD (any STD and it is likely she did not), most exposures do not lead to infection. when you visit your local STD clinic I predict that the tests will be negative.
Hope these comments are helpful. EWH
Sorry, I should have mentioned it was unprotected oral sex.
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