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Small Circular area
I received unprotected oral sex and protected sex with a sex worker about 7 weeks ago. A couple of days ago a noticeable circular area showed up at the base of the shaft of my penis. The area is small, at least half the size of a dime maybe slightly smaller.
There is some slight light red / brown coloration. I know this sounds crazy but it sits on the top of two small merging blood vessels near the surface of the skin that seem to be giving it it's coloration. If I move the skin and kind of stretch the skin out and cut off the circulation to those tiny blood vessels it looks a lot more "colorless" except around the edges of the circular area. It looks clear in the middle and the circular area as a whole just has a slight "rough" feeling to it.
Again, it doesn't feel like an open wound and it doesn't look like an open wound once I stretch the skin out but it looks worse without "messing with it" and moving the skin around because of the coloration.
There is no scab and it doesn't look to be an open wound in anyway and it is painless. I've submitted for the full round of STD testing and kicking myself for engaging in any activity like this. I've definitely learned my lesson.
Does this sound like an STD or something harmless? Its going to be a long wait for the results.
There is some slight light red / brown coloration. I know this sounds crazy but it sits on the top of two small merging blood vessels near the surface of the skin that seem to be giving it it's coloration. If I move the skin and kind of stretch the skin out and cut off the circulation to those tiny blood vessels it looks a lot more "colorless" except around the edges of the circular area. It looks clear in the middle and the circular area as a whole just has a slight "rough" feeling to it.
Again, it doesn't feel like an open wound and it doesn't look like an open wound once I stretch the skin out but it looks worse without "messing with it" and moving the skin around because of the coloration.
There is no scab and it doesn't look to be an open wound in anyway and it is painless. I've submitted for the full round of STD testing and kicking myself for engaging in any activity like this. I've definitely learned my lesson.
Does this sound like an STD or something harmless? Its going to be a long wait for the results.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
That's one of the main reasons there are public health STD clinics; there is real expertise, they are used to and entirely comfortable with sex and sexuality, and lots of people don't like discussing those things with their primary care docs. Still, since this is simply a genital area problem and not an STD, your own doc should be just fine, and being hesitant just talk about your genitals is obviously silly. (Virtually every woman does it at least once a year, without difficulty or embarrassment.) Based on your description, there is no need to mention your past sexual exposures. But if the doc asks, respond honestly. Most likely s/he will be more understanding than you think. Your doc has seen it all before -- trust me!!
Let me know what the doctor says. Until then I won't have more to say.
Let me know what the doctor says. Until then I won't have more to say.
Thanks for the advice. I think guilt and embarrassment plays a big part in not going to see a doctor right away for most people. That certainly is the reason in my case. Revealing that sort of thing to anyone, even a doctor, is extremely uncomfortable. Talking about your private area, even aside from the personal activity I engaged in, is just not a normal topic of conversation for most people. Your advice and getting back a negative result on a blind STD test will sort of make going to the doctor easier.
An update, it does seem to have smoothed out some but there seems to be more redness to it. I'll definitely follow up with the results of STD testing / doctor's visit. Might be helpful / reassuring to someone reading this thread at another time.
An update, it does seem to have smoothed out some but there seems to be more redness to it. I'll definitely follow up with the results of STD testing / doctor's visit. Might be helpful / reassuring to someone reading this thread at another time.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the forum.
This sounds like a non-STD dermatitis of some sort. Any of the hundreds of things that can cause skin rash anywhere on the body sometimes affect the genitals and I doubt this has anything at all to do with the oral sex event a few weeks ago. Based on your description I would not have recommended STD testing, which is rarely required after oral sex anyway. Oral sex carries little STD risk -- not zero, but much safer than vaginal or anal sex.
It is time to stop trying to figure out what you have online or by blind STD testing. See a health care provider. Most likely you'll find you have some sort of minor, easy-to-treat dermatitis.
Regards-- HHH, MD
This sounds like a non-STD dermatitis of some sort. Any of the hundreds of things that can cause skin rash anywhere on the body sometimes affect the genitals and I doubt this has anything at all to do with the oral sex event a few weeks ago. Based on your description I would not have recommended STD testing, which is rarely required after oral sex anyway. Oral sex carries little STD risk -- not zero, but much safer than vaginal or anal sex.
It is time to stop trying to figure out what you have online or by blind STD testing. See a health care provider. Most likely you'll find you have some sort of minor, easy-to-treat dermatitis.
Regards-- HHH, MD
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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.
