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White pustules on my tonsils
Recently I had oral sex with a man I have been dating for about 6 weeks. It was on a Wednesday and by Sunday I had big white pustules ALL OVER my tonsils!! He informed me that he had been seeing someone else and we broke up shortly thereafter. I am very very concerned that I have contracted an STD! I called my doctors office and told them about the pustules on my tonsils and he prescribed a Z pak. I am very interested to know what you think. What is the possibility that this is an STD? What about an HPV??? What about HIV???!! I am terribly concerned and I am losing sleep over this. PLEASE HELP!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Even with payment, excess questions still block others and cannot be accepted. Since it was apparently an honest mistake, you can use the contact link to ask MedHelp administration whether they might be willing to credit your second fee. No guarantees, but it can't hurt to ask. (Unfortunately, this isn't up to the forum moderators.)
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
It was inappropriate to start a new thread with a follow-up question; I deleted it. Only a limited number of new questions are accepted each day, and superfluous ones block others with their own new questions.
That your partner "might be bisexual" makes no difference in my reply. If you confirm he indeed has sex with men, then follow the advice in the last sentence of my reply above. In the meantime, really don't be so freaked out. Heterosexually transmitted HIV remains rare in the US and other industrialized countries.
Feel free to report back if and when you and your partner have been tested for HIV. Until then I won't have anything more to say.
That your partner "might be bisexual" makes no difference in my reply. If you confirm he indeed has sex with men, then follow the advice in the last sentence of my reply above. In the meantime, really don't be so freaked out. Heterosexually transmitted HIV remains rare in the US and other industrialized countries.
Feel free to report back if and when you and your partner have been tested for HIV. Until then I won't have anything more to say.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Welcome to the STD forum.
Calm down; you are overreacting. While spots on the tonsils do not suggest any STD. The most common causes by far are garden variety cold viruses and streptococcus (strep throat). The only STD that conceivably cause such a problem is gonorreha, and almost all oral gonorrhea causes no symptoms at all. HPV does not cause anything like this. And definitely there is no reason to worry about HIV in this situation, especially if your new partner is not at special risk for it (gay, injection drug user, formerly in prison, etc).
In other words, almost certainly your throat problem has nothing to do with your sexual exposures or your new partnership. (It is conceivable you and your partner are sharing a respiratory virus or strep, but that's a different issue.) Take the treatment prescribed and don't worry about it. If you remain nervous, you and your partner could both see a doctor or clinic for routine STD/HIV testing, but this advice has nothing to do with your symptoms.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
Calm down; you are overreacting. While spots on the tonsils do not suggest any STD. The most common causes by far are garden variety cold viruses and streptococcus (strep throat). The only STD that conceivably cause such a problem is gonorreha, and almost all oral gonorrhea causes no symptoms at all. HPV does not cause anything like this. And definitely there is no reason to worry about HIV in this situation, especially if your new partner is not at special risk for it (gay, injection drug user, formerly in prison, etc).
In other words, almost certainly your throat problem has nothing to do with your sexual exposures or your new partnership. (It is conceivable you and your partner are sharing a respiratory virus or strep, but that's a different issue.) Take the treatment prescribed and don't worry about it. If you remain nervous, you and your partner could both see a doctor or clinic for routine STD/HIV testing, but this advice has nothing to do with your symptoms.
Good luck-- HHH, MD
I have no idea how to work this system, I did however pay another $15.00 for my follow-up question. I apologize if I was inappropriate. I thank you for your answers and I appreciate your time.
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