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longterm burning skin on penis
hey im a 20 year old circumsized gay male. the underside of my penis skin from my testicles to halfway up my shaft has been red and painful for well OVER A MONTH. i used aldara for gw and think it might be permanent. it burns like hell and any kind of sex anything hurts like fire so i cant do anything with my boyfriend. pretty sure its not an std ive been tested and am monogamous. my doc said try hydrocortisone ointment but it didnt help...i thought about putting some lotrimin on there but am scrared to put anything else on my penis every again... im gonna go back but cant get another appointment for a month. im going insane and am clinically depressed over this. anyone anything??? :( feel like life just ended.
I am thinking you have had an adverse drug reaction to the aldara. According to Drugs.com, 33% of the participants in the double blind studies of this medication had some form of application site reaction.
Most likely it will clear up with time but you may want to see a different doctor for a second opinion. There is a mention that some test subjects (1.3%) needed antibiotics to treat treatment site infections.
Most likely it will clear up with time but you may want to see a different doctor for a second opinion. There is a mention that some test subjects (1.3%) needed antibiotics to treat treatment site infections.
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I have the same exact problem I'm not a gay. Happened after sex with hsv2 positive female. I found out afterwards because I got us tested. She is hsv2 positive igG was 15.50 I've tested negative exactly 13 weeks after exposure to hsv2. I have hsv1 for 25 years + so I kno it can slow down seroconversion a wk or 2 witch wld put me at 12 to 11 wk. We can say 10 wks negative. Wld that be a good sign. I've read someone get a low positive at about 16 wks and my anxiety and depression is bk full force. I almost felt good about the recent results. I used the herpeselect type specific. They say 99 % accurate at 4 to 6 wks. When clearly it's up to the person to make detectable antibodies. So how can they come up with those facts?
The funny thing is she's never had symptoms or nothing. I know because she was just as shocked, I guess you can say in a way I can tell. She's been in accidents and immune has been comprised. She's also had miscarriages. What's the chances. If you really want to count the day of exposure was about 14 wks and 5 days for the negative igG and 13 wks from the last sexual exposure. Plus the irritated area is where the condom could not of covered. Its just abive where scrotum and shaft meet right on the median raphe line. Lotorim af gave me relief bit when i stop using it it comes bk. Its been going on for 2 n half months. I have hsv1 25 plus years so not to convinced either way about the results
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