I’ve read online that herpes can cause urethritis and am hoping that isn’t what I’m dealing with after my negative chlam and gon  test twice and normal urinalysis. I’m From an area in Canada  where they don’t do blood tests for HSV. Only swabs 

My questions are 

1) does Herpetic urethritis mean herpes sores are directly inside your urethra which you’d probably notice?  and from what I’ve read if it was the case it would make urinating excruciating, and would also likely cause visible sores as well

2) is there any chance that with the fact that I’ve never had any symptoms of herpes sores around my genital  area that this on and off penis burning head and sometimes slight testicle pain and 2-3 episodes of discharge  I     Experienced years back could have  been herpes urethritis? When it first started the burning penis head and dull testicle ache didn’t subside for months, that doesn’t sound consistent with herpes, right? And since then it only comes and goes periodically and I never have any visible lesions. The burning feeling always goes away when I ejaculate. Is it safe to say this is not herpes related?  

1.  Herpes urethritis is often accompanied with external herpes lesions.  More importantly however, the long duration of your symptoms as well as their waxing and waning without other problems rules HSV out as a cause of your symptoms.

2.  The description you describe is not at all suggestive of herpes.

I’m pleased that you will be seeing a urologist.  I’m confident that your symptoms are not due to an STI and favor prostatitis as the cause.  EWH 

One last question - when I think back there has been times over the years.. particularly after sweating playing sports or working that I did notice a small red spot on the shaft of my penis which wasn’t raised or didn’t contain fluid or blister or ulcer or anything and it always was gone within a day or two. I’m assuming there’s no possible way it was herpes  given those facts?