Hello Drs,

Thank you for this service. Yet another question about a massage parlour handjob. While I have read many of your previous posts about the low risk nature of this event, the problem I have is that my symptoms seem to be related to this event. The massage happened in late July last year, and I started to experience symptoms 2 to 3 weeks after this. It was mostly tingling and itchiness in the genital area. By 4 weeks after the event, my scrotum was noticeably red, tingling and with a crawling feeling. This went on for months. In fact, I still have it now although it seems to be more localised on the left side of my scrotum, which continues to be red. I did get a panel of STD tests using letsgetchecked.com – which is a service where you submit blood and urine and then they test it.  All tests were negative. The herpes test is a urine test, which I understand is not very reliable.  I went to a sexual health clinic four weeks ago, and was given steroid creams. That seemed to work a bit, but now that the course is finished, I am back to the tingling and uncomfortable feeling, which is more pronounced on the left side of my scrotum. That started about a month ago. I’d appreciate any insights you might have.