[Question #901] Follow up from question #177
105 months ago
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1 year ago I had protected vaginal and oral sex with a sex
worker in the Dominican Republic. I became extremely anxious afterwards and
began having panic attacks and night sweats. I would also touch/rub my groin
and genital area looking for herpes lesions. The sweating and rubbing of my
genital region caused me to get a jock itch on both sides of groin about 5 days
after the encounter. On The night of day 7 I masturbated for the first time
since the encounter. The next morning I saw a white speck or pimple on my
penis. I went to the Planned Parenthood and showed the nurse there the pimple and
she said it was nothing and same for the jock itch. I had another pimple the
next day on the lower part of my shaft. I had about 6-7 pimples in total over
the course of about a month. All the pimples were superficial I think and had a
white pus head that would keep growing outward until I rubbed off the white pus
from the top or just touch it a bit and then a red base would remain which would disappear within
hours. Found scabs for some of the pimples a couple days later. None of the pimples hurt, itched, or burned. They all happened one by
one and would last 48-72 hours in total. They showed up usually hours after
masturbation (Friction). All happened on my penis shaft. Some had a hair sticking out of it but I think
all were on hair glands which are visible all over my penis. I showed pictures
of the pimples to doctors on the healthtap app and they all said it looked like
folliculitis and not herpes. I haven’t had pimples like that since then. I have
improved my hygiene of that area and use anti-bacterial soap. I tested negative for stds/herpes IGG at 14
weeks after the exposure and also 11 months after the exposure. I really want
to move on from this encounter but I am scared the pimples I had were herpes. I would really appreciate your input after seeing the description of the pimples and the blood test results. Thanks.
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
105 months ago
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105 months ago
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Edward W. Hook M.D.
105 months ago
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