About 11 weeks ago, I slept with a new partner. We had protected intercourse and both gave/received unprotected oral sex. I am male, sleeping with a female. I know nothing of her history, except that she thinks she has nothing.
At 7 days post encounter, I developed a very slight intermittent tingling and pin prick pain on the side of my penis shaft. Whether it was from anxiety or reality, I also developed fatigue.
The tingling was lingering at about 2 weeks with no other symptoms, so I scheduled an appointment with my primary care doctor. He tested for HerpeSelect ELISA Type Specific for both HSV 1 and 2, HIV, and a urine culture. All tests were negative. He told me if the tingling persisted I should see a urologist and/or a dermatologist.
7.5 weeks later, the tingling/pain/itch persisted, so I scheduled an appointment with a urologist. He saw nothing and said he could offer me no guidance except an HSV test and a recommendation to see a dermatologist. He tested HerpeSelect for HSV 1 and 2, both of which came back negative.
At 10.5 weeks I make it to my dermatologist. He takes a look at the tingling area and says that there is indeed some irritation, but he was quite certain I did not have herpes. He gave me a sample of Cordran SP to reduce the irritation, which he thinks is irritant dermatitis.
2 days into using the Cordran, I developed small red raised painful bumps at the base of my penis, not far from the area of irritation. Doing some research on Cordran, I saw some of the side effects include irritated itchy skin, red skin and inflamed hair follicles.
My dermatologist recommended stopping the cream, and to return if the bumps and irritation to not dissipate.
At this point, I'm so close to 12 weeks that I'm going to get ONE more HSV1/2 test this week and call it for good. I'm really so over worrying about this.
Any thoughts or recommendations?