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Just about 12 days ago I had unprotected oral and vaginal sex. Since then, I have been panicking as to whether I contracted anything from it. My symptoms seemed to have started around day 8, with a tiny cut in my tongue. Since then, i have not noticed it and the clinician I saw took a quick look but couldn't say either way what it was from. Around day 10 i experienced flu-like symptoms, although I'm not positive how self-induced these were. It is now day 12 and I have noticed the shaft of my penis is starting to wrinkle, as well as the ring around my penis starting to turn a darker color. Also, from the ring to the tip it is especially wrinkled. I seem to have some redness in the scrotum, swollen testicles, but no blisters or sores yet. My penis has become flaccid and my scrotum a little itchy. Also, right under the backside of the tip of my penis seems to be swelled up a little bit. I was tested two days ago for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, but do not have the results back yet. I plan to be tested for herpes tomorrow (Day 13), but have been really anxious due to not knowing. I am worried I may have Herpes--should I be? Is there anything else this could be?
It really sounds like you have been anxious about the encounter you had and are now making the proverbial mountains out of molehills. At this point, a lesion culture of active symptoms is the only way to accurately diagnose a newly acquired herpes infection.
have you ever been tested for herpes before this?
grace
have you ever been tested for herpes before this?
grace
My goodness, we are on the same boat and I felt the need to write you. I f n messed with some lady who said she was clean. We had unprotected oral sex that lasted for 5 seconds. I wanted her to really just to swallow my load and nothing else. I am really sad about what I did as I have a very loving and sweet gf I have been with for a long time. I did it because I was horny and I wanted someone to swallow. Enough about these details.
My symptoms of regret. After I messed around with her I couldn't wait to get home and shower off the sin. While in the shower I masturbated to try to get more of the impurities out of me. So I felt find and went on about my merry life. The next morning I feel this tingling in my penis along with a cold tip, plus now I notice I am a dripper more than the usual dripper than I am.
Of course I am scared as hell, looking for bumps, blisters, sores, leisons, you name it, I was looking for it. I am on my 13th day, I had unprotected oral on the 17th. I have been through just about every non physical symptom to date. I've had the red nut skins but I realized that was from overemphasis on my part. I have normal color. I've cycled through all the symptoms. Lower back pain, numbness, itchy pub area but it's a once in a while itch that I probably would normally do its just that I am all the more sensitive to it. Why I think it is in my mind...I thought I might have oral herpes HSV1 even though I didn't kiss her not once on my mouth so I kept looking at my lips and cleaning them, guess what, they become irritated and chapped. Unlike the horrid pictures they show on the internet. So it was my doing and my anxiety that caused it. While I was having the chapped lips I didn't have the tingle in the penis. My cold tip has disappeared and my dripping seems to have subsided. I got tested on Monday for chlamydia and syphillis at planned parenthood but have not received any results as it is still too early. I went to my HMO today and ran all the test again today. I should be getting those back a lot faster. At the end of the day I am still worried a bit but life will go on. I talked to the people at Planned Parenthood about my exposure and they describe to my experience as low risk behavior.
One thing I can say that I learned from this thus far is not to think too much about it. It will drive you crazy. Relax, spend time with good friends, family and your girlfriend. Think of happy times. Herpes is a nuisance disease not a death sentence. It does not alter your life expectancy. Just remember 1 in 4 people have genital herpes and as much as 80 - 90% of the population have herpes HSV 1 by the age of 50. I'm not saying throw yourself out there but also keep a positive head that there are also so many people who out there in the world who are also suffering from this nuisance. If you go away with anything...go away with easing up on the anxiety by doing things that will get your off the sex track and about your symptoms. Anxiety will play tricks on you like it did to me. I am trying to get command of it and I'm still working on it.
Good luck my friend, hope your test come back negative and you can look back and say I learned my life lesson, never again.
My symptoms of regret. After I messed around with her I couldn't wait to get home and shower off the sin. While in the shower I masturbated to try to get more of the impurities out of me. So I felt find and went on about my merry life. The next morning I feel this tingling in my penis along with a cold tip, plus now I notice I am a dripper more than the usual dripper than I am.
Of course I am scared as hell, looking for bumps, blisters, sores, leisons, you name it, I was looking for it. I am on my 13th day, I had unprotected oral on the 17th. I have been through just about every non physical symptom to date. I've had the red nut skins but I realized that was from overemphasis on my part. I have normal color. I've cycled through all the symptoms. Lower back pain, numbness, itchy pub area but it's a once in a while itch that I probably would normally do its just that I am all the more sensitive to it. Why I think it is in my mind...I thought I might have oral herpes HSV1 even though I didn't kiss her not once on my mouth so I kept looking at my lips and cleaning them, guess what, they become irritated and chapped. Unlike the horrid pictures they show on the internet. So it was my doing and my anxiety that caused it. While I was having the chapped lips I didn't have the tingle in the penis. My cold tip has disappeared and my dripping seems to have subsided. I got tested on Monday for chlamydia and syphillis at planned parenthood but have not received any results as it is still too early. I went to my HMO today and ran all the test again today. I should be getting those back a lot faster. At the end of the day I am still worried a bit but life will go on. I talked to the people at Planned Parenthood about my exposure and they describe to my experience as low risk behavior.
One thing I can say that I learned from this thus far is not to think too much about it. It will drive you crazy. Relax, spend time with good friends, family and your girlfriend. Think of happy times. Herpes is a nuisance disease not a death sentence. It does not alter your life expectancy. Just remember 1 in 4 people have genital herpes and as much as 80 - 90% of the population have herpes HSV 1 by the age of 50. I'm not saying throw yourself out there but also keep a positive head that there are also so many people who out there in the world who are also suffering from this nuisance. If you go away with anything...go away with easing up on the anxiety by doing things that will get your off the sex track and about your symptoms. Anxiety will play tricks on you like it did to me. I am trying to get command of it and I'm still working on it.
Good luck my friend, hope your test come back negative and you can look back and say I learned my life lesson, never again.
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