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I had a sexual encounter with a woman. There was no penetration or oral contact. There was only frottage through underwear, hand to genital contact, and genital to breast contact. She had fingered herself before touching my penis. I have called std hotlines and posted on blogs similar to this and have been told this is very low herpes risk.
About 10 days later, I began to sense some "tingling" in my genital area. I was told that my actions were low risk and this was probably psychological. I tried running a lot to get my mind off it. I noticed some chafing between my scrotum and thigh area. It looked dry and red. When I started to touch it, I kind of stretched the skin and it "cracked" open. I had a few little slits, like tiny open sores. I went to my doctor and he said it does not look like herpes, and doesn't sound like I could have gotten it, but put my on acyclovir. The cracks healed in a few days, but I still have tingling.
Is there anything else this could be? Some kind of jock itch? The tingling has been happening for about 1 week. It comes and goes through out the day. Mostly it just feels dry and itchy.
This has caused great concern and anxiety. Any advice is appreciated.
About 10 days later, I began to sense some "tingling" in my genital area. I was told that my actions were low risk and this was probably psychological. I tried running a lot to get my mind off it. I noticed some chafing between my scrotum and thigh area. It looked dry and red. When I started to touch it, I kind of stretched the skin and it "cracked" open. I had a few little slits, like tiny open sores. I went to my doctor and he said it does not look like herpes, and doesn't sound like I could have gotten it, but put my on acyclovir. The cracks healed in a few days, but I still have tingling.
Is there anything else this could be? Some kind of jock itch? The tingling has been happening for about 1 week. It comes and goes through out the day. Mostly it just feels dry and itchy.
This has caused great concern and anxiety. Any advice is appreciated.
Been using Lotrimin for over 2 weeks now, still have the tingling. Not sure what to do anymore, getting a bit desperate. Went to see my doctor, he's not sure how to proceed.
yes you can as well as often it's just an overgrowth of fungus/yeast that is already present on the body naturally.
actually jock itch is the most common cause of itching and tingling in the genital area. you would've had obvious lesions by now if this was herpes related. you had no risk for herpes from your encounter so you know it isn't a std causing your symptoms.
I have had intense tingling / itching in my genitals for 10 days. I'm starting to get desperate as its quite uncomfortable. My doctor says the only thing that has those symptoms is herpes. Since herpes is confined to the genital area and not just the genitals, is it posible that rubbing maybe if there was some slight contact, that this is herpes?
Assuming there is a slight chance, how accurate, or inaccurate, could that IGM test be? Is there reason to be retested? Considering that I have symptoms that no one can seem to pinpoint to anything else?
Assuming there is a slight chance, how accurate, or inaccurate, could that IGM test be? Is there reason to be retested? Considering that I have symptoms that no one can seem to pinpoint to anything else?
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Herpes spreads by oral, vaginal and anal sex.
Herpes sores blister, then burst, scab and heal.
STIs are the most common cause of genital sores.
Millions of people are diagnosed with STDs in the U.S. each year.
STDs can't be transmitted by casual contact, like hugging or touching.
Syphilis is an STD that is transmitted by oral, genital and anal sex.
