herpes

[divers217]

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.

[divers217]

Hi YoBuck.

Please keep me informed on what you find out. Your situation sounds very similar to mine and I would be interested to hear the results. I'll also post as I found out more info.

My doctor says that Herpes would turn into sores quite quickly, and not last weeks, but I've found conflicting info on various boards about people having mild symptoms that don't turn into sores, and lasting for months and months.

Good luck.

[divers217]

Thank you grace, that is very reassuring. I am just being overly cautious because I want to make sure I don't spread to my partner.

If its not an std, anti-fungal meds aren't working, I've even tried anti-biotics, and using moisturizing lotion, what's left?