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Questions about Urethritis (male)

Back in December I received unprotected oral sex. I also entered the girls vagina for about 3 minutes when she said "we can't...im....not on the pill" so she continued with the oral sex. It was pretty rough oral and lasted an extremely long time. I noticed almost immediately (including during the blowjob) some discomfort in my urethra. That continued the next morning when I urinated but it was very slight. It persisted somewhat during the week and I noticed some pain while ejaculating. Pain isn't really the right word - more discomfort which would be somewhat relieved while ejaculating but result in further discomfort after ejaculation. That following weekend (1 week post encounter) I went skiiing and was wearing synthetic long johns for 3 straight days basically with minimal washing (very very poor hygiene - lots of sweating in tight tight clothes). I was also noticing serious burning and itching at the glans penis during this time. I had no lesions at this time but one somewhat large, flesh colored, painless bump that never ulcerated and went away after about 3 days.

I had also been shaving at that time and I have very curly pubic hair and lots of it on the base of my shaft (where the bump occurred). I get irritation from shaving rather frequently but not usually an ingrown hair.

I was masturbating frequently at this time (upwards of 3x daily) as it was a slight relief to the itch/burning as was peeing (strangely relieving once I started but painful to start and stop). And was cracking my skin somewhat and noticed a white-ish film developing near the head/base of the head of my penis. I also noticed a white curd-like discharge after ejaculations. I could not tell if the discharge was semen or something else but it was like white-ish cheese and did not smell like semen.

I went to the doctor who prescribed clotrimazole to be applied daily for two weeks. We also did a full battery of STD testing, including for HSV2. I applied daily for about a week and symptoms went away. I stopped treatment.

I got a phone call from my doctor saying I had tested low-positive for HSV2 (2.2). I was dumbfounded. I did some research and found out that, if one has HSV1 and takes a a serological bloodtest (HerpeSelect Elisa IGg) there are high rates of false-positives with low-positive results.

I remember as a child getting what I remember as cold sores on my lip and under my nose on two occasions (age 12-13; I am now 23 and have not had one since that I can remember)

I went back to the Dr. and got another IGg, tested positive again but also drew blood for a Western Blot test. The Western Blot confirmed my suspicion of a false positive for HSV2 (negative on Western Blot) but came back positive for HSV1 (not totally surprising).

I then was of the belief that my urethritis symptoms were solely from a yeast infection.

I just got back from another ski trip yesterday. Similarly was in tight synthetic clothing for upwards of 48 hours, in the car sweating, etc. The Urethritis symptoms have returned. Is it possible I have another yeast infection? Did I not kill the first one completely?

Or do I have genital HSV-1? Is it possible to have urethral symptoms of HSV-1 without any lesions presenting? I recently read a study about atypical presentations of herpes that says yes it can but that study was only of HSV-2.

At this point I am driving myself mad with questions/giving myself hypochondria. But the dribbling urine is definite as is the frequency. But now no itch is truly present, other than me being slightly more "aware" of my urethra/glans penis.

Does any of this sound like a genital HSV-1 infection? Maybe my memory is not serving well and this was a primary infection all along? But still a primary infection with symptoms other than lesions?

I will be going in for another Western Blot in April (full 5-6 months post exposure) and am not sure what else it will tell me. But I will be going to see my doctor this week as well.

I just need a fresh set of eyes to read over these circumstances and give their opinion. Running circles in my own head is not helping at all. Thank and I apologize for the absurdly long post.

Test results for the Western
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19892408 tn?1502689287
Those aren't symptoms of hsv.   Maybe bacterial prostatitis
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